Disable table edit

[Sundar...]

HI ,

Would like to know if there is any way to disable editing the table contents .

I tried to disable the table which does not allow me scroll .

I would just need to disable editing and retain the scroll properties.

Sundar.

[sgregor249]

Change it to an indicator instead of a control.

[mtorke]

I have a similar problem, but I want to allow the user to set values inside the table at the start of the program. When they hit a start button I want to lock the table from being edited, but still allow scrolling.

So far I've just been disabling the table but this also disables scrolling.

[cbutcher]

I don't know how you're currently set up, but you can have a boolean in a shift register along with a 'Key Down?' filter event, and wire the boolean shift register to the 'Discard?' output.

A simple example is attached. Does this work for you?

[RavensFan]

A kind of hacky way to do it would be to put a transparent decoration over the table portion of the table.  When you want someone to be able to edit it, then make the decoration (by using a reference to it) invisible.  When you want editing to be locked, make the decoration visible.

[altenbach]

Make the table an indicator, but duplicate the table as control into a subVI and pop that subVI as a dialog when a mouse-down occurs on the table. Make sure the table gets populated with the current values on each call. Once you no longer allow editing, simply no longer pop the subVI.

[altenbach]

Also have a look at the discussions of this old idea.

[ben64]

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cbutcher a écrit :

I don't know how you're currently set up, but you can have a boolean in a shift register along with a 'Key Down?' filter event, and wire the boolean shift register to the 'Discard?' output.

A simple example is attached. Does this work for you?

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A user will still be able to copy/paste data into the table even if the Key Down event is discarded. A "classic" indirect way to do this is to put a transparent decoration on top of the table (but not covering up the scrollbar) and to use the decoration visible property to lock/unlock the table.

edit: seems like a took a very long time writing this reply 🙂

Ben64

[cbutcher]

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@ben64 wrote:

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cbutcher a écrit :

you can have a boolean in a shift register along with a 'Key Down?' filter event, and wire the boolean shift register to the 'Discard?' output.

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A user will still be able to copy/paste data into the table even if the Key Down event is discarded.

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Thanks for the heads up!

[mtorke]

Thanks for the advice.  Referring to the old idea discussion, I'm surprised nobody suggested a "disable data entry" property node.  I understand their hesitation to make a "enable scrolling while control is disabled" node, but disabling data entry while allowing scrolling seems like a basic feature.

In the meantime I suppose I'll just add a transparent decoration above the table control.