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Re: undocumented feature: TableView

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  • Subject: [mg103841] Re: undocumented feature: TableView
  • From: David Reiss <dbreiss at gmail.com>
  • Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 07:14:43 -0400 (EDT)
  • References: <hakjjr$d4v$1@smc.vnet.net>

Clearly a function in the midst of the development process and
probably not quite ready for prime time.  It may vanish or be renamed
in afuture version ...


In[3]:= Unprotect[TableView]

Out[3]= {"TableView"}

In[4]:= ?? TableView

System`TableView

Attributes[TableView]={ReadProtected}

Options[TableView]:={Background->None,BaseStyle->{},DefaultBaseStyle-
>TableView,DefaultLabelStyle->TableViewLabel,FrameStyle->GrayLevel
[0.85],ContentSize->Automatic,ItemSize->10,LabelStyle->{},RotateLabel-
>False,Spacings->Automatic,TableHeadings->{Automatic,Automatic}}





In[5]:= ClearAttributes[TableView, ReadProtected]

In[10]:= ?? TableView

System`TableView

BoxForm`OptionsCache[TableView]^:={Background->None,BaseStyle->
{},DefaultBaseStyle->TableView,DefaultLabelStyle-
>TableViewLabel,FrameStyle->GrayLevel[0.85],ContentSize-
>Automatic,ItemSize->10,LabelStyle->{},RotateLabel->False,Spacings-
>Automatic,TableHeadings->{Automatic,Automatic}}



MakeBoxes[BoxForm`a_TableView,BoxForm`fmt_]^:=BoxForm`MakeRowBoxes
[BoxForm`a,BoxForm`fmt]/;Refresh[BoxForm`UseTextFormattingQ,None]

MakeBoxes[TableView[],BoxForm`fmt_]^:=With[{TableView`m=ConstantArray
[Null,{10,4}]},MakeBoxes[TableView[TableView`m],BoxForm`fmt]]

MakeBoxes[TableView[TableView`dims:{_Integer,_Integer}],BoxForm`fmt_]
^:=With[{TableView`m=ConstantArray[Null,TableView`dims]},MakeBoxes
[TableView[TableView`m],BoxForm`fmt]]

MakeBoxes[TableView[TableView`data_List,BoxForm`opts___],BoxForm`fmt_]
^:=With[{TableView`boxid=TableView`boxidValue
[BoxForm`opts],TableView`headings=TableView`headingsValue
[BoxForm`opts],TableView`showtypes=TableView`showTypesValue
[BoxForm`opts],TableView`resizeable=TableView`resizeableQ
[BoxForm`opts],TableView`size=ContentSize/.Flatten
[{BoxForm`opts,Options[TableView]}]},((((TagBox
[#1,TableView`TableViewTag[BoxForm`opts],BoxID-
>TableView`boxid,DefaultBaseStyle->TableView]&)[ToBoxes
[#1,BoxForm`fmt]]&)[Deploy[EventHandler[#1,
{{MenuCommand,NewRow}:>TableView`NewRowColumnEvent
[TableView`boxid,ButtonNotebook[],row],
{MenuCommand,NewColumn}:>TableView`NewRowColumnEvent
[TableView`boxid,ButtonNotebook[],column],
{MenuCommand,Copy}:>TableView`CopyEvent[TableView`boxid,ButtonNotebook
[]]}]]]&)[Panel[Pane[#1,Sequence@@FilterRules[{BoxForm`opts},Options
[Pane]],ImageSize->TableView`size,ImageSizeAction-
>Scrollable,Scrollbars->If[TableView`resizeable,Automatic,False]]]]&)
[Grid[TableView`addHeadings[Map
[RawBoxes,TableView`dataToTableViewGridBoxContent
[TableView`data,TableView`showtypes],
{2}],TableView`boxid,TableView`headings,BoxForm`opts],Sequence@@FilterRules
[{BoxForm`opts},Options[Grid]],ItemSize->{10,1.2},Background-
>White,Frame->All,FrameStyle->LightGray,Alignment->Left,DefaultElement-
>TemplateBox[{\[Placeholder]},TableViewItem],DefaultBaseStyle->
{TableViewGrid,Deployed->False}]]]/;FreeQ[PadRight[Dimensions
[Unevaluated[TableView`data]],2,0],0]



Options[TableView]:={Background->None,BaseStyle->{},DefaultBaseStyle-
>TableView,DefaultLabelStyle->TableViewLabel,FrameStyle->GrayLevel
[0.85],ContentSize->Automatic,ItemSize->10,LabelStyle->{},RotateLabel-
>False,Spacings->Automatic,TableHeadings->{Automatic,Automatic}}





On Oct 8, 7:49 am, Guido Tripaldi <gu... at gtripaldi.it> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> today I typed by accident "TableView" instead of "TableForm" writing a =
 
> notebook, so I discovered a function apparently not documented in  
> Mathematica 7 / Mac version. "TableView" displays a list in a  
> spreadsheet-like format.  I tried to search the DocumentationCenter  
> without finding any information, neither Google nor Wolfram search  
> engine gave better results. The only documentation I found was using  
> the "Information -  (??)" command. It show the options that TableView =
 
> accepts.
>
> It appears to be very useful, as it introduces a more flexible way to  
> observing the data. There are infact some data editing features  
> accessible through a popup menu (a "+" icon on the top left of the  
> view) and others ctrl-clicking the view (ctrl-click on Mac; right-
> click on Windows).
>
> Perhaps it is a new feature being finalized that will be included in  
> next version. Someone maybe knows something more about this function?
>
> In[1]:=  mylist = Table[ Subscript[a, i, j], {i, 5}, {j, 3}  ] =
     
> (*   a little matrix   *)
>
> In[2]:=  mylist // TableView     (*   show it as a small spread=
sheet    
> *)
>
> In[3]:=  ?? TableView
>     System`TableView
>     Attributes[TableView] = {Protected, ReadProtected}
>
>     Options[TableView] := {Background -> None, BaseStyle -> {},
>        DefaultBaseStyle -> "TableView", DefaultLabelStyle ->  
> "TableViewLabel",
>        FrameStyle -> GrayLevel[0.85], ContentSize -> Automatic, =
 
> ItemSize -> 10,
>        LabelStyle -> {}, RotateLabel -> False, Spacings -> Automa=
tic,
>        TableHeadings -> {Automatic, Automatic}}
>
> Guido



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