How do I get Table rows to be always selected across all columns?

[BBN Technologies]

Hello,

I am trying to get a two column table in my GUI to have the behavior where if you click on a cell to select it, both cells belonging to the same row are automaticly selected together. 

I have tried using the function below where PANEL_FILES is the table containing aa two column file list.

SetCtrlAttribute(panelHandle, PANEL_FILES, ATTR_FULL_ROW_SELECT, 1);

It is causing the following error:
    NON-FATAL RUN-TIME ERROR:   "testing.c", line 120, col 5,  thread id 0x0000066C:  
    Library function error (return value == -46 [0xffffffd2]).   The attribute passed is not valid

Can anyone tell me what am I doing wrong and how can I achieve the desired results?

Thanks so much,
Brian

[RobertoBozzolo]

Hi, you can do the following:

 switch (event) {
  case EVENT_LEFT_CLICK:
  case EVENT_RIGHT_CLICK:
   // Hilight line pointed to by mouse
   GetTableCellFromPoint (panel, control, MakePoint (eventData2, eventData1), &cell);
   if (cell.x == 0 && cell.y == 0) return 1;    // Clicked outside the table (on the label?)
   GetNumTableRows (panel, control, &r);
   SetTableCellRangeAttribute (panel, control, MakeRect (1, 1, r, 6),
        ATTR_TEXT_BOLD, 0);      // Cancel highlight on all table (previous highlighted row)
   SetTableCellRangeAttribute (panel, control, MakeRect (cell.y, 1, 1, 6),
        ATTR_TEXT_BOLD, 1);      // Hilight current row
    break;
}

Instead of TEXT_BOLD you can use any other highlighting method.

[JJHGH]

Hello, 

Please does not work this exemple, can you help me

[RobertoBozzolo]

What is your exact goal?

It's true that my example does not actually set a table selection: it highlights the row clicked cell belongs to making all cells bold. 

To actually select the row you must use 

GetActiveTableCell (panel, control, &cell);
SetTableSelection (panel, control, VAL_TABLE_ROW_RANGE (cell.y));

The reason why I suggested those instructions is that I normally don't like how the selection appears on tables with coloured text and/or background, so I resolved to highlight the row by making the text bold. It's to be said also that I normally don't use cell selection in my programs. If you on the contrary want to leverage on cells being selected or not, SetTableSelection should give you the desired result.

[JJHGH]

Thank you, I found the solution