diff --git a/windows/tablepart.cpp b/windows/tablepart.cpp
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+// 30 june 2016
+// TODO includes
+
+typedef struct tablePartDrawParams tablePartDrawParams;
+typedef struct tablePartMinimumSizeParams tableDrawMinimumSizeParams;
+typedef struct tablePartEditingParams tablePartEditingParams;
+
+struct tablePartDrawParams {
+	HWND hwnd;
+	HDC hdc;
+	RECT *r;
+	bool selected;
+	bool focused;
+	bool hovering;
+	uiTableModel *model;
+	int row;
+};
+
+struct tablePartMinimumSizeParams {
+	HWND hwnd;
+	HDC hdc;
+	uiTableModel *model;
+	int row;
+};
+
+enum {
+	partEventDoNothing,
+	partEventRedraw,
+	partEventEdit,
+};
+
+struct tablePartEditingParams {
+	HWND newHWND;
+};
+
+enum {
+	partEditContinue,
+	partEditDone,
+};
+
+class tablePart {
+public:
+	// needed so we can delete a tablePart
+	virtual ~tablePart() {}
+
+	virtual HRESULT Draw(tablePartDrawParams *p) = 0;
+	virtual HRESULT MinimumSize(tablePartMinimumSizeParams *p, int *width, int *height) = 0;
+
+	// returns a partEvent constant
+	virtual int MouseMove(int x, int y, RECT *cell) = 0;
+	virtual int MouseLeave(void) = 0;
+	virtual int LButtonDown(int x, int y, int count, RECT *cell) = 0;
+	virtual int LButtonUp(int x, int y, RECT *cell) = 0;
+	virtual int CaptureBroken(void) = 0;
+	virtual int KeyDown(void) = 0;
+	virtual int KeyUp(void) = 0;
+
+	// editing; all optional
+	virtual int StartEditing(tablePartEditingParams *p) { return editDone; }
+	virtual int EditChildWM_COMMAND(WORD code, LRESULT *lr) { return editDone; }
+	virtual void FinishEditing(uiTableModel *model, int row) {}
+	virtual void CancelEditing(void) {}
+
+	// TODO tooltips
+	// TODO timers and animations
+
+	// optional methods
+	virtual void SetTextColorColumn(int col) {}
+	virtual void SetEditable(bool editable) {}
+};
+
+class tablePartText : public tablePart {
+	int textColumn;
+	int colorColumn;
+public:
+	tablePartText(int tc)
+	{
+		this->textColumn = tc;
+		this->colorColumn = -1;
+	}
+
+	// TODO figure out vertical alignment
+	virtual HRESULT Draw(tablePartDrawParams *p)
+	{
+	}
+
+	virtual HRESULT MinimumSize(tablePartMinimumSizeParams *p, int *width, int *height)
+	{
+	}
+};
+
+tablePart *newTablePartText(int tc)
+{
+	return new tablePartText(tc);
+}