Improve grid/table view in Specify 7

[grantfitzsimmons]

I find the Sp 6 grid design far easier to use:

I have read this (by finding the word ‘grid’) but I’m still uncertain as to whether or not grid column widths (as in the ‘grid view’) can be changed in Sp7.

@willem on Speciforum

There should be some mechanism to switch to a classic, more condensed table view that is entirely read-only. I understand the advantage of our current tables, but I agree with Willem that this could be improved.

[maxpatiiuk]

The current implementation in Specify 7 is the way it is because it was simpler - we were able to reuse all existing UI elements in the condensed mode.

If we were to follow Specify 6 implementation, it would involve one of:

• Treating each condensed row as read-only (like you proposed)
• Develop a condensed version of text fields, date pickers, pick lists and etc
  • since we had to add support for these in the workbench to some extend, maybe grid view should just render a mini workbench spreadsheet?

[grantfitzsimmons]

since we had to add support for these in the workbench to some extend, maybe grid view should just render a mini workbench spreadsheet?

I don't mind this suggestion at all if we can do so elegantly.