ah. maybe it's possible to completely abstract this all away

Signed-off-by: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>

main.go

@@ -75,14 +75,17 @@ func main() {
 	log.Println("Sleep for 2 seconds, then try to add new tabs")
 	time.Sleep(2 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000)
 
+	rows := 4
+
 	for account, _ := range config.StringMap("cloud") {
 		port := config.String("cloud." + account + ".port")
 		proto := config.String("cloud." + account + ".proto")
 		hostname := config.String("cloud." + account + ".hostname")
 		fmt.Println(hostname, port, proto)
-		addTableTab(account, 4, hostname)
+		addTableTab(account, rows, hostname)
-		log.Println("Sleep for 30 seconds, then add next table")
+		rows += 4
-		time.Sleep(30 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000)
+		log.Println("Sleep for 10 seconds, then add next table")
+		time.Sleep(10 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000)
 	}
 
 	for {

table.go

@@ -21,16 +21,24 @@ type vmRowData struct {
 var img [2]*ui.Image
 
 // TODO: make this better
-type jwcTest struct {
+type cellTest struct {
-	part0	ui.TableColor		// row background color
+/*
-	part1	ui.TableString		// column 0 text
+	// part0	ui.TableColor		// row background color
-	part2	ui.TableColor		// column 0 text color
+	// part1	ui.TableString		// column 0 text
+	// part2	ui.TableColor		// column 0 text color
 	part3	ui.TableString		// column 1 button text
 	part4	ui.TableString		// column 2 text
 	part5	ui.TableColor		// column 2 text color
 	part6	ui.TableString		// column 3 text
 	part7	ui.TableImage		// column 3 Image
 	part8	ui.TableColor		// column 3 text color
+*/
+	jwc	[20]ui.TableValue
+}
+
+type cellValue struct {
+	ref	int			// libUI reference int
+	value	ui.TableValue		// cell Value (TableString, TableColor or TableImage)
 }
 
 type modelHandler struct {
@@ -38,7 +46,11 @@ type modelHandler struct {
 	rows		int
 	bgcolorColumn	int
 
-	cellValues	[]jwcTest
+	// new attempt
+	allRows		[]cellValue
+
+	// old attempt that works
+	cellValues	[]cellTest
 
 	// These are the needed functions for libUI tables
 	funcColumnTypes	func() []ui.TableValue
@@ -55,37 +67,36 @@ func initValues(mh *modelHandler) {
 
 		// alternate background of each row light and dark
 		if (i % 2) == 1 {
-			mh.cellValues[i].part0 = ui.TableColor{0.5, 0.5, 0.5, .7}
+			mh.cellValues[i].jwc[0] = ui.TableColor{0.5, 0.5, 0.5, .7}
 		} else {
-			mh.cellValues[i].part0 = ui.TableColor{0.1, 0.1, 0.1, .1}
+			mh.cellValues[i].jwc[0] = ui.TableColor{0.1, 0.1, 0.1, .1}
 		}
 
 		// text for Column 0
-		mh.cellValues[i].part1 = ui.TableString(fmt.Sprintf("fun %d", i))
+		mh.cellValues[i].jwc[1] = ui.TableString(fmt.Sprintf("fun %d", i))
 
 		// text color for Column 0
-		mh.cellValues[i].part2 = ui.TableColor{0.9, 0, 0, 1}
+		mh.cellValues[i].jwc[2] = ui.TableColor{0.9, 0, 0, 1}
 
 		// set the button text for Column 1
-		mh.cellValues[i].part3 = ui.TableString(fmt.Sprintf("awesome %d", i))
+		mh.cellValues[i].jwc[3] = ui.TableString(fmt.Sprintf("awesome %d", i))
 
 
 		// text for Column 2
-		mh.cellValues[i].part4 = ui.TableString(fmt.Sprintf("color %d", i))
+		mh.cellValues[i].jwc[4] = ui.TableString(fmt.Sprintf("color %d", i))
 
 		// text color for Column 2
-		mh.cellValues[i].part5 = ui.TableColor{0.9, 0, 0, 1}
+		mh.cellValues[i].jwc[5] = ui.TableColor{0.9, 0, 0, 1}
 
 
 		// text for Column 3
-		mh.cellValues[i].part6 = ui.TableString(fmt.Sprintf("imgcolor %d", i))
+		mh.cellValues[i].jwc[6] = ui.TableString(fmt.Sprintf("imgcolor %d", i))
 
 		// image for Column 3
-		mh.cellValues[i].part7 = ui.TableImage{img[0]}
+		mh.cellValues[i].jwc[7] = ui.TableImage{img[0]}
 
 		// text color for Column 3
-		mh.cellValues[i].part8 = ui.TableColor{0.9, 0, 0, 1}
+		mh.cellValues[i].jwc[8] = ui.TableColor{0.9, 0, 0, 1}
-
 	}
 	// os.Exit(-1)
 }
@@ -99,11 +110,11 @@ func newModelHandler(rows int) *modelHandler {
 	mh.setCellValue    = defaultSetCellValue
 	mh.bgcolorColumn   = 0
 
-	mh.cellValues      = make([]jwcTest, mh.rows)
+	mh.cellValues      = make([]cellTest, mh.rows)
 
 	initValues(mh)
 
-	log.Println("Called newModelhandler() with mh=", mh)
+	log.Println("Called newModelHandler() with mh=", mh)
 	spew.Dump(mh)
 	return mh
 }
@@ -144,6 +155,7 @@ func makeTable(name string, rows int, row1Name string) (*ui.Table, *modelHandler
 			ColorModelColumn:               5,
 	});
 
+
 /*
         table.AppendImageTextColumn("testimagecolor", 6, 7, ui.TableModelColumnNeverEditable, 
 		&ui.TableTextColumnOptionalParams{
@@ -151,32 +163,11 @@ func makeTable(name string, rows int, row1Name string) (*ui.Table, *modelHandler
 	});
 */
 
-
 	return table, mh, model
 }
 
 func defaultCellValue(mh *modelHandler, row, column int) ui.TableValue {
-	switch column {
+	return mh.cellValues[row].jwc[column]
-	case 0:
-		return mh.cellValues[row].part0
-	case 1:
-		return mh.cellValues[row].part1
-	case 2:
-		return mh.cellValues[row].part2
-	case 3:
-		return mh.cellValues[row].part3
-	case 4:
-		return mh.cellValues[row].part4
-	case 5:
-		return mh.cellValues[row].part5
-	case 6:
-		return mh.cellValues[row].part6
-	case 7:
-		return ui.TableImage{img[1]}
-	case 8:
-		return mh.cellValues[row].part8
-	}
-	return ui.TableString(fmt.Sprintf("jcarrbad %d", row))
 }
 
 func defaultSetCellValue(mh *modelHandler, m *ui.TableModel, row, column int, value ui.TableValue) {
@@ -184,7 +175,7 @@ func defaultSetCellValue(mh *modelHandler, m *ui.TableModel, row, column int, va
 	case 0:
 		// mh.cellValues[row].part0 = ui.TableColor(value)
 	case 1:
-		mh.cellValues[row].part1 = value.(ui.TableString)
+		mh.cellValues[row].jwc[1] = value
 	case 2:
 		// mh.cellValues[row].part2 = ui.TableColor(value)
 	case 3: