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.TH table n 2.00 Tk "Tk Table Extension"

.HS table tk

.BS

.SH NAME

table \- Create and manipulate tables

.SH SYNOPSIS

\fBtable\fI \fIpathName \fR?\fIoptions\fR?

.SO

\-anchor        \-background    \-borderwidth   \-cursor

\-exportselection       \-font  \-foreground

\-highlightbackground   \-highlightcolor        \-highlightthickness

\-insertbackground      \-insertborderwidth     \-insertofftime

\-insertontime  \-insertwidth   \-invertselected        \-padx

\-pady  \-relief        \-takefocus     \-xscrollcommand

\-yscrollcommand

.SE

.SH "WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS"

.OP \-autoclear autoClear AutoClear

A boolean value which specifies whether the first keypress in a cell will

delete whatever text was previously there.  Defaults to 0.

.OP \-batchmode batchMode BatchMode

If true, updates are not forced out at any point, the widget waits for Tk to

be idle before it repaints the screen.  If false, flashes, variable updates

and the cursor changes are forced immediately to the screen.

Defaults to false.

.OP \-bordercursor borderCursor Cursor

Specifies the name of the cursor to show when over borders, a visual

indication that interactive resizing is allowed (it is thus affect by

the value of \-resizeborders).  Defaults to \fIcrosshair\fR.

.OP "\-browsecommand or \-browsecmd" browseCommand BrowseCommand

Specifies a command which will be evaluated anytime the active cell changes.

It uses the %\-substition model described in COMMAND SUBSTITUTION below.

.OP \-cache cache Cache

A boolean value that specifies whether an internal cache of the table

contents should be kept.  This greatly enhances speed performance when used

with \fB\-command\fR but uses extra memory.  Can maintain state when both

\fB\-command\fR and \fB\-variable\fR are empty.  The cache is automatically

flushed whenever the value of \fB\-cache\fR or \fB\-variable\fR changes,

otherwise you have to explicitly \fBflush\fR it.  Defaults to false.

.OP \-colorigin colOrigin Origin

Specifies what column index to interpret as the leftmost column in the table.

This value is used for user indices in the table.  Defaults to 0.

.OP \-cols cols Cols

Number of cols in the table.  Defaults to 10.

.OP \-colseparator colSeparator Separator

Specifies a separator character that will be interpreted as the column

separator when cutting or pasting data in a table.  By default, columns

are separated as elements of a tcl list.

.OP \-colstretchmode colStretchMode StretchMode

Specifies one of the following stretch modes for columns to fill extra

allocated window space:

.RS

.TP

\fBnone\fR

Columns will not stretch to fill the assigned window space.  If the columns

are too narrow, there will be a blank space at the right of the table.  This

is the default.

.TP

\fBunset\fR

Only columns that do not have a specific width set will be stretched.

.TP

\fBall\fR

All columns will be stretched by the same number of pixels to fill the

window space allocated to the table.  This mode can interfere with

interactive border resizing which tries to force column width.

.TP

\fBlast\fR

The last column will be stretched

to fill the window space allocated to the table.

.TP

\fBfill\fR (only valid for \fB\-rowstretch\fR currently)

The table will get more or less columns according to the window

space allocated to the table.  This mode has numerous quirks and

may disappear in the future.

.RE

.OP \-coltagcommand colTagCommand TagCommand

Provides the name of a procedure that will be evaluated by the widget to

determine the tag to be used for a given column.  When displaying a cell,

the table widget will first check to see if a tag has been defined using the

\fBtag col\fR widget method.  If no tag is found, it will evaluate the named

procedure passing the column number in question as the sole argument.  The

procedure is expected to return the name of a tag to use, or a null string.

Errors occuring during the evaluation of the procedure, or the return of an

invalid tag name are silently ignored.

.OP \-colwidth colWidth ColWidth

Default column width, interpreted as characters in the default font when

the number is positive, or pixels if it is negative.  Defaults to 10.

.OP \-command command Command

Specified a command to use as a procedural interface to cell values.

If \fB\-usecommand\fR is true, this command will be used instead of any

reference to the \fB\-variable\fR array.  When retrieving cell values,

the return value of the command is used as the value for the cell.

It uses the %\-substition model described in COMMAND SUBSTITUTION below.

.OP \-drawmode drawMode DrawMode

Sets the table drawing mode to one of the following options:

.RS

.TP

\fBslow\fR

The table is drawn to an offscreen pixmap using the Tk bordering functions.

This means there will be no flashing, but this mode is slow for all but

small tables.

.TP

\fBcompatible\fR

The table is drawn directly to the screen using the Tk border functions.

It is faster, but the screen may flash on update.  This is the default.

.TP

\fBfast\fR

The table is drawn directly to the screen and the borders are done with

fast X calls, so they are always one pixel wide only.  As a side effect,

it sets \fB\-borderwidth\fR to 1.  This mode provides best performance for

large tables, but can flash on redraw and is not 100% Tk compatible on the

border mode.

.TP

\fBsingle\fR

The table is drawn to the screen as in fast mode, but only single pixel

lines are drawn (not square borders).

.RE

.OP \-flashmode flashMode FlashMode

A boolean value which specifies whether cells should flash when their value

changes.  The table tag \fBflash\fR will be applied to these cells for the

duration specified by \fB\-flashtime\fR.  Defaults to 0.

.OP \-flashtime flashTime FlashTime

The amount of time, in 1/4 second increments, for which a cell should flash

when it is edited.  \fB\-flashmode\fR must be on.  Defaults to 2.

.OP \-height height Height

Specifies the desired height for the window, in rows.

If zero or less, then the desired height for the window is made just

large enough to hold all the rows in the table.  The height can be

further limited by \fB\-maxheight\fR.

.OP \-invertselected invertSelected InvertSelected

Specifies whether the foreground and background of an item should simply

have their values swapped instead of merging the \fIsel\fR tag options

when the cell is selected.  Defaults to 0 (merge).

.OP \-maxheight maxHeight MaxHeight

The max height in pixels that the window will request.  Defaults to 600.

.OP \-maxwidth maxWidth MaxWidth

The max width in pixels that the window will request.  Defaults to 800.

.OP \-resizeborders resizeBorders ResizeBorders

Specifies what kind of interactive border resizing to allow, must be one of

row, col, both (default) or none.

.OP \-rowheight rowHeight RowHeight

Default row height, interpreted as lines in the default font when

the number is positive, or pixels if it is negative.  Defaults to 1.

.OP \-roworigin rowOrigin Origin

Specifies what row index to interpret as the topmost row in the table.

This value is used for user indices in the table.  Defaults to 0.

.OP \-rows rows Rows

Number of rows in the table.  Defaults to 10.

.OP \-rowseparator rowSeparator Separator

Specifies a separator character that will be interpreted as the row

separator when cutting or pasting data in a table.  By default, rows

are separated as tcl lists.

.OP \-rowstretchmode rowStretchMode StretchMode

Specifies the stretch modes for rows to fill extra

allocated window space.  See \fB\-colstretchmode\fR for valid options.

.OP \-rowtagcommand rowTagCommand TagCommand

Provides the name of a procedure that can evaluated by the widget to

determine the tag to be used for a given row.  The procedure must be

defined by the user to accept a single argument (the row number), and

return a tag name or null string.  This operates in a similar manner as

\fB\-coltagcommand\fR, except that it applies to row tags.

.OP "\-selectioncommand or \-selcmd" selectionCommand SelectionCommand

Specifies a command to evaluate when the selection is retrieved from a table

via the selection mechanism (ie: evaluating "selection get").  The return

value from this command will become the string passed on by the selection

mechanism.  It uses the %\-substition model described in COMMAND SUBSTITUTION

below.

.OP \-selectmode selectMode SelectMode

Specifies one of several styles for manipulating the selection.  The value

of the option may be arbitrary, but the default bindings expect it to be

either \fBsingle\fR, \fBbrowse\fR, \fBmultiple\fR, or \fBextended\fR; the

default value is \fBbrowse\fR.  These styles are like those for the Tk

listbox, except expanded for 2 dimensions.

.OP \-selecttitle selectTitles SelectTitles

Specifies whether title cells should be allowed in the selection.

Defaults to 0 (disallowed).

.OP \-selecttype selectType SelectType

Specifies one of several types of selection for the table.  The value of the

option may be one of \fBrow\fR, \fBcol\fR, \fBcell\fR, or \fBboth\fR

(meaning \fBrow && col\fR); the default value is \fBcell\fR.  These types

define whether an entire row/col is affected when a cell's selection is

changed (set or clear).

.OP \-state state State

Specifies one of two states for the entry:  \fBnormal\fR or \fBdisabled\fR.

If the table is disabled then the value may not be changed using widget

commands and no insertion cursor will be displayed, even if the input focus

is in the widget.  Defaults to \fBnormal\fR.

.OP \-titlecols titleCols TitleCols

Number of columns to use as a title area.  Defaults to 0.

.OP \-titlerows titleRows TitleRows

Number of rows to use as a title area.  Defaults to 0.

.OP \-usecommand useCommand UseCommand

A boolean value which specifies whether to use the \fBcommand\fR option.

This value sets itself to zero if \fBcommand\fR is used and returns an error.

Defaults to 1 (will use \fBcommand\fR if specified).

.OP \-validate validate Validate

A boolean specifying whether validation should occur for the active buffer.

Defaults to 0.

.OP "\-validatecommand or \-vcmd" validateCommand ValidateCommand

Specifies a command to execute when the active cell is edited.  This command

is expected to return a Tcl boolean.  If it returns true, then it is assumed

the new value is OK, otherwise the new value is rejected (the edition will

not take place).  Errors in this command are handled in the background.  It

uses the %\-substition model described in COMMAND SUBSTITUTION below.

.OP \-variable variable Variable

Global Tcl array variable to attach to the table's C array.  It will be

created if it doesn't already exist or is a simple variable.  Keys used by

the table in the array are of the form \fIrow\fR,\fIcol\fR for cells and

the special key \fIactive\fR which contains the value of the active cell

buffer.  The Tcl array is managed as a sparse array (the table doesn't

require all valid indices have values).  No stored value for an index is

equivalent to the empty string, and clearing a cell will remove that index

from the Tcl array.

.OP \-width width Width

Specifies the desired width for the window, in columns.

If zero or less, then the desired width for the window is made just

large enough to hold all the columns in the table.  The width can be

further limited by \fB\-maxwidth\fR.

.BE

.SH DESCRIPTION

.PP

The \fBtable\fR command creates a 2\-dimensional grid of cells.  The table

can use a Tcl array variable or Tcl command for data storage and retrieval.

The widget has an active cell, the contents of which can be edited (when

the state is normal).  The widget supports a default style for the cells

and also multiple \fItags\fR, which can be used to change the style of a

row, column or cell (see TAGS for details).  A cell \fIflash\fR can be set

up so that changed cells will change color for a specified amount of time

("blink").  Cells can have embedded images or windows, as described in

TAGS and "EMBEDDED WINDOWS" respectively.

.PP

One or more cells may be selected as described below.  If a table is

exporting its selection (see \fB\-exportselection\fR option), then it will

observe the standard X11 protocols for handling the selection.  See THE

SELECTION for details.

.PP

It is not necessary for all the cells to be displayed in the table window at

once; commands described below may be used to change the view in the window.

Tables allow scrolling in both directions using the standard

\fB\-xscrollcommand\fR and \fB\-yscrollcommand\fR options.  They also support

scanning, as described below.

.PP

In order to obtain good performance, the table widget supports three drawing

modes, two of which are fully Tk compatible.

.SH "INDICES"

.PP

Many of the widget commands for tables take one or more indices as arguments.

An index specifies a particular cell of the table, in any of

the following ways:

.TP 12

\fInumber,number\fR

Specifies the cell as a numerical index of row,col which corresponds to the

index of the associated Tcl array, where \fB\-roworigin,\-colorigin\fR

corresponds to the first cell in the table (0,0 by default).

.TP 12

\fBactive\fR

Indicates the cell that has the location cursor.

It is specified with the \fBactivate\fR widget command.

.TP 12

\fBanchor\fR

Indicates the anchor point for the selection, which is set with the

\fBselection anchor\fR widget command.

.TP 12

\fBbottomright\fR

Indicates the bottom\-rightmost cell visible in the table.

.TP 12

\fBend\fR

Indicates the bottom right cell of the table.

.TP 12

\fBorigin\fR

Indicates the top\-leftmost editable cell of the table, not necessarily

in the display.  This takes into account the user specified origin and

title area.

.TP 12

\fBtopleft\fR

Indicates the top\-leftmost editable cell visible in the table (this

excludes title cells).

.TP 12

\fB@\fIx\fB,\fIy\fR

Indicates the cell that covers the point in the table window

specified by \fIx\fR and \fIy\fR (in pixel coordinates).  If no

cell covers that point, then the closest cell to that

point is used.

.LP

In the widget command descriptions below, arguments named \fIindex\fR,

\fIfirst\fR, and \fIlast\fR always contain text indices in one of

the above forms.

.SH TAGS

.PP

A tag is a textual string that is associated with zero or more rows, columns

or cells in a table.  Tags may contain arbitrary characters, but it is

probably best to avoid using names which look like indices.  There may be

any number of tags associated with rows, columns or cells in a table.  There

are several permanent tags in each table that can be configured by the user

and will determine the attributes for special cells:

.RS

.TP 10

\fBactive\fR

This tag is given to the \fIactive\fR cell

.TP 10

\fBflash\fR

If flash mode is on, this tag is given to any recently

edited cells.

.TP 10

\fBsel\fR

This tag is given to any selected cells.

.TP 10

\fBtitle\fR

This tag is given to any cells in the title rows and columns.  This

tag has \fB\-state\fR \fIdisabled\fR by default.

.RE

.PP

Tags control the way cells are displayed on the screen.

By default, cells are displayed as determined by the

\fBbackground\fR, \fBfont\fR, and \fBforeground\fR options for the

table widget.

However, display options may be associated with individual tags

using the ``\fIpathName \fBtag configure\fR'' widget command.

If a cell has been tagged, then the display options associated

with the tag override the default display style.

The following options are currently supported for tags:

.RS

.TP

\fB\-anchor \fIanchor\fR

Anchor for item in the cell space.

.TP

\fB\-background\fR or \fB\-bg\fR \fIcolor\fR

Background color of the cell

.TP

\fB\-font \fIfontName\fR

Font for text in the cell.

.TP

\fB\-foreground\fR or \fB\-fg\fR \fIcolor\fR

Foreground color of the cell.

.TP

\fB\-justify \fIjustify\fR

How to justify multi\-line text in a cell.

It must be one of \fBleft\fR, \fBright\fR, or \fBcenter\fR.

.TP

\fB\-image \fIimageName\fR

An image to display in the cell instead of text.

.TP

\fB\-relief \fIrelief\fR

The relief for the cell.

.TP

\fB\-showtext \fIboolean\fR

Whether to show the text over an image.

.TP

\fB\-state \fIstate\fR

The state of the cell, to allow for certain cells to be disabled.

This prevents the cell from being edited by the \fIinsert\fR or \fIdelete\fR

methods, but a direct \fIset\fR will not be prevented.

.TP

\fB\-wrap \fIboolean\fR

Whether characters should wrap in a cell that is not wide enough.

.RE

.PP

A priority order is defined among tags, and this order is used in

implementing some of the tag\-related functions described below.  When a cell

is displayed, its properties are determined by the tags which are assigned

to it.  Including the special tags, this order is \fBflash\fR, \fBactive\fR,

\fBsel\fR, \fBtitle\fR, \fBcelltag\fR, \fBrowtag\fR, \fBcoltag\fR, default.

.PP

If a cell has several tags associated with it, and if their display options

conflict, then the options of the highest priority tag are used.  If a

particular display option hasn't been specified for a particular tag, or if

it is specified as an empty string, then that option will never be used; the

next\-highest\-priority tag's option will used instead.  If no tag specifies a

particular display option, then the default style for the widget will be

used.

.PP

Images are used for display purposes only.  Editing in that cell will still

be enabled and any querying of the cell will show the text value of the cell,

regardless of the value of \fB\-showtext\fR.

.SH "EMBEDDED WINDOWS"

.PP

There may be any number of embedded windows in a table widget (one per

cell), and any widget may be used as an embedded window (subject to the

usual rules for geometry management, which require the table window to be

the parent of the embedded window or a descendant of its parent).  The

embedded window's position on the screen will be updated as the table is

modified or scrolled, and it will be mapped and unmapped as it moves into

and out of the visible area of the table widget.  Each embedded window

occupies one cell's worth of space in the table widget, and it is referred

to by the index of the cell in the table.  Windows associated with the

table widget are destroyed when the table widget is destroyed.

.PP

Windows are used for display purposes only.  A value still exists for that

cell, but will not be shown unless the window is deleted in some way.

.PP

When an embedded window is added to a table widget with the window

configure widget command, several configuration options may be associated

with it.  These options may be modified with later calls to the window

configure widget command.  The following options are currently supported:

.RS

.TP

\fB\-create \fIscript\fR

NOT CURRENTLY SUPPORTED.  Specifies a Tcl script that may be evaluated to

create the window for the annotation.  If no \-window option has been

specified for this cell then this script will be evaluated when the

cell is about to be displayed on the screen.  Script must create a

window for the cell and return the name of that window as its result.

If the cell's window should ever be deleted, the script will be evaluated

again the next time the cell is displayed.

.TP

\fB\-background\fR or \fB\-bg\fR \fIcolor\fR

Background color of the cell.  If not

specified, it uses the table's default background.

.TP

\fB\-padx \fIpixels\fR

As defined in the Tk options man page.

.TP

\fB\-pady \fIpixels\fR

As defined in the Tk options man page.

.TP

\fB\-relief \fIrelief\fR

The relief to use for the cell in which the window lies.  If not

specified, it uses the table's default relief.

.TP

\fB\-sticky \fIsticky\fR

Stickiness of the window inside the cell, as defined by the \fBgrid\fR command.

.TP

\fB\-window \fIpathName\fR

Specifies the name of a window to display in the  annotation.  It must

exist before being specified here.

.RE

.SH "THE SELECTION"

.PP

Table selections are available as type STRING.  By default, the value of

the selection will be the values of the selected cells in nested Tcl list

form where each row is a list and each column is an element of a row list.

You can change the way this value is interpreted by setting the

\fB\-rowseparator\fR and \fB\-colseparator\fR options.  For example,

default Excel format would be to set \fB\-rowseparator\fR to "\\n" and

\fB\-colseparator\fR to "\\t".  Changes these values affects both how the

table sends out the selection and reads in pasted data, ensuring that the

table should always be able to cut and paste to itself.  It is possible to

change how pastes are handled by editing the table library procedure

\fBtk_tablePasteHandler\fR.  This might be necessary if

\fB\-selectioncommand\fR is set.

.SH "COMMAND SUBSTITUTION"

.PP

The various option based commands that the table supports all support the

familiar Tk %\-substitution model (see \fBbind\fR for more details).  The

following %\-sequences are recognized and substituted by the table widget:

.TP 5

\fB%c\fR

For \fBSelectionCommand\fR, it is the maximum number of columns in any

row in the selection.  Otherwise it is the column of the triggered cell.

.TP 5

\fB%C\fR

A convenience substitution for \fI%r\fR,\fI%c\fR.

.TP 5

\fB%i\fR

For \fBSelectionCommand\fR, it is the total number of cells in the selection.

For \fBCommand\fR, it is 0 for a read (get) and 1 for a write (set).

Otherwise it is the current cursor position in the cell.

.TP 5

\fB%r\fR

For \fBSelectionCommand\fR, it is the number of rows in the selection.

Otherwise it is the row of the triggered cell.

.TP 5

\fB%s\fR

For \fBValidateCommand\fR, it is the current value of the cell being validated.

For \fBSelectionCommand\fR, it is the default value of the selection.

For \fBBrowseCommand\fR, it is the index of the last active cell.

For \fBCommand\fR, it is empty for reads (get) and the current value of the

cell for writes (set).

.TP 5

\fB%S\fR

For \fBValidateCommand\fR, it is the potential new value of the cell

being validated.

For \fBBrowseCommand\fR, it is the index of the new active cell.

.TP 5

\fB%W\fR

The pathname to the window for which the command was generated.

.LP

.SH "WIDGET COMMAND"

.PP

The \fBtable\fR command creates a new Tcl command whose

name is \fIpathName\fR.  This command may be used to invoke various

operations on the widget.  It has the following general form:

.CS

\fIpathName option \fR?\fIarg arg ...\fR?

.CE

\fIOption\fR and the \fIarg\fRs

determine the exact behavior of the command.

.PP

The following commands are possible for \fBtable\fR widgets:

.TP

\fIpathName \fBactivate\fR \fIindex\fR

Sets the active cell to the one indicated by \fIindex\fR.

.TP

\fIpathName \fBbbox\fR \fIfirst\fR ?\fIlast\fR?

It returns the bounding box for the specified cell (range) as a 4\-tuple of

x, y, width and height in pixels.  It clips the box to the visible portion,

if any, otherwise an empty string is returned.

.TP

\fIpathName \fBborder\fR \fIoption args\fR

This command is a voodoo hack to implement border sizing for tables.  Its

options may change in the future.

.RS

.TP

\fIpathName \fBborder mark\fR \fIx y\fR ?\fIrow|col\fR?

Records \fIx\fR and \fIy\fR and the row and/or column border under that

point in the table window, if any; used in conjunction with later \fBborder

dragto\fR commands.  Typically this command is associated with a mouse

button press in the widget.  If \fIrow\fR or \fIcol\fR is not specified, it

returns a tuple of both border indices (an empty item means no border).

Otherwise, just the specified item is returned.

.TP

\fIpathName \fBborder dragto\fR \fIx y\fR.

This command computes the difference between its \fIx\fR and \fIy\fR

arguments and the \fIx\fR and \fIy\fR arguments to the last \fBborder

mark\fR command for the widget.  It then adjusts the previously marked

border by the difference.  This command is typically associated with mouse

motion events in the widget, to produce the effect of interactive border

resizing.

.RE

.TP

\fIpathName \fBcget\fR \fIoption\fR

Returns the current value of the configuration option given

by \fIoption\fR.  \fIOption\fR may have any of the values accepted

by the \fBtable\fR command.

.TP

\fIpathName \fBconfigure\fR ?\fIoption\fR? ?\fIvalue option value ...\fR?

Query or modify the configuration options of the widget.

If no \fIoption\fR is specified, returns a list describing all of

the available options for \fIpathName\fR (see \fBTk_ConfigureInfo\fR for

information on the format of this list).  If \fIoption\fR is specified

with no \fIvalue\fR, then the command returns a list describing the

one named option (this list will be identical to the corresponding

sublist of the value returned if no \fIoption\fR is specified).  If

one or more \fIoption\-value\fR pairs are specified, then the command

modifies the given widget option(s) to have the given value(s);  in

this case the command returns an empty string.

\fIOption\fR may have any of the values accepted by the \fBtable\fR

command.

.TP

\fIpathName \fBcurselection\fR ?\fIset value\fR?

With no arguments, it returns the sorted indices of the currently selected

cells.  Otherwise it sets all the selected cells to the given value.  The

set has no effect if there is no associated Tcl array or the state is

disabled.

.TP

\fIpathName \fBcurvalue\fR ?\fIvalue\fR?

If no value is given, the value of the cell being edited (indexed by

\fBactive\fR) is returned, else it is set to the given value.

.TP

\fIpathName \fBdelete\fR \fIoption arg\fR ?\fIarg\fR?

This command is used to delete various things in a table.  It has several

forms, depending on the \fIoption\fR:

.RS

.TP

\fIpathName \fBdelete active\fR \fIindex\fR ?\fIindex\fR?

Deletes text from the active cell.  If only one index is given, it deletes

the character after that index, otherwise it deletes from the first index to

the second.  \fIindex\fR can be a number, \fBinsert\fR or \fBend\fR.

.TP

\fIpathName \fBdelete cols\fR ?\fIswitches\fR? \fIindex\fR ?\fIcount\fR?

Deletes \fBcount\fR cols starting at (and including) col \fBindex\fR.  If

\fBcount\fR is negative, it deletes cols to the left.  Otherwise it deletes

cols to the right.  The selection will be cleared.  The optional switches

are:

.RS

.TP

\fB\-cols\fR

Sets an artificial maximum column boundary to use when collapsing the rest

of the columns.  By default it uses the value of the \fB\-cols\fR widget

option.  This can cause interesting side\-effects when used in conjunction

with the other options.

.TP

\fB\-holddimensions\fR

Causes the table cols to be unaffected by the deletion (empty cols may

appear).  By default the dimensions are adjusted by \fBcount\fR.

.TP

\fB\-holdtags\fR

Causes the tags specified by the \fItag\fR method to not collapse along

with the data.  Also prevents specific widths set by the \fIwidth\fR method

from being adjusted.  By default, these tags are properly adjusted.

.TP

\fB\-keeptitles\fR

Prevents title area cell contents from being moved.  Otherwise they are

treated just like regular cells and will move as specified.

.TP

\fB\-rows\fR

Sets an artificial maximum row boundary to use when collapsing the rest of

the rows.  By default it uses the value of the \fB\-rows\fR widget option.

This can cause interesting side\-effects when used in conjunction with the

other options.

.TP

\fB\-\-\fR

Signifies the end of the switches.

.RE

.TP

\fIpathName \fBdelete rows\fR ?\fIswitches\fR? \fIindex\fR ?\fIcount\fR?

Deletes \fBcount\fR rows starting at (and including) row \fBindex\fR.  If

\fBcount\fR is negative, it deletes rows going up.  Otherwise it deletes

rows going down.  The selection will be cleared.  The switches are the same

as those for column deletion.

.RE

.TP

\fIpathName \fBflush\fR ?\fIfirst\fR? ?\fIlast\fR?

Forces the table cache to be flushed from \fIfirst\fR to \fIlast\fR.  If

neither are specified, it flushes the entire cache.

.TP

\fIpathName \fBget\fR \fIfirst\fR ?\fIlast\fR?

Returns the value of the cells specified by the table indices \fIfirst\fR

and (optionally) \fIlast\fR in a list.

.TP

\fIpathName \fBheight\fR ?\fIrow\fR? ?\fIvalue row value ...\fR?

If no \fIrow\fR is specified, returns a list describing all rows for which

a height has been set.  If \fBrow\fR is specified with no value, it prints

out the height of that row in characters (positive number) or pixels

(negative number).  If one or more \fIrow\-value\fR pairs are specified,

then it sets each row to be that height in lines (positive number) or

pixels (negative number).  If \fIvalue\fR is \fIdefault\fR, then the row

uses the default height, specified by \fB\-rowheight\fR.

.TP

\fIpathName \fBicursor\fR ?\fIarg\fR?

With no arguments, prints out the location of the insertion cursor in the

active cell.  With one argument, sets the cursor to that point in the

string.  0 is before the first character, you can also use \fBinsert\fR or

\fBend\fR for the current insertion point or the end of the text.

.TP

\fIpathName \fBindex\fR \fIindex\fR ?\fIrow|col\fR?

Returns the integer cell coordinate that corresponds to \fIindex\fR in the

form row,col.  If \fBrow\fR or \fBcol\fR is specified, then only the row or

column index is returned.

.TP

\fIpathName \fBinsert\fR \fIoption arg arg\fR

This command is used to into various things into a table.  It has several

forms, depending on the \fIoption\fR:

.RS

.TP

\fIpathName \fBinsert active\fR \fIindex value\fR

The \fIvalue\fR is a text string which is inserted at the \fIindex\fR

postion of the active cell.  The cursor is then positioned after the

new text. \fIindex\fR can be a number, \fBinsert\fR or \fBend\fR.

.TP

\fIpathName \fBinsert cols\fR ?\fIswitches\fR? \fIindex\fR ?\fIcount\fR?

Inserts \fBcount\fR cols starting at col \fBindex\fR.  If \fBcount\fR is

negative, it inserts before the specified col.  Otherwise it inserts after

the specified col.  The selection will be cleared.  The switches are the

same as those for column deletion.

.TP

\fIpathName \fBinsert rows\fR ?\fIswitches\fR? \fIindex\fR ?\fIcount\fR?

Inserts \fBcount\fR rows starting at row \fBindex\fR.  If \fBcount\fR is

negative, it inserts before the specified row.  Otherwise it inserts after

the specified row.  The selection will be cleared.  The switches are the

same as those for column deletion.

.RE

.TP

\fIpathName \fBreread\fR

Rereads the old contents of the cell back into the editing buffer.  Useful

for a key binding when  is pressed to abort the edit (a default

binding).

.TP

\fIpathName \fBscan\fR \fIoption args\fR

This command is used to implement scanning on tables.  It has

two forms, depending on \fIoption\fR:

.RS

.TP

\fIpathName \fBscan mark\fR \fIx y\fR

Records \fIx\fR and \fIy\fR and the current view in the table

window;  used in conjunction with later \fBscan dragto\fR commands.

Typically this command is associated with a mouse button press in

the widget.  It returns an empty string.

.TP

\fIpathName \fBscan dragto\fR \fIx y\fR.

This command computes the difference between its \fIx\fR and \fIy\fR

arguments and the \fIx\fR and \fIy\fR arguments to the last \fBscan mark\fR

command for the widget.  It then adjusts the view by 5 times the difference

in coordinates.  This command is typically associated with mouse motion

events in the widget, to produce the effect of dragging the list at high

speed through the window.  The return value is an empty string.

.RE

.TP

\fIpathName \fBsee\fR \fIindex\fR

Adjust the view in the table so that the cell given by \fIindex\fR is

positioned as the cell one off from top left (excluding title rows and

columns) if the cell is not currently visible on the screen.  The actual

cell may be different to keep the screen full.

.TP

\fIpathName \fBselection\fR \fIoption arg\fR

This command is used to adjust the selection within a table.  It

has several forms, depending on \fIoption\fR:

.RS

.TP

\fIpathName \fBselection anchor\fR \fIindex\fR

Sets the selection anchor to the cell given by \fIindex\fR.  The selection

anchor is the end of the selection that is fixed while dragging out a

selection with the mouse.  The index \fBanchor\fR may be used to refer to

the anchor cell.

.TP