[news.eclipse.platform] Re: Table Viewer Vs Nebula Grid Viewer

[Tom Schindl <tom.schindl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Supreetha H R schrieb:
> Hello,
>
> In our RCP application, we already have implmented Nebula grid viewer. 
> As it is still in Alpha stage, we thought we will hang on to the stable 
> Eclipse 3.3's Table Viewer. For that I have to make sure that all 
> features(we have implemented with Nebula grid viewer's help) provided in 
> nebula grid viewer is available in Table Viewer.
>
> So, I just need to know, is cell selection possible in Table Viewer as 
> in Grid table viewer?

Yes. See 
http://wiki.eclipse.org/JFaceSnippets#Snippet026TreeViewerTabEditing

> One more thing I found in Table Viewer is that, I just cant set the 
> visible state of a column in Table Viewer as in Nebuila grid viewer, 
> which looks curious on navigation thorugh hidden columns! And also the 
> column count will always be the same with or without hidden columns! 
> Isn't it?

Well this is a limitation you'll be facing in 3.3 code base but it is 
gone in 3.4.

Tom

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Tom Schindl                                          JFace-Committer
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