Checkbox Cell and Selectable Cell Table rows - gwt

I have a GWT 2.4 DataGrid associated with a SingleSelectionModel. One of the columns in the grid is a CheckboxCell, but it is not used for selection, but to set a boolean field value for the underlying item type of the row. My problem is that when I click on the checkbox, the row is selected first, then I have to click a second time to set/unset the checkbox. I would prefer that clicking outside of the checkbox does row selection, while clicking inside of the checkbox only sets/unsets the checkbox. Can anyone point me in the right direction on how to do this. I keep coming back to onBrowserEvent, but I'm not sure what to try.

There's a couple of approaches you can do, depending on what exactly you want to do it. Here are the two ideas that come to mind:
Use a DefaultSelectionEventManager.CheckboxEventTranslator to blacklist the column
Intercept it on a cell by cell basis with CellPreviewEvent.Handler and handle it on the DOM level by checking the EventTarget ("click".equals(event.getType())) and then use event.stopPropogation() when the EventTarget is of an input type "checkbox"

This code solved in my case a problemn very similar to yours.
Column<SomeBean, Boolean> checkboxColumn= new Column<SomeBean, Boolean>(new CheckboxCell(true,false))
{
#Override
public Boolean getValue(SomeBean object)
{
if(object == null || object.getId() == null)
return null;
return selectionModel.isSelected(object);
}
};

Related

How do I select entire column on selecting row cell in NatTable?

We have a NatTable with no header and I treated the 1st row as a Header,
- Register CELL_PAINTER to change the visualization to look this row similar to header.
Also registered the CustomCommandHandler which implements ILayerCommandHandler to prevent cell/row selection for the 1st row.
selectionLayer.registerCommandHandler(new CustomCommandHandler());
Cell selection is working fine for other cells.
public boolean doCommand(final ILayer layer, final ILayerCommand command)
{
if (command instanceof ViewportSelectRowCommand)
{
return ((ViewportSelectRowCommand) command).getRowPosition() <= 1;
}
else if (command instanceof SelectCellCommand)
{
return ((SelectCellCommand) command).getRowPosition() <= 1
}
return false;
}
Now how can I select the entire column on selecting cells on 1st row. So that it should not affect the cell selection for other row cells.
Clicking any cells on 1st row should select entire column.
Clicking any cells on other rows should select the same cell. (currently this is happening)
Although I am not quite sure what sense it makes to only have a body that is configured in a complicated way to look and behave like it has headers without really having headers (IMHO this does not make any sense), you need to register a custom handler that checks for the column position and transform the SelectCellCommand into a SelectColumnCommand.
this.selectionLayer.registerCommandHandler(new SelectCellCommandHandler(this.selectionLayer) {
#Override
public boolean doCommand(ILayer targetLayer, SelectCellCommand command) {
if (command.convertToTargetLayer(targetLayer)
&& command.getColumnPosition() == 0) {
return targetLayer.doCommand(
new SelectColumnCommand(
targetLayer,
command.getColumnPosition(),
command.getRowPosition(),
command.isShiftMask(),
command.isControlMask()));
}
return super.doCommand(targetLayer, command);
}
});
But I expect there will be more issues on the way as the immitated headers do not behave like real headers also in other scenarios. You could also try to override getRegionLabelsByXY(int, int) but I am not sure if this would work or cause more problems.

How could I add custom row focus class in ag-grid

I want to control row focus process. I need to show confirm dialog on row focus change in my table.
I tried to do this with rowClassRules property, but as I understood that functionality apply classes when table rendering, after that row classes stop changing
rowClassRules = {
'custom-row-focus': (params) => {
return params.data.id === this.currentSelectedItem.id
}
}
currentSelectedItem set's when I click on the row
Found an answer in docs
https://www.ag-grid.com/javascript-grid-row-styles/#refresh-of-styles
If you refresh a row, or a cell is updated due to editing, the rowStyle, rowClass and rowClassRules are all applied again.
So, when I'm clicking to the row I should make something like that:
onClicked($event: RowClickedEvent) {
$event.node.setData({...$event.data});
}

GWT CellTable keep focus on selected row

When I select a row in a CellTable which contains several columns, the whole row gets colored in yellow. It does not depend on which area of the row I click (which column of the row).
What I try to do is to keep the selected row colored in yellow as long as no other row of this very table is selected. At the moment, as soon as I click somewhere else in the browser, the row gets back its original color.
I tried to use a selection model, but this changed nothing. Do you have any advise or is this simply not possible, since the focus is managed by the browser? The behavior is the same in the Google showcase for the CellTable...
The selection model actually does what you want to do: it paints a row blue and the row does not change color if you click elsewhere in the page. (Only when another row is selected)
There are 2 selection models:
One that lets you select only one row, and another one that lets you select multiple rows.
MultiSelectionModel<Row> selectionModel = new MultiSelectionModel<Row>();
table.setSelectionModel(selectionModel);
SingleSelectionModel<Row> selectionModel = new SingleSelectionModel<Row>();
table.setSelectionModel(selectionModel);
The solution of user905374 did actually work. I mentioned in my first post that I already tried the solution with a selectionModel and that it did not work. This was partially true. It does work, but only if the table does NOT contain a CheckboxCell.
Following a working and the not working example. I think this might be a bug, but I am not sure if I miss something.
final CellTable<LicenceDto> licenseTable = new CellTable<LicenceDto>();
final SingleSelectionModel<LicenceDto> selectionModel = new SingleSelectionModel<LicenceDto>();
licenseTable.setSelectionModel(selectionModel);
//--- If I add this column, the selection does work.
Column<LicenceDto, String> workingColumn = new Column<LicenceDto, String>(new TextCell()) {
#Override
public String getValue(LicenceDto object) {
return "Works";
}
};
workingColumn.setFieldUpdater(new FieldUpdater<LicenceDto, String>() {
#Override
public void update(int index, LicenceDto object, String value) {
;
}
});
licenseTable.addColumn(workingColumn);
//--- If I add this column, the selection does NOT work anymore.
Column<LicenceDto, Boolean> notWorkingColumn = new Column<LicenceDto, Boolean>(new CheckboxCell(true, true)) {
#Override
public Boolean getValue(LicenceDto object) {
return object.getEnabled();
}
};
notWorkingColumn.setFieldUpdater(new FieldUpdater<LicenceDto, Boolean>() {
#Override
public void update(int index, LicenceDto object, Boolean value) {
presenter.enableLicense(object, value);
}
});
licenseTable.addColumn(notWorkingColumn);
You can even combine multiple cells and add them to the table (e.g. LinkActionCell etc). As long as there is no CheckboxCell, the blue selection with the SingleSelectionModel does work like a charm. Does anyone see what I do wrong with this CheckboxCell or is there a bug?
UPDATE
It was simply a usage error of me. The problem was that I set handlesSelection to true (second parameter of the CheckboxCell constructor) even thought I don't handle anything. Setting it to false solves the problem.
Bottomline: Use a selection model (e.g. SingleSelectionModel) and do not set the handlesSelection parameter to true of the CheckboxCell constructor to true, if you don't handle the selection by yourself.
You should observe the Showcase demo again. This time use the checkbox on the left most column i.e the first column. On selection the row turns blue indicating the row selection is made. This is when you have SelectionModel set up. Click on the page anywhere outside the CellTable/DataGrid the selection is not changed.
Now, instead of choosing the row via checkbox from first column, you click on a row in any other column. The row turns yellow. Click on the page anywhere outside the CellTable/DataGrid the focus/yellow is lost.
"colored in yellow" indicates row is under focus and being edited and not selected.
Note - you can force row selection by using click events per cell.
Try something like this:
CellTable table;
YourDataObject object = new YourDataObject(...);
SingleSelectionModel<YourDataObject> selectionModel =
new SingleSelectionModel<YourDataObject>();
table.setSelectionModel(selectionModel);
...
table.setSelected(object, true);
Use MultiSelectionModel if you wish more than one line to be highlighted.
Store the selected row's index. When user selects row, change row's style to some "selected-style" appropriate for your case (defined in your css file) and remove selected style from the previously selected row. Also don't forget to update selected row's index.
If you provide some code from the original version I help you out with some code with pleasure.

How to do single row expansion with CellTable?

I'm trying to use the new GWT CellTable widget but my table needs to support one row expansion, i.e. there is a zippy on the left of a row and when it's clicked, the row should expand to provide more detail information and this row should span across all columns. Is it possible to achieve this with the CellTable? How do I add a row that spans all columns between other rows dynamically?
Any help will be appreciated!
GWT 2.5 will add a CellTableBuilder with the exact goal of allowing this kind of things.
You can find a live example at http://showcase2.jlabanca-testing.appspot.com/#!CwCustomDataGrid (click on the "show friends" cells)
Can you not make the additional row invisible using getRowElement(int row) and using DOM methods to set display 'none' when rendered and as blank when the button, to show it, is hit.
I am working on the solution too and my plan for now is to use CSS classes + manual styles manipulation to make it look as I need. Not sure if I be able to merry it with GWT though: http://jsfiddle.net/7WFcF/
I took a different approach to solve this same problem.
The basic concept is using dom elements to add and remove rows based on an event. The following code is an abstract extension of CellTable. You'll want to call this method from your event that gets fired from the click to expand a row.
import com.google.gwt.dom.client.Document;
import com.google.gwt.dom.client.Element;
import com.google.gwt.dom.client.NodeList;
public abstract class ActionCellTable<T> extends CellTable<T> {
protected abstract void addActionsColumn();
Integer previousSelectedRow = null;
public void displayRowDetail(int selectedRow, Element e){
//Get the tbody of the Cell Table
//Assumption that we want the first (only?) tbody.
Element tbody = this.getElement().getElementsByTagName("tbody").getItem(0);
//Get all the trs in the body
NodeList<Element> trs = tbody.getElementsByTagName("tr");
//remove previously selected view, if there was one
if(previousSelectedRow!=null){
trs.getItem(previousSelectedRow+1).removeFromParent();
//If the current is further down the list then the current your index will be one off.
if(selectedRow>previousSelectedRow)selectedRow--;
}
if(previousSelectedRow==null || selectedRow != previousSelectedRow){// if the are equal we don't want to do anything else
Element td = Document.get().createTDElement();
td.setAttribute("colspan", Integer.toString(trs.getItem(selectedRow).getChildNodes().getLength()));
td.appendChild(e);
Element tr = Document.get().createTRElement();
tr.appendChild(td);
tbody.insertAfter(tr, trs.getItem(selectedRow));
previousSelectedRow=selectedRow;
} else {
previousSelectedRow=null;
}
}
}
previousSelectedRow is used to track which item is "expanded", this could probably be achieved using classes or IDs. If needed I can elaborate more on the CellTable, events, views, and activities.

Using Eclipse TableViewer, how do I navigate and edit cells with arrow keys?

I am using a TableViewer with a content provider, label provider, a ICellModifier and TextCellEditors for each column.
How can I add arrow key navigation and cell editing when the user selects the cell? I would like this to be as natural a behavior as possible.
After looking at some of the online examples, there seems to be an old way (with a TableCursor) and a new way (TableCursor does not mix with CellEditors??).
Currently, my TableViewer without a cursor will scroll in the first column only. The underlying SWT table is showing cursor as null.
Is there a good example of TableViewer using CellEditors and cell navigation via keyboard?
Thanks!
I don't know if there is a good example. I use a cluster of custom code to get what I would consider to be basic table behaviors for my application working on top of TableViewer. (Note that we are still targetting 3.2.2 at this point, so maybe things have gotten better or have otherwise changed.) Some highlights:
I do setCellEditors() on my TableViewer.
On each CellEditor's control, I establish what I consider to be an appropriate TraverseListener. For example, for text cells:
cellEditor = new TextCellEditor(table, SWT.SINGLE | getAlignment());
cellEditor.getControl().addTraverseListener(new TraverseListener() {
public void keyTraversed(TraverseEvent e) {
switch (e.detail) {
case SWT.TRAVERSE_TAB_NEXT:
// edit next column
e.doit = true;
e.detail = SWT.TRAVERSE_NONE;
break;
case SWT.TRAVERSE_TAB_PREVIOUS:
// edit previous column
e.doit = true;
e.detail = SWT.TRAVERSE_NONE;
break;
case SWT.TRAVERSE_ARROW_NEXT:
// Differentiate arrow right from down (they both produce the same traversal #*$&#%^)
if (e.keyCode == SWT.ARROW_DOWN) {
// edit same column next row
e.doit = true;
e.detail = SWT.TRAVERSE_NONE;
}
break;
case SWT.TRAVERSE_ARROW_PREVIOUS:
// Differentiate arrow left from up (they both produce the same traversal #*$&#%^)
if (e.keyCode == SWT.ARROW_UP) {
// edit same column previous row
e.doit = true;
e.detail = SWT.TRAVERSE_NONE;
}
break;
}
}
});
(For drop-down table cells, I catch left and right arrow instead of up and down.)
I also add a TraverseListener to the TableViewer's control whose job it is to begin cell editing if someone hits "return" while an entire row is selected.
// This really just gets the traverse events for the TABLE itself. If there is an active cell editor, this doesn't see anything.
tableViewer.getControl().addTraverseListener(new TraverseListener() {
public void keyTraversed(TraverseEvent e) {
if (e.detail == SWT.TRAVERSE_RETURN) {
// edit first column of selected row
}
}
});
Now, how exactly I control the editing is another story. In my case, my whole TableViewer (and a representation of each column therein) is loosely wrapped up in a custom object with methods to do what the comments above say. The implementations of those methods ultimately end up calling tableViewer.editElement() and then checking tableViewer.isCellEditorActive() to see if the cell was actually editable (so we can skip to the next editable one if not).
I also found it useful to be able to programmatically "relinquish editing" (e.g. when tabbing out of the last cell in a row). Unfortunately the only way I could come up with to do that is a terrible hack determined to work with my particular version by spelunking through the source for things that would produce the desired "side effects":
private void relinquishEditing() {
// OMG this is the only way I could find to relinquish editing without aborting.
tableViewer.refresh("some element you don't have", false);
}
Sorry I can't give a more complete chunk of code, but really, I'd have to release a whole mini-project of stuff, and I'm not prepared to do that now. Hopefully this is enough of a "jumpstart" to get you going.
Here is what has worked for me:
TableViewerFocusCellManager focusCellManager = new TableViewerFocusCellManager(tableViewer,new FocusCellOwnerDrawHighlighter(tableViewer));
ColumnViewerEditorActivationStrategy actSupport = new ColumnViewerEditorActivationStrategy(tableViewer) {
protected boolean isEditorActivationEvent(ColumnViewerEditorActivationEvent event) {
return event.eventType == ColumnViewerEditorActivationEvent.TRAVERSAL
|| event.eventType == ColumnViewerEditorActivationEvent.MOUSE_DOUBLE_CLICK_SELECTION
|| (event.eventType == ColumnViewerEditorActivationEvent.KEY_PRESSED && event.keyCode == SWT.CR)
|| event.eventType == ColumnViewerEditorActivationEvent.PROGRAMMATIC;
}
};
I can navigate in all directions with tab while editing, and arrow around when not in edit mode.
I got it working based on this JFace Snippet, but I had to copy a couple of related classes also:
org.eclipse.jface.snippets.viewers.TableCursor
org.eclipse.jface.snippets.viewers.CursorCellHighlighter
org.eclipse.jface.snippets.viewers.AbstractCellCursor
and I don't remember exactly where I found them. The is also a org.eclipse.swt.custom.TableCursor, but I couldn't get that to work.
Have a look at
Example of enabling Editor Activation on a Double Click.
The stuff between lines [ 110 - 128 ] add a ColumnViewerEditorActivationStrategy and TableViewerEditor. In my case the I wanted a single click to begin editing so i changed line 115 from:
ColumnViewerEditorActivationEvent.MOUSE_DOUBLE_CLICK_SELECTION
to ColumnViewerEditorActivationEvent.MOUSE_CLICK_SELECTION. After adding this to my TableViewer, the tab key would go from field to field with the editor enabled.