data table as widget

sandbox/will/basic.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from rich.text import Text
 from textual.app import App
 from textual.reactive import Reactive
 from textual.widget import Widget
-from textual.widgets import Static
+from textual.widgets import Static, DataTable
 
 CODE = '''
 class Offset(NamedTuple):
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ class BasicApp(App, css_path="basic.css"):
     def on_mount(self):
         """Build layout here."""
 
+        table = DataTable()
         self.scroll_to_target = Tweet(TweetBody())
         self.mount(
             header=Static(
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ class BasicApp(App, css_path="basic.css"):
                     Static(Syntax(CODE, "python"), classes="code"),
                     classes="scrollable",
                 ),
+                table,
                 Error(),
                 Tweet(TweetBody(), classes="scrollbar-size-custom"),
                 Warning(),
@@ -135,6 +137,17 @@ class BasicApp(App, css_path="basic.css"):
                 Widget(classes="content"),
             ),
         )
+        table.add_column("Foo", width=80)
+        table.add_column("Bar", width=50)
+        table.add_column("Baz", width=40)
+        table.zebra_stripes = True
+        for n in range(100):
+            table.add_row(
+                f"{n} This is an example of a [b]DataTable widget[/b] within a larger [bold magenta]Textual UI",
+                "Cells may contain just about any kind of data",
+                "Where there is a Will there is a Way",
+                height=1,
+            )
 
     async def on_key(self, event) -> None:
         await self.dispatch_key(event)