Small patch to support multi-column fields in tables

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Hi,

Below is a small patch against 3.8.1 to the /Elements/CollectionAsTable
components that adds support for a /SPAN:X directive in the formatting
which translates into a colspan=“X” element in the table definition.

Works a treat; allows me to have ‘Subject’ span multiple columns in a
multi-row table definition.
Can’t see any immediate reason it would cause problems. Anyone?

Thanks,

Olly

Index: share/html/Elements/CollectionAsTable/ParseFormat
— share/html/Elements/CollectionAsTable/ParseFormat (revision 6284)
+++ share/html/Elements/CollectionAsTable/ParseFormat (working copy)
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@
if ( $col =~ s!/ALIGN:([^/]+)!!io ) {
$colref->{‘align’} = $1;
}

  • if ( $col =~ s!/SPAN:([^/]+)!!io ) {
  •    $colref->{'span'} = $1;
  • }
    if ( $col =~ /(.*?)/io ) {
    my @subcols;
    while ( $col =~ s/^(.?)__(.?)__//o ) {
    Index: share/html/Elements/CollectionAsTable/Row
    — share/html/Elements/CollectionAsTable/Row (revision 6284)
    +++ share/html/Elements/CollectionAsTable/Row (working copy)
    @@ -76,13 +76,15 @@
    next;
    }

  • $item++;
    my $class = $column->{class} ? encode_entities( $column->{class},
    q{’"&<>} ) : ‘collection-as-table’;
    $m->out(qq{<td class="$class" });

    my $align = $column->{align};
    my $style = $column->{style};

  • my $span = $column->{span};

  • $item += ($span || 1);
    my @out;
    foreach my $subcol ( @{ $column->{output} } ) {
    unless ( $subcol =~ /^(.*?)$/ ) {
    @@ -131,6 +133,7 @@
    }
    $m->out( ‘align="’ . $align . ‘"’ ) if $align;
    $m->out( ‘style="’ . $style . ‘"’ ) if $style;

  • $m->out( ‘colspan="’ . $span . ‘"’ ) if $span;
    $m->out(’>’);
    $m->out(@out) if @out;
    $m->out( ‘’ . “\n” );
    Index: share/html/Elements/CollectionAsTable/Header
    — share/html/Elements/CollectionAsTable/Header (revision 6284)
    +++ share/html/Elements/CollectionAsTable/Header (working copy)
    @@ -87,9 +87,12 @@
    next;
    }

  • $item++;
  • my $span = $col->{‘span’};
  • $item += ($span || 1);
  • $m->out(’’);

    • $m->out(’<th class=“collection-as-table”’);

    • $m->out(’ colspan="’ . $span . ‘"’) if $span;

    • $m->out(’>’);

      $title =~ s/^(.*)$/$1/o;
      my $tmp = $m->comp( ‘/Elements/ColumnMap’,

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    rt-multicolumn-diff.txt (2.09 KB)