No, can’t really help (unless you put a sample scenario with code somewhere to look at) but OutlineView is the most developed/advanced of the Explorer Views.
Sorry, can’t answer abstract questions, just questions based on complete code that I can actually look at and play with. Gj On Fri, 2 Jul 2021 at 23:02, Tim Mullé <tmu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Geertjan, > > Any reason why you recommend that approach? Is TableView deprecated in > favor of OutlineView? I’m using Netbeans 12.4 for my Platform development. > > OutlineView ( > http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-openide-explorer/org/openide/explorer/view/OutlineView.html > ) > TableView ( > http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-openide-explorer/org/openide/explorer/view/TableView.html > ) > > If I use OutlineView I still have the questions I posted in my original > email. Do you have any ideas how to accomplish them? > > - Tim > > > On Jul 2, 2021, at 4:54 PM, Geertjan Wielenga < > geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > Recommend to use OutlineView instead. > > Gn > > On Fri, 2 Jul 2021 at 22:44, Gheorghe TUDOSE <tudo....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Oh my... I have no idea about that one but now that you provided the link >> I hope you don't mind me throwing some 2 cents. There's been 6-7 years >> since I last touched Swing tables. >> Seems like the TableView is backed by a NodeTableModel. That one is a >> subclass of Swing's AbstractTableModel. >> For a dynamic table structure, I guess you need to call >> NodeTableModel.setProperties when you add/remove/change columns; I'm not >> sure you can use that on an already initialized table and whether or not it >> calls all the appropriate listeners (for example whether or not it calls >> AbstractTableModel.fireTableStructureChanged and if it does what happens >> with the selection & scroll). >> Or subclass the AbstractTableModel and fire the appropriate events as >> needed when the structure changes. >> Enough yapping, I'm sure you and others here are much more qualified. >> >> George T. >> >> În vin., 2 iul. 2021 la 23:19, Tim Mullé <tmu...@gmail.com> a scris: >> >>> >>> Hi George, >>> >>> Actually, I’m trying to use a regular NetBeans Explorer TableView.. not >>> the JavaFX tableview. >>> >>> http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-openide-explorer/org/openide/explorer/view/TableView.html >>> >>> I also see some examples use OutlineView and remove the Node (first >>> column).. but I think TableView is what is more closer to our current >>> JTable implementation. >>> >>> - Tim >>> >>> On Jul 2, 2021, at 4:04 PM, Gheorghe TUDOSE <tudo....@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> For the second point, the TableView "where we can create new columns >>> with expressions behind it where it calculates values to display in the >>> table" - I take it it's a JavaFX TableView. >>> If that is the case, I personally wrap each object corresponding to a >>> table row into a JavaFX-specific class (a ViewModel if you like) that keeps >>> a Map<String, Property>. >>> The JavaFX ViewModel has some registerProperty(String propertyName, >>> Class<T> valueClass) method that makes the appropriate property and puts it >>> into the above-mentioned map. >>> HTH >>> >>> George Tudose >>> >>> >>> >
