@Bernd Niggemann The ModTableField is a great tool when the DG datagrid is an overkill. It works very well for me. Thank you very much for the contribution, dear Bernd.
+ Selecting columns: What I added was the possibility to also select columns (hilite columns) which is done using an overlay graphic rect that automatically is adjusting to the height of the and width of the column in the table field and sits on top with a certain transparency. Well, of course, it also is a workaround only and requires some scripting if users should be able to also edit cells - mpt as easy as it sounds first. To select more than one column would then require more than just one overlay rectangles. Here it requires using some additional space for a selection handler on top of each column since the current behaviour is to sort columns with mouseDown/Up on column headers. Therefore, I would go by most standards which is clicking on a column header selects the column, and there is an additional icon to allow for sorting. The sorting type depends on the content (column formats). + Dragging and dropping columns and rows It would also be possible to move columns dragging and dropping them with visual feedback. Here the known technique is in taking a screen shot of the row or column, letting it attach to the mouse while moving, and creating an insertion line for a column or row passing over rows/columns allowing users to drop the selection wherever desired in the table field. To also allow this in scrolling fields (letting the field scroll moving the mouse towards the edges of the table field) requires quite some scripting. + Freezing rows and/or columns: The other enhancement, as discussed here before, is to "freeze" 1..n columns or rows. To my mind, this can only be done using separate fields attached to the left or top of the table field. Again, such fields must change size depending on the size of the basic table fields and they must update quickly with changes and be in synchrony with the main table field. + Icons / images Also nicely shown in the ModTableField. It is possible using SVG graphics turned into an image to be used as the image source of a chracter? I think it is, but never tried it yet. + Field display formats Then there is a need to most developers setting the format of rows or columns or individual cell to either text, date/time format, number format, percentage, custom format and whatever. It would be a nice add-on to have this available as a "standard" instead of each developer scripting his own. I actually did this, but of course not in such a general way that it would be using locales, support all international format and usable to everyone. (I personally think that it should be a property of fields in general to allow to set it's display format for text, date, time, number, etc. It would be really great if there is a "display format" and a raw data storage automatically -- no need for custom properties in such case. Since LC is supporting the Android version of Filemaker, that is the property of fields in Filemaker anyway.) So, almost we end up scripting a data grid based on the table field....) Thanks to all contributions. Enjoy ... Roland _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode