Re: Subclassing Gtk2::CellRenderer

[Bjarne Steinsbø <bosteins broadpark no>]

A. Pagaltzis wrote:

> * Bjarne Steinsbø <bosteins broadpark no> [2003-10-02 11:47]:
>  
>
> > Probably a popup when the user clicks in a column of a certain
> > type. I'll probably sub-class the widget and hide it down
> > there, so that I can come back and change the implementation at
> > a later stage, if and when I want to do it properly.
> >    
>
> Here's a proposition for something which is as userfriendly as
> editable cells, only looks less integrated:
>
> Do it "Excel style", ie have an input box at the top or bottom of
> the table, possibly disabled so long as the user has not selected
> anything to edit. When they click something to edit, focus the
> input box.
>
>  
Thanks for the suggestion, but I don't think so.  First of all I never 
really liked the "Excel style" (in Excel).  I've always found it awkward 
to move the cursor back and forth between the table and the entry at the 
top.  Secondly, it's not very extensible.  What I've mentioned so far is 
selecting the contents of a cell from a list of allowable values.  I 
probably also want some special behaviour if the string happens to be a 
date, maybe even editing it by selecting from a calendar.  There might 
be other special cases too, that I haven't thought about yet.  The 
"Excel style" just doesn't scale well.

Bjarne