Prima::DetailedList - a multi-column list viewer with controlling header widget.
use Prima::DetailedList;
my $l = $w-> insert( 'Prima::DetailedList', columns => 2, headers => [ 'Column 1', 'Column 2' ], items => [ ['Row 1, Col 1', 'Row 1, Col 2'], ['Row 2, Col 1', 'Row 2, Col 2'] ], ); $l-> sort(1);
Prima::DetailedList is a descendant of Prima::ListViewer, and as such provides a certain level of abstraction. It overloads format of items in order to support multi-column ( 2D ) cell span. It also inserts Prima::Header widget on top of the list, so the user can interactively move, resize and sort the content of the list. The sorting mechanism is realized inside the package; it is activated by the mouse click on a header tab.
Since the class inherits Prima::ListViewer, some functionality, like 'item search by key', or get_item_text method can not operate on 2D lists. Therefore, mainColumn property is introduced, that selects the column representing all the data.
get_item_text
Called inside sort method, to facilitate custom algorithms of sorting. If the callback procedure is willing to sort by COLUMN index, then it must call clear_event, to signal the event flow stop. The DIRECTION is a boolean flag, specifying whether the sorting must be performed is ascending ( 1 ) or descending ( 0 ) order.
clear_event
The callback procedure must operate on the internal storage of {items}, which is an array of arrays of scalars.
{items}
The default action is the literal sorting algorithm, where precedence is arbitrated by cmp operator ( see "Equality Operators" in perlop ) .
cmp
Governs the number of columns in items. If set-called, and the new number is different from the old number, both items and headers are restructured.
Default value: 0
Assigns a header class.
Create-only property.
Default value: Prima::Header
Prima::Header
Assigns hash of properties, passed to the header widget during the creation.
Assigns a header widget list of delegated notifications.
Array of strings, passed to the header widget as column titles.
Array of arrays of scalars, of arbitrary kind. The default behavior, however, assumes that the scalars are strings. The data direction is from left to right and from top to bottom.
Selects the column, responsible for representation of all the data. As the user clicks the header tab, mainColumn is automatically changed to the corresponding column.
mainColumn
Sorts items by the COLUMN index in ascending order. If COLUMN is not specified, sorts by the last specified column, or by #0 if it is the first sort invocation.
sort
If COLUMN was specified, and the last specified column equals to COLUMN, the sort direction is reversed.
The method does not perform sorting itself, but invokes Sort notification, so the sorting algorithms can be overloaded, or be applied differently to the columns.
Dmitry Karasik, <dmitry@karasik.eu.org>.
Prima, Prima::Lists, Prima::Header, examples/sheet.pl
To install Prima, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Prima
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Prima
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.