diff --git a/gui.go b/gui.go
index d359a8e..c7b6333 100644
--- a/gui.go
+++ b/gui.go
@@ -254,6 +254,16 @@ func AddEntriesDemo() {
 	maintab.SetMargined(tabcount, true)
 }
 
+func initRow(mh *tableData, row int) {
+	initRowBTcolor        (mh, row, 0)
+	initRowTextColorColumn(mh, row, 1, 2, "diff1", ui.TableColor{0.9, 0, 0, 1})
+	initRowButtonColumn   (mh, row, 3,    "diff2")
+	initRowTextColorColumn(mh, row, 4, 5, "diff3", ui.TableColor{0.0, 0.9, 0.4, 1})
+	initRowTextColorColumn(mh, row, 6, 7, "diff4", ui.TableColor{0.3, 0.1, 0.9, 1})
+	initRowTextColumn     (mh, row, 8,    "diff5")
+	initRowButtonColumn   (mh, row, 9,    "diff6")
+}
+
 func AddTableTab(name string, rowcount int, row1name string) {
 	mh := new(tableData)
 
@@ -272,6 +282,24 @@ func AddTableTab(name string, rowcount int, row1name string) {
 	initTextColumn     (mh, 8,    "jwc8blah")
 	initButtonColumn   (mh, 9,    "but9ton")
 
+	// spew.Dump(mh)
+	log.Println(mh)
+
+	b := make([]rowData, 5)
+	mh.rows = append(mh.rows, b...)
+
+	initRow(mh, mh.rowcount)
+	mh.rowcount    = rowcount + 1
+
+	log.Println(mh)
+
+/*
+	mh.rowcount    = rowcount
+	initRow(mh, mh.rowcount)
+
+	spew.Dump(mh)
+*/
+
 	model := ui.NewTableModel(mh)
 
 	table := ui.NewTable(
diff --git a/table.go b/table.go
index 0b7f539..bfd9317 100644
--- a/table.go
+++ b/table.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import "log"
 import "github.com/andlabs/ui"
 import _ "github.com/andlabs/ui/winmanifest"
 
+// import "github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
+
 var img [2]*ui.Image
 
 type cellData struct {
@@ -55,6 +57,17 @@ func initBTcolor(mh *tableData, intBG int) {
 	}
 }
 
+func initRowBTcolor(mh *tableData, row int, intBG int) {
+	// alternate background of each row light and dark
+	if (row % 2) == 1 {
+		mh.rows[row].cells[intBG].value = ui.TableColor{0.5, 0.5, 0.5, .7}
+		mh.rows[row].cells[intBG].name = "BG"
+	} else {
+		mh.rows[row].cells[intBG].value = ui.TableColor{0.1, 0.1, 0.1, .1}
+		mh.rows[row].cells[intBG].name = "BG"
+	}
+}
+
 func initButtonColumn(mh *tableData, buttonID int, junk string) {
 	mh.generatedColumnTypes = append(mh.generatedColumnTypes, ui.TableString(""))
 
@@ -65,6 +78,12 @@ func initButtonColumn(mh *tableData, buttonID int, junk string) {
 	}
 }
 
+func initRowButtonColumn(mh *tableData, row int, buttonID int, junk string) {
+	// set the button text for Column ?
+	mh.rows[row].cells[buttonID].value = ui.TableString(fmt.Sprintf("%s %d", junk, row))
+	mh.rows[row].cells[buttonID].name = "BUTTON"
+}
+
 func initTextColorColumn(mh *tableData, stringID int, colorID int, junk string, color ui.TableColor) {
 	mh.generatedColumnTypes = append(mh.generatedColumnTypes, ui.TableString(""))
 	mh.generatedColumnTypes = append(mh.generatedColumnTypes, ui.TableColor{})
@@ -82,6 +101,16 @@ func initTextColorColumn(mh *tableData, stringID int, colorID int, junk string,
 	}
 }
 
+func initRowTextColorColumn(mh *tableData, row int, stringID int, colorID int, junk string, color ui.TableColor) {
+	// text for Column ?
+	mh.rows[row].cells[stringID].value = ui.TableString(fmt.Sprintf("%s %d", junk, row))
+	mh.rows[row].cells[stringID].name = "EDIT"
+
+	// text color for Column ?
+	mh.rows[row].cells[colorID].value = color
+	mh.rows[row].cells[colorID].name = "COLOR"
+}
+
 func initTextColumn(mh *tableData, stringID int, junk string) {
 	mh.generatedColumnTypes = append(mh.generatedColumnTypes, ui.TableString(""))
 
@@ -94,6 +123,11 @@ func initTextColumn(mh *tableData, stringID int, junk string) {
 	}
 }
 
+func initRowTextColumn(mh *tableData, row int, stringID int, junk string) {
+	mh.rows[row].cells[stringID].value = ui.TableString(fmt.Sprintf("%s %d", junk, row))
+	mh.rows[row].cells[stringID].name = "EDIT"
+}
+
 func appendTextColorColumn(mh *tableData, table *ui.Table, stringID int, colorID int, columnName string) {
 	table.AppendTextColumn(columnName, stringID, ui.TableModelColumnAlwaysEditable,
 		&ui.TableTextColumnOptionalParams{