Summary of the prompts and the key features we’ve developed for the
CSVTextarea
component:
- Initial Request:
- You asked for a web component for working with tabular data in a web
form.
- Basic Structure:
- Created a custom element
<csv-textarea>
with
attributes like rows
, cols
,
column-headings
, show-header
,
max-rows
, and readonly
.
- The component allows editing CSV data directly in the web form.
- Dynamic Rows:
- Added functionality to dynamically add rows up to a specified
maximum.
- Implemented the ability to add a new row when “Shift+Enter” is
pressed in the last cell of the last row.
- Event Handling:
- Added event listeners for cell changes and form submission.
- Ensured the CSV content is included in the form data when the form
is submitted.
- JSON Conversion:
- Added a method
toJSON
to convert the CSV content to
JSON format.
- Column and Row Interaction:
- Implemented methods to update and retrieve cell values based on
column names or indices.
- Added functionality to select all text in a cell with “Ctrl+A” and
all text in a row with “Ctrl+Right Arrow”.
- Clean Up Rows:
- Added a “Clean Up” button to remove empty rows.
- Implemented the ability to trigger the cleanup of empty rows with
“Shift+Backspace”.
- Info Tooltip:
- Added an info icon (ⓘ) in the upper right corner that shows a
tooltip with a short explanation of the component and lists the key
bindings.
- Ensured the tooltip content includes the component’s name attribute
as a heading and the title attribute content (if set).
- Title Attribute Handling:
- Ensured that changing the
title
attribute does not
trigger the attributeChangedCallback
method.
- The
title
attribute is used in the tooltip to provide
additional context for the component.
- Key Bindings:
- Summarized the key bindings in the tooltip:
- Shift + Enter: Add a new row.
- Shift + Backspace: Clean up empty rows.
- Ctrl + A: Select all text in the current cell.
- Ctrl + Right Arrow: Select all text in the current row.
- Backspace: Delete selected text in each cell.
- Form Submission:
- Created the
submitHybridForm
function to handle form
submissions using the fetch
API.
- The function assembles all form elements into a
FormData
object, includes the CSV content from any
csv-textarea
elements used in the form, and submits the
form data based on the form’s action and method.
- The response from
fetch
is passed to the callback
function provided in the parameter.
- Separate File for Form Submission:
- Moved the
submitHybridForm
function to a separate file
(formHandler.js
) to ensure it can be used
independently.
- Updated the HTML file to include the new script.
These features and enhancements have been incrementally added based
on your requirements and feedback, resulting in a robust and
user-friendly CSVTextarea
component.