Term

Description

Query Using

Modify Using

Current cell

The current location in the table; the cell that will be edited when edit mode is enabled. Also called the table cursor.

xcursor,ycursor

change cursor

Formatted cell value

The actual text of a numeric or boolean column that is displayed in the table. This is affected by the current contents of the cell and the column formatting string. For example, if "-5.2" was entered, it might be displayed as "($5.20)".

N/A

Modify by changing the cell contents or column format

Response cell, row, or column

The part of the table on which the user acted to cause a response. xcoord is the horizontal position of the column or cell, or 0 if the response is for a row header. ycoord is the vertical position of the row or cell, or 0 if the response is for a column header.

xcoord, ycoord

N/A

Selection

The rows or columns selected. The table definition determines if selection is allowed and if, multiple selection is allowed for rows and for columns.

is selected, selected columns of selected rows of

select, deselect

Window position

The cell displayed in the upper left-hand corner of the table's window This changes whenever the table is scrolled.

window xposition of, windowyposition of

change window position

Window size

The number of fully displayed rows and columns in the table's window. This depends on the current size of the window, the font size, and the width of the columns displayed. Thus, the horizontal window size can change as other columns are scrolled into view, because their width is different

window xsize of, window ysize of

change size, change column width.