[GH-ISSUE #1005] Help: Is there an example somewheres of a table where you can highlight and select an entire row? #729

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opened 2026-03-04 01:07:19 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

kerem commented

2026-03-04 01:07:19 +03:00

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Originally created by @SimplySeth on GitHub (Jul 12, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/rivo/tview/issues/1005

Is there an example somewheres of a table where you can highlight and select an entire row?

This is what I'm trying so far:

func TableView(app *tview.Application) *tview.Table {
	blob := readJsonFile()
	data := blob["result"][0:10] # perhaps I have to implement paging
	headers := mkTaskHeaders(blob)
	rowCount := len(data)
	table := tview.NewTable().
		SetBorders(true).
		SetBordersColor(tcell.ColorYellow)
	for r := 0; r < rowCount; r++ {
		for i, c := range headers {
			if r == 0 {
				table.SetCell(r, i, tview.NewTableCell(mkTitle(c)).
					SetAlign(tview.AlignCenter))
			}
			if c == "short_description" {
				table.SetCell(
					r+1, i, tview.NewTableCell(data[r][c]).
						SetAlign(tview.AlignLeft))
			} else {
				table.SetCell(
					r+1, i, tview.NewTableCell(data[r][c]).
						SetAlign(tview.AlignCenter))
			}
		}
		table.SetInputCapture(func(event *tcell.EventKey) *tcell.EventKey {
			selected, _ := table.GetSelectable()

			if event.Key() == tcell.KeyEnter {
				table.SetSelectable(true, true)
			}
			if selected && event.Key() == tcell.KeyEnter {
				row, col := table.GetSelection()
				cell := table.GetCell(row, col).
					SetBackgroundColor(tcell.ColorYellow)
				fmt.Println(cell.Reference)
				fmt.Println(cell.Attributes)
				fmt.Println(cell.Text)
			}
			return event
		})

	}
	return table
}

Originally created by @SimplySeth on GitHub (Jul 12, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/rivo/tview/issues/1005 Is there an example somewheres of a table where you can highlight and select an entire row? This is what I'm trying so far: ``` func TableView(app *tview.Application) *tview.Table { blob := readJsonFile() data := blob["result"][0:10] # perhaps I have to implement paging headers := mkTaskHeaders(blob) rowCount := len(data) table := tview.NewTable(). SetBorders(true). SetBordersColor(tcell.ColorYellow) for r := 0; r < rowCount; r++ { for i, c := range headers { if r == 0 { table.SetCell(r, i, tview.NewTableCell(mkTitle(c)). SetAlign(tview.AlignCenter)) } if c == "short_description" { table.SetCell( r+1, i, tview.NewTableCell(data[r][c]). SetAlign(tview.AlignLeft)) } else { table.SetCell( r+1, i, tview.NewTableCell(data[r][c]). SetAlign(tview.AlignCenter)) } } table.SetInputCapture(func(event *tcell.EventKey) *tcell.EventKey { selected, _ := table.GetSelectable() if event.Key() == tcell.KeyEnter { table.SetSelectable(true, true) } if selected && event.Key() == tcell.KeyEnter { row, col := table.GetSelection() cell := table.GetCell(row, col). SetBackgroundColor(tcell.ColorYellow) fmt.Println(cell.Reference) fmt.Println(cell.Attributes) fmt.Println(cell.Text) } return event }) } return table } ```

kerem commented

2026-03-04 01:07:20 +03:00

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@rivo commented on GitHub (Aug 4, 2024):

From what I can see, you don't need to call SetInputCapture(), especially not for each row. Just call table.SetSelectable(true, false) once when initializing your table. Use SetSelectedFunc() to listen for selections (Enter key). It's all there in the documentation.

For an example of this, check out the demo presentation included in the package. The code for selecting rows is here: github.com/rivo/tview@65571ae51e/demos/presentation/table.go (L311)

@rivo commented on GitHub (Aug 4, 2024): From what I can see, you don't need to call `SetInputCapture()`, especially not for each row. Just call [`table.SetSelectable(true, false)`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/rivo/tview#Table.SetSelectable) once when initializing your table. Use [`SetSelectedFunc()`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/rivo/tview#Table.SetSelectedFunc) to listen for selections (<kbd>Enter</kbd> key). It's all there in the documentation. For an example of this, check out the demo presentation included in the package. The code for selecting rows is here: https://github.com/rivo/tview/blob/65571ae51e71d29a5e8a0082667b778939cca29f/demos/presentation/table.go#L311