trying to implement use of 'any'

Makefile

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-all: clean proto goimports vet
+all: proto goimports vet
 
 redo: clean proto goimports vet
 
@@ -9,8 +9,12 @@ vet:
 goimports:
 	goimports -w *.go
 
-proto:
+proto: widget.pb.go table.pb.go
+
+widget.pb.go: widget.proto
 	autogenpb --proto widget.proto
+
+table.pb.go: table.proto
 	autogenpb --proto table.proto
 
 clean:

README.md

@@ -1 +1,20 @@
 # protobuf definition files for the GO gui plugins
+
+Almost all of this code is autogenerated and there
+are no docs yet. This is an abstraction GUI protobuf
+that allows any protobuf .proto file to be turned
+into a spreadsheet and passed to the GO plugin to
+be displayed to the user.
+
+The only functions written by hand are the Custom()
+functions which pass mouse clicks on the spreadsheet
+cells back to the application.
+
+Rather than try to read this code,
+it's better to look at an example
+application that uses it. (forge, virtigo)
+
+This code is what is called 'winning'
+
+-- jcarr 2025/03/23
+

table.custom.go

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// Code generated by go.wit.com/apps/autogenpb DO NOT EDIT.
+// This file was autogenerated with autogenpb 0.0.62 2025/02/24_1709_UTC
+//     go install go.wit.com/apps/autogenpb@latest
+//
+// define which structs (messages) you want to use in the .proto file
+// Then sort.pb.go and marshal.pb.go files are autogenerated
+//
+// autogenpb uses it and has an example .proto file with instructions
+//
+
+package guipb
+
+import "go.wit.com/log"
+
+func (pb *Tables) Custom(w *Widget) {
+	log.Info("got to guipb.Custom() for pb", pb.GetUuid(), "widget id", w)
+	if mycustom != nil {
+		mycustom(w)
+	}
+}
+
+func (pb *Table) Custom(w *Widget) {
+	log.Info("got to guipb.Custom() for pb", pb.GetUuid(), "widget id", w)
+	if mycustom != nil {
+		mycustom(w)
+	}
+}
+
+var mycustom func(*Widget)
+
+func (pb *Table) RegisterCustom(f func(*Widget)) {
+	mycustom = f
+}

table.proto

@@ -5,43 +5,86 @@ syntax = "proto3";
 package gitpb;
 
 import "google/protobuf/timestamp.proto"; // Import the well-known type for Timestamp
+import "google/protobuf/any.proto"; // Import the well-known type for Timestamp
 import "widget.proto"; // Import the well-known type for Timestamp
 
+//
+// this code was written this way to make it easy for me
+// to originally implement and auto generate the needed code
+// with autogenpb
+//
 
-message StringRow {
+// experiments in various options. think about this more.
-        Widget                               header         = 1;
+
-        repeated string                      vals           = 2;
+message ColAttr {
-        repeated Widget                      widgets        = 3;
+        enum VarType {
+                ANY = 0;
+                INT = 1;
+                STRING = 2;
+                TIME = 3;
+                DURATION = 4;
+                BYTES = 5;
         }
-
+        int32                                pad            = 1;
-message IntRow {
+        int32                                width          = 2;
-        Widget                               header         = 1;
+        bool                                 click          = 3;
-        repeated int64                       vals           = 2;
+        VarType                              type           = 4;
-        repeated Widget                      widgets        = 3;
 }
-
+message StringCol {
-message TimeRow {
-        Widget                               header         = 1;
-        repeated google.protobuf.Timestamp   vals           = 2;
-        repeated Widget                      widgets        = 3;
-}
-
-message BoolRow {
         Widget                               header         = 1;
         repeated Widget                      widgets        = 2;
+        ColAttr                              attr           = 3;
+        repeated string                      vals           = 4;  // deprecate
+}
+
+message ButtonCol {
+        Widget                               header         = 1;
+        repeated Widget                      widgets        = 2;
+        ColAttr                              attr           = 3;
+        repeated string                      vals           = 4;  // deprecate
+}
+
+message IntCol {
+        Widget                               header         = 1;
+        repeated Widget                      widgets        = 2;
+        ColAttr                              attr           = 3;
+        repeated int64                       vals           = 4;  // deprecate
+}
+
+message TimeCol {
+        Widget                               header         = 1;
+        repeated Widget                      widgets        = 2;
+        ColAttr                              attr           = 3;
+        repeated google.protobuf.Timestamp   vals           = 4;  // deprecate
+}
+
+message BoolCol {
+        Widget                               header         = 1;
+        repeated Widget                      widgets        = 2;
+        ColAttr                              attr           = 3;
+        repeated bool                        vals           = 4;  // deprecate
+}
+
+message AnyCol {
+        Widget                               header         = 1;
+        repeated Widget                      widgets        = 2;
+        ColAttr                              attr           = 3;
+        repeated google.protobuf.Any         vals           = 4;  // deprecate
 }
 
 message Table {                                                   // `autogenpb:marshal`
-        string                               title          = 1;
+        string                               uuid           = 1;
-        Widget                               parent         = 2;
+        string                               title          = 2;
-        Widget                               grid           = 3;
+        Widget                               parent         = 3;
-        repeated string                      order          = 4;
+        Widget                               grid           = 4;
-        repeated StringRow                   StringRows     = 5;
+        repeated string                      order          = 5;
-        repeated IntRow                      IntRows        = 6;
+        repeated StringCol                   stringCols     = 6;
-        repeated TimeRow                     TimeRows       = 7;
+        repeated IntCol                      intCols        = 7;
-        repeated BoolRow                     BoolRows       = 8;
+        repeated TimeCol                     timeCols       = 8;
-        Widget                               window         = 9;  // deprecate this
+        repeated BoolCol                     boolCols       = 9;
-        string                               uuid           = 10;
+        repeated ButtonCol                   buttonCols     = 10;
+        repeated AnyCol                      anyCols        = 11;
+        int64                                height         = 12; // the number of rows
 }
 
 message Tables {                                                  // `autogenpb:marshal`

widget.common.go

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// Copyright 2025 WIT.COM Inc Licensed GPL 3.0
+
+package guipb
+
+func (x *Widget) IsButton() bool {
+	if _, ok := x.GetType().(*Widget_Button); ok {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}

widget.proto

@@ -7,35 +7,61 @@ package gitpb;
 // import "google/protobuf/timestamp.proto"; // Import the well-known type for Timestamp
 import "google/protobuf/any.proto"; // Import 'Any'
 
-
 message Size  {
         int64                 width        = 1;
         int64                 height       = 2;
 }
 
+// used for grid layouts
 message Location  {
         int64                 x            = 1;
         int64                 y            = 2;
 }
 
-message Tree {
-        Widget                   parent       = 1;
-        repeated Widget          children     = 2;
-}
-
 message Widget {
+        message Internal {
+                string     progName     = 1;
+        }
+        message Standard {
+                string     progName     = 1;
+                string     name         = 2;
+        }
+        oneof type {
+                Internal   root         = 9;
+                Standard   button       = 10;
+                Standard   window       = 11;
+                Standard   tab          = 12;
+                Standard   checkbox     = 13;
+                bytes      tablePB      = 14;
+                Standard   textbox      = 15;
+        }
         int64                 id           = 1;
         string                name         = 2;
-        int64                    size         = 3;
+        google.protobuf.Any   val          = 3;
-        google.protobuf.Any      val          = 4;
+        WidgetType            Type         = 6;
-                                                    // Size                  size         = 3;
+        Location              location     = 7;
-                                                    // Location              location     = 4;
+        repeated Widget       children     = 8;
-                                                    // string                color        = 5;
-                                                    // google.protobuf.Any   TK           = 6;
 }
-
+message Widgets {                                // `autogenpb:marshal`
-message Widgets {
         string                uuid         = 1;  // `autogenpb:uuid:0331fcd7-3c8c-43e4-be1b-77db6a6bc58c`
         string                version      = 2;  // `autogenpb:version:v1`
-        repeated Widget          Widgets      = 3;
+        repeated Widget       Widgets      = 3;  // this never gets used, but it's not worth violating the autogenpb standard
+        Widget                tree         = 4;  // everything is sent from go.wit.com/gui here
+}
+
+enum WidgetType {
+        Root                = 0;  // the master 'root' node of the binary tree
+        Flag                = 1;  // internal use
+        Window              = 2;  //
+        Tab                 = 3;  // a tab like in firefox
+        Box                 = 4;  // must be either Vertical or Horizontal arrangment
+        Group               = 5;  // think 'Appetizers' on a restaurant menu
+        Grid                = 6;  // like drawers in a chest or post office boxes
+        Button              = 7;  // user can click on this
+        Checkbox            = 8;  // true or false
+        Dropdown            = 9;  //
+        Combobox            = 10; // a dropdown menu that can be edited by the user
+        Label               = 11; // a simple label
+        Textbox             = 12; // enter text
+        TablePB             = 13; // special case to allow the arbitrary GUI display of any other protobuf
 }