Editing large text blocks using in-line editing in groupTable

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#1

I have a groupTable, for which I want to do in-line editing. I’ve got this working, but the default row height is rather narrow (some of my cells will need to hold multi-line text), and I’m not sure how to adjust this. Also, hitting return in a cell does not generate the expected return character.
How can I edit a larger text block in-line in a groupTable? The ideal would be if the rows had a larger height, and text cells allowed free-text entry (including return) with a vertical scrollbar for larger text.
Is there a way to do this?
Thanks
Eric

#2

Hi,

You can use TextArea component instead of automatically generated TextField:


clientsTable.addGeneratedColumn("summary", entity -> {
    TextArea textArea = componentsFactory.createComponent(TextArea.class);
    textArea.setDatasource(clientsTable.getItemDatasource(entity), "summary");
    textArea.setRows(3);
    textArea.setWidthFull();
    return textArea;
});

It will look like that:

Also, you can use hybrid solution - TextField + PopupView with TextArea for multi-line content:


clientsTable.addGeneratedColumn("summary", entity -> {
    TextField field = componentsFactory.createComponent(TextField.class);
    field.setDatasource(clientsTable.getItemDatasource(entity), "summary");
    field.setWidthFull();
    PopupView editBtn = componentsFactory.createComponent(PopupView.class);
    editBtn.setAlignment(Alignment.MIDDLE_LEFT);
    editBtn.setMinimizedValue("Edit");
    TextArea textArea = componentsFactory.createComponent(TextArea.class);
    textArea.setDatasource(clientsTable.getItemDatasource(entity), "summary");
    textArea.setWidth("300px");
    textArea.setRows(5);
    editBtn.setPopupContent(textArea);
    HBoxLayout layout = componentsFactory.createComponent(HBoxLayout.class);
    layout.setSpacing(true);
    layout.setWidthFull();
    layout.add(editBtn);
    layout.add(field);
    layout.expand(field);
    return layout;
});

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