Conceptual documentation

Shared type variables

• n - the type of the resource name for the list. This is not for column headers because column headers are above the list. Read brick user guide for more details.
• e - the type of list elements which are also called list rows in tabular list widgets.

Mixed type variables

• w - the type that contains widths per row kind. mixed-tabular-list demo program shows how to utilize it.

Because tabular list widgets build on top of GenericList, attributes for GenericList apply to tabular list widgets if the attributes are defined in your brick application.

A rendering function for row headers is given a space with

setAvailableSize (rowHeaderWidth, listItemHeight)

A rendering function for row columns is given a space with

setAvailableSize (columnWidth, listItemHeight)

A rendering function for column headers is given a space with

setAvailableSize (columnWidth, columnHeaderHeight)

A rendering function for column header row header is given a space with

setAvailableSize (rowHeaderWidth, columnHeaderHeight)

If the given height and the given width for rendering functions are not claimed, the list will look broken.

The given width for rendering functions should be claimed with brick's padding functions or hCenter.

The following examples show how a rendering function can claim the available width.

padRight (Pad 1) $ padLeft Max content

padRight Max content <+> str " "

padLeft (Pad 1) $ hCenter content

In the examples above, I used fixed padding with one space character at the left or the right to introduce gaps between columns.

If there are fixed paddings used as gaps between columns, then WidthDeficit should be used to remove gaps when the available width is narrower than the desired column width.