A more advanced table/spreadsheet SWT implementation

java eclipse swt spreadsheet
Tirno picture Tirno · Sep 22, 2008 · Viewed 13k times · Source

I'm developing an application based on Eclipse's Rich Client Platform that relies heavily on the use of tables for showing and editing data. I'm currently using the SWT implementations of Table and TableViewer.

My users are forever complaining that it "doesn't work like in excel". Most notably, I can't select a single cell within a row and all rows have the same height. I'm looking for an implementation that addresses these issues.

Criteria:

  • Free (as in speech and beer -- I'm a phd student and the program is EPL)
  • SWT (the various solutions for including swing in SWT aren't very nice)

Edit:

So far I have the following suggestions:

Unfortunately, a cursory glance provides no information about the differences between these implementations. I'll of course be looking for solutions and report back here, but do you have any advice on the subject?

Answer

Ben Hoffstein picture Ben Hoffstein · Sep 22, 2008

Check out the Nebula Grid component. It's still being developed, so is not 100% mature, but seems to meet your needs.

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