entry widget into table

[daniele391]

Hi,
I have to make a table whit every cell contain entry widget.
I saw from website and I find that example:

tixScrolledWindow .swin -scrollbar auto
set w [.swin subwidget window]
for {set x 0} {$x < 10} {incr x} {
pack [frame $w.f$x] -side left -fill y -expand yes
for {set y 0} {$y < 10} {incr y} {
pack [entry $w.f$x.e$y] -fill x -expand yes
}
}

The problem is that: I use tixGrid, and not tixScrolledWindows. I white that:

set grid [[tixScrolledGrid .sg -bd 0]subwidget grid]
$grid configure -formatcmd "SimpleFormat $grid"\
-height $row -width $column -background white
$grid set 0 0 -itemtype text -text "COLUMN 1"
$grid set 0 1 -itemtype text -text "COLUMN 2"

for {set i 1} {$i <= $row} {incr i} {
set valueList [lindex $list [expr $i-1]]
for {set j 1} {$j <= $column} {incr j} {
$grid set 0 $i -itemtype text -text [lindex $valueList 0]
$grid set 1 $i -itemtype text -text [lindex $valueList 1]
}
}

pack .sg

In this way, I see my table with correct value.
If I want to see entry widget into table's cells, instead of text? How I can do it?
Thanks and sorry for my English, but I'm italian.
Daniele

 

[Bong]

Daniele,
I have never used tix so I don't know how or if it supports what you want. However, I use the tkTable widget all the time and it is certainly adequate for what you describe.

Consider:

#scrolled table
package require Tktable 2.8
pack [table .tb1 -cols 5 -rows 12 -ysc ".ys set"] -side left
pack [scrollbar .ys -command ".tb1 yview"] -side right -fill y
entry .e1 -textvariable val1
.tb1 window configure 0,0 -window .e1
set val1 12

This makes a table in the main window (table .tb1 you could easily stick it into a sub-frame) of 5 columns (-cols 5) and 12 rows (-rows 12,either number can be anything), and attaches a vertical scrollbar. I define a single entry (entry .e1 -textvariable val1), but you can see how that could be any number of entries. I put the entry into the cell at 0,0, that is, the upper-most, left-most cell: .tb1 window configure 0,0 -window .e1

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[Bong]

Note, however, that the default behavior of cells in the tkTable widget is that of an entry. If instead of adding entries you simply assigned a -variable then the values entered into the table would be associated with matrix elements:

#scrolled table
package require Tktable 2.8
pack [table .tb1 -cols 5 -rows 12 -ysc ".ys set"] -side left
pack [scrollbar .ys -command ".tb1 yview"] -side right -fill y
.tb1 configure [red]-variable arrA[/red]
set arrA(3,3) 42

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Bob Rashkin

 

[daniele391]

Thanks for your help, but I've, now, another problem. My application can't find package Tktable 2.8

Another questions: I have to use tix widget because this is require from my client. The problem is:
if I use second code, the result is ok. If I use the second code with some piece of code from first code, the resutl is a table with one column, that contains correctly entry widget, but the windows blinks.
What's the problem?

Now I post the code that takes me problem:

set grid [[tixScrolledGrig .sg -bd 0] subwidget grid]
$grid configure -formatcmd "SimpleFormat $grid"\
-height $rows -width $columns -background white
$grid set 0 0 -itemtype text -text "COLUMN 1"
$grid set 0 1 -itemtype text -text "COLUMN 2"

for {set i 1} {$i <= $rows} {incr i} {
<font color="red">pack [frame .sg.f$i]</font>
set valueList [lindex $list [expr $i-1]]
for {set j 1} {$j <= $columns} {incr j} {
pack [entry .sg.f$i.e$j]
}
}

In the red piece of code, if I cut <font color="red">pack</font> the windows doesn't blink, but into table's cells I don't have entry widget.
If I write <font color="red">pack</font> te table's cells contains entry widget but the windows blink.
Do you understand me?
Daniele

 

[Bong]

Again, I don't have any idea of the proper syntax for tix. In the Table widget, you don't pack other widgets into the cell, but rather, as in my example above, you use a special window configure command. Is it possible that tix uses something similar?

Also, I assume your variables, $rows and $columns are properly set?

As far as the Tktable 2.8 package, you might have a newer (or older) version than I do. I'm using ActiveTcl 8.4.5.0, Tktable is part of that installation.

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Bob Rashkin