@yuneta/gobj-ui 7.7.1 → 7.8.0

package/dist/gobj-ui.cjs.js

@@ -15609,7 +15609,13 @@ function ac_mt_command_answer$2(gobj, event, kw, src) {
 	}
 	if (result < 0) {
 		if (command === "descs") show_load_error$1(gobj, (0, i18next.t)(comment));
-		else yui_shell_show_error(yui_shell_of(gobj), comment, { t: i18next.t });
+		else {
+			yui_shell_show_error(yui_shell_of(gobj), comment, { t: i18next.t });
+			if (command === "update-node" || command === "create-node") {
+				let failed_topic = (0, _yuneta_gobj_js.kw_get_str)(gobj, kw_command, "topic_name", "", 0);
+				if (failed_topic) treedb_nodes$1(gobj, (0, _yuneta_gobj_js.gobj_read_str_attr)(gobj, "treedb_name"), failed_topic, { list_dict: true });
+			}
+		}
 		return 0;
 	}
 	switch (command) {
@@ -15849,6 +15855,35 @@ function ac_create_record(gobj, event, kw, src) {
 	});
 }
 /********************************************
+*  Event from formtable: ONE field of one record, edited in place.
+*
+*  Written as a PARTIAL update and, deliberately, with NO `autolink`.
+*  `treedb_update_node()` merges (`json_object_update`), so the fields
+*  it does not carry are left alone; and `autolink` is what wipes a
+*  node's links to rebuild them from the fkeys the record carries — on
+*  a partial record that reads as "no parents" and DETACHES the node,
+*  answering success. A cell edit changes a scalar and must not be able
+*  to touch a link at all.
+*
+*  This is why it is its own event and not EV_UPDATE_RECORD: that one
+*  DOES send autolink, and may, because the form hands it the whole
+*  record with its fkeys in it.
+********************************************/
+function ac_update_field(gobj, event, kw, src) {
+	if (refuse_if_readonly$3(gobj, event)) return -1;
+	let topic_name = kw.topic_name || (0, _yuneta_gobj_js.gobj_read_attr)(src, "topic_name");
+	let desc = ((0, _yuneta_gobj_js.gobj_read_attr)(gobj, "descs") || {})[topic_name];
+	let pkey = desc && desc.pkey || "id";
+	if (kw.id === void 0 || kw.id === null || !kw.field) {
+		(0, _yuneta_gobj_js.log_error)(`${(0, _yuneta_gobj_js.gobj_short_name)(gobj)}: a field write with no id or no field`);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	let record = {};
+	record[pkey] = kw.id;
+	record[kw.field] = kw.value;
+	return treedb_update_node$1(gobj, (0, _yuneta_gobj_js.gobj_read_str_attr)(gobj, "treedb_name"), topic_name, record, { list_dict: true });
+}
+/********************************************
 *  Event from formtable
 *  kw: {
 *      topic_name,
@@ -15970,6 +16005,11 @@ function create_gclass$6(gclass_name) {
 			ac_update_record,
 			null
 		],
+		[
+			"EV_UPDATE_FIELD",
+			ac_update_field,
+			null
+		],
 		[
 			"EV_DELETE_RECORD",
 			ac_delete_record,
@@ -16043,6 +16083,7 @@ function create_gclass$6(gclass_name) {
 		["EV_TREEDB_NODE_DELETED", _yuneta_gobj_js.event_flag_t.EVF_PUBLIC_EVENT],
 		["EV_CREATE_RECORD", 0],
 		["EV_UPDATE_RECORD", 0],
+		["EV_UPDATE_FIELD", 0],
 		["EV_DELETE_RECORD", 0],
 		["EV_RECORD_WRITTEN", _yuneta_gobj_js.event_flag_t.EVF_OUTPUT_EVENT | _yuneta_gobj_js.event_flag_t.EVF_NO_WARN_SUBS],
 		["EV_REFRESH_TOPIC", 0],
@@ -16256,6 +16297,7 @@ var attrs_table$5 = [
 	(0, _yuneta_gobj_js.SDATA)(_yuneta_gobj_js.data_type_t.DTP_BOOLEAN, "with_columns_button", 0, true, "Button toolbar COLUMNS (choose which columns the table shows)"),
 	(0, _yuneta_gobj_js.SDATA)(_yuneta_gobj_js.data_type_t.DTP_BOOLEAN, "with_export_button", 0, true, "Button toolbar EXPORT (download as CSV what the table holds)"),
 	(0, _yuneta_gobj_js.SDATA)(_yuneta_gobj_js.data_type_t.DTP_BOOLEAN, "with_header_filters", 0, true, "Per-column filter box in the table header, on the columns a text/number match means something (not hooks, fkeys or json)"),
+	(0, _yuneta_gobj_js.SDATA)(_yuneta_gobj_js.data_type_t.DTP_BOOLEAN, "with_inline_edit", 0, true, "Edit a writable scalar cell in place while in edition mode (the record form keeps the rest)"),
 	(0, _yuneta_gobj_js.SDATA)(_yuneta_gobj_js.data_type_t.DTP_BOOLEAN, "with_in_row_edit_icons", 0, true, "Add a last column with internal EDIT/DELETE icon"),
 	(0, _yuneta_gobj_js.SDATA)(_yuneta_gobj_js.data_type_t.DTP_BOOLEAN, "editable", 0, false, "Edit state"),
 	(0, _yuneta_gobj_js.SDATA)(_yuneta_gobj_js.data_type_t.DTP_BOOLEAN, "with_checkbox", 0, true, "Auxiliary first column to select rows"),
@@ -16765,6 +16807,7 @@ function create_tabulator(gobj) {
 	let table_id = (0, _yuneta_gobj_js.gobj_read_str_attr)(gobj, "table_id");
 	let desc = (0, _yuneta_gobj_js.gobj_read_attr)(gobj, "desc");
 	let with_header_filters = (0, _yuneta_gobj_js.gobj_read_bool_attr)(gobj, "with_header_filters");
+	let with_inline_edit = (0, _yuneta_gobj_js.gobj_read_bool_attr)(gobj, "with_inline_edit");
 	let columns = [];
 	let with_checkbox = (0, _yuneta_gobj_js.gobj_read_bool_attr)(gobj, "with_checkbox");
 	let with_radio = (0, _yuneta_gobj_js.gobj_read_bool_attr)(gobj, "with_radio");
@@ -16808,6 +16851,42 @@ function create_tabulator(gobj) {
 			col_id: cell.getField()
 		}, gobj);
 	}
+	const INLINE_EDITABLE = [
+		"string",
+		"integer",
+		"real",
+		"email",
+		"url",
+		"tel",
+		"id",
+		"hex",
+		"currency",
+		"percent",
+		"uuid"
+	];
+	function inline_editor_for(colDef, col, field_desc) {
+		if (!field_desc.is_writable) return;
+		if (col.id === (desc.pkey || "id")) return;
+		switch (field_desc.type) {
+			case "boolean":
+				colDef.editor = "tickCross";
+				break;
+			case "enum":
+				colDef.editor = "list";
+				colDef.editorParams = { values: field_desc.enum_list || [] };
+				break;
+			case "integer":
+			case "real":
+				colDef.editor = "number";
+				break;
+			default:
+				if (!INLINE_EDITABLE.includes(field_desc.type)) return;
+				colDef.editor = "input";
+		}
+		colDef.editable = function() {
+			return (0, _yuneta_gobj_js.gobj_read_bool_attr)(gobj, "editable") && !(0, _yuneta_gobj_js.gobj_read_bool_attr)(gobj, "readonly");
+		};
+	}
 	const FILTERABLE = [
 		"string",
 		"integer",
@@ -16930,6 +17009,7 @@ function create_tabulator(gobj) {
 			formatter: colFormatter
 		};
 		if (with_header_filters) apply_header_filter(colDef, field_desc);
+		if (with_inline_edit) inline_editor_for(colDef, col, field_desc);
 		if (vertAlign) colDef.vertAlign = vertAlign;
 		if (formatterParams) colDef.formatterParams = formatterParams;
 		if (cellClick) colDef.cellClick = cellClick;
@@ -17016,6 +17096,21 @@ function create_tabulator(gobj) {
 	});
 	tabulator.on("dataProcessed", update_rowcount);
 	tabulator.on("dataChanged", update_rowcount);
+	tabulator.on("cellEdited", function(cell) {
+		let pkey = ((0, _yuneta_gobj_js.gobj_read_attr)(gobj, "desc") || {}).pkey || "id";
+		let data = cell.getRow().getData();
+		let id = data ? data[pkey] : void 0;
+		if (id === void 0 || id === null) {
+			(0, _yuneta_gobj_js.log_error)(`${(0, _yuneta_gobj_js.gobj_short_name)(gobj)}: edited a row with no '${pkey}'`);
+			cell.restoreOldValue();
+			return;
+		}
+		(0, _yuneta_gobj_js.gobj_send_event)(gobj, "EV_CELL_EDITED", {
+			id,
+			field: cell.getField(),
+			value: cell.getValue()
+		}, gobj);
+	});
 	tabulator.on("dataFiltered", function(filters, rows) {
 		update_rowcount(Array.isArray(rows) ? rows.length : void 0);
 	});
@@ -18136,6 +18231,20 @@ function ac_show_cell_json(gobj, event, kw, src) {
 	return 0;
 }
 /************************************************************
+*  One cell of one record changed. Publish it UP as a field write;
+*  the host owns the treedb command and its options.
+************************************************************/
+function ac_cell_edited(gobj, event, kw, src) {
+	if (refuse_if_readonly$2(gobj, event)) return -1;
+	(0, _yuneta_gobj_js.gobj_publish_event)(gobj, "EV_UPDATE_FIELD", {
+		topic_name: (0, _yuneta_gobj_js.gobj_read_str_attr)(gobj, "topic_name"),
+		id: kw.id,
+		field: kw.field,
+		value: kw.value
+	});
+	return 0;
+}
+/************************************************************
 *  Show the schema (desc) of this topic
 ************************************************************/
 function ac_show_schema(gobj, event, kw, src) {
@@ -18385,6 +18494,11 @@ function create_gclass$5(gclass_name) {
 			ac_show_schema,
 			null
 		],
+		[
+			"EV_CELL_EDITED",
+			ac_cell_edited,
+			null
+		],
 		[
 			"EV_SEARCH",
 			ac_search,
@@ -18435,6 +18549,8 @@ function create_gclass$5(gclass_name) {
 		["EV_CHANGE_LOCALE", 0],
 		["EV_REFRESH", 0],
 		["EV_SHOW_SCHEMA", 0],
+		["EV_CELL_EDITED", 0],
+		["EV_UPDATE_FIELD", _yuneta_gobj_js.event_flag_t.EVF_OUTPUT_EVENT],
 		["EV_SEARCH", 0],
 		["EV_OPEN_COLUMNS", 0],
 		["EV_TOGGLE_COLUMN", 0],

package/dist/gobj-ui.es.js

@@ -15604,7 +15604,13 @@ function ac_mt_command_answer$2(gobj, event, kw, src) {
 	}
 	if (result < 0) {
 		if (command === "descs") show_load_error$1(gobj, t(comment));
-		else yui_shell_show_error(yui_shell_of(gobj), comment, { t });
+		else {
+			yui_shell_show_error(yui_shell_of(gobj), comment, { t });
+			if (command === "update-node" || command === "create-node") {
+				let failed_topic = kw_get_str(gobj, kw_command, "topic_name", "", 0);
+				if (failed_topic) treedb_nodes$1(gobj, gobj_read_str_attr(gobj, "treedb_name"), failed_topic, { list_dict: true });
+			}
+		}
 		return 0;
 	}
 	switch (command) {
@@ -15844,6 +15850,35 @@ function ac_create_record(gobj, event, kw, src) {
 	});
 }
 /********************************************
+*  Event from formtable: ONE field of one record, edited in place.
+*
+*  Written as a PARTIAL update and, deliberately, with NO `autolink`.
+*  `treedb_update_node()` merges (`json_object_update`), so the fields
+*  it does not carry are left alone; and `autolink` is what wipes a
+*  node's links to rebuild them from the fkeys the record carries — on
+*  a partial record that reads as "no parents" and DETACHES the node,
+*  answering success. A cell edit changes a scalar and must not be able
+*  to touch a link at all.
+*
+*  This is why it is its own event and not EV_UPDATE_RECORD: that one
+*  DOES send autolink, and may, because the form hands it the whole
+*  record with its fkeys in it.
+********************************************/
+function ac_update_field(gobj, event, kw, src) {
+	if (refuse_if_readonly$3(gobj, event)) return -1;
+	let topic_name = kw.topic_name || gobj_read_attr(src, "topic_name");
+	let desc = (gobj_read_attr(gobj, "descs") || {})[topic_name];
+	let pkey = desc && desc.pkey || "id";
+	if (kw.id === void 0 || kw.id === null || !kw.field) {
+		log_error(`${gobj_short_name(gobj)}: a field write with no id or no field`);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	let record = {};
+	record[pkey] = kw.id;
+	record[kw.field] = kw.value;
+	return treedb_update_node$1(gobj, gobj_read_str_attr(gobj, "treedb_name"), topic_name, record, { list_dict: true });
+}
+/********************************************
 *  Event from formtable
 *  kw: {
 *      topic_name,
@@ -15965,6 +16000,11 @@ function create_gclass$6(gclass_name) {
 			ac_update_record,
 			null
 		],
+		[
+			"EV_UPDATE_FIELD",
+			ac_update_field,
+			null
+		],
 		[
 			"EV_DELETE_RECORD",
 			ac_delete_record,
@@ -16038,6 +16078,7 @@ function create_gclass$6(gclass_name) {
 		["EV_TREEDB_NODE_DELETED", event_flag_t.EVF_PUBLIC_EVENT],
 		["EV_CREATE_RECORD", 0],
 		["EV_UPDATE_RECORD", 0],
+		["EV_UPDATE_FIELD", 0],
 		["EV_DELETE_RECORD", 0],
 		["EV_RECORD_WRITTEN", event_flag_t.EVF_OUTPUT_EVENT | event_flag_t.EVF_NO_WARN_SUBS],
 		["EV_REFRESH_TOPIC", 0],
@@ -16251,6 +16292,7 @@ var attrs_table$5 = [
 	SDATA(data_type_t.DTP_BOOLEAN, "with_columns_button", 0, true, "Button toolbar COLUMNS (choose which columns the table shows)"),
 	SDATA(data_type_t.DTP_BOOLEAN, "with_export_button", 0, true, "Button toolbar EXPORT (download as CSV what the table holds)"),
 	SDATA(data_type_t.DTP_BOOLEAN, "with_header_filters", 0, true, "Per-column filter box in the table header, on the columns a text/number match means something (not hooks, fkeys or json)"),
+	SDATA(data_type_t.DTP_BOOLEAN, "with_inline_edit", 0, true, "Edit a writable scalar cell in place while in edition mode (the record form keeps the rest)"),
 	SDATA(data_type_t.DTP_BOOLEAN, "with_in_row_edit_icons", 0, true, "Add a last column with internal EDIT/DELETE icon"),
 	SDATA(data_type_t.DTP_BOOLEAN, "editable", 0, false, "Edit state"),
 	SDATA(data_type_t.DTP_BOOLEAN, "with_checkbox", 0, true, "Auxiliary first column to select rows"),
@@ -16760,6 +16802,7 @@ function create_tabulator(gobj) {
 	let table_id = gobj_read_str_attr(gobj, "table_id");
 	let desc = gobj_read_attr(gobj, "desc");
 	let with_header_filters = gobj_read_bool_attr(gobj, "with_header_filters");
+	let with_inline_edit = gobj_read_bool_attr(gobj, "with_inline_edit");
 	let columns = [];
 	let with_checkbox = gobj_read_bool_attr(gobj, "with_checkbox");
 	let with_radio = gobj_read_bool_attr(gobj, "with_radio");
@@ -16803,6 +16846,42 @@ function create_tabulator(gobj) {
 			col_id: cell.getField()
 		}, gobj);
 	}
+	const INLINE_EDITABLE = [
+		"string",
+		"integer",
+		"real",
+		"email",
+		"url",
+		"tel",
+		"id",
+		"hex",
+		"currency",
+		"percent",
+		"uuid"
+	];
+	function inline_editor_for(colDef, col, field_desc) {
+		if (!field_desc.is_writable) return;
+		if (col.id === (desc.pkey || "id")) return;
+		switch (field_desc.type) {
+			case "boolean":
+				colDef.editor = "tickCross";
+				break;
+			case "enum":
+				colDef.editor = "list";
+				colDef.editorParams = { values: field_desc.enum_list || [] };
+				break;
+			case "integer":
+			case "real":
+				colDef.editor = "number";
+				break;
+			default:
+				if (!INLINE_EDITABLE.includes(field_desc.type)) return;
+				colDef.editor = "input";
+		}
+		colDef.editable = function() {
+			return gobj_read_bool_attr(gobj, "editable") && !gobj_read_bool_attr(gobj, "readonly");
+		};
+	}
 	const FILTERABLE = [
 		"string",
 		"integer",
@@ -16925,6 +17004,7 @@ function create_tabulator(gobj) {
 			formatter: colFormatter
 		};
 		if (with_header_filters) apply_header_filter(colDef, field_desc);
+		if (with_inline_edit) inline_editor_for(colDef, col, field_desc);
 		if (vertAlign) colDef.vertAlign = vertAlign;
 		if (formatterParams) colDef.formatterParams = formatterParams;
 		if (cellClick) colDef.cellClick = cellClick;
@@ -17011,6 +17091,21 @@ function create_tabulator(gobj) {
 	});
 	tabulator.on("dataProcessed", update_rowcount);
 	tabulator.on("dataChanged", update_rowcount);
+	tabulator.on("cellEdited", function(cell) {
+		let pkey = (gobj_read_attr(gobj, "desc") || {}).pkey || "id";
+		let data = cell.getRow().getData();
+		let id = data ? data[pkey] : void 0;
+		if (id === void 0 || id === null) {
+			log_error(`${gobj_short_name(gobj)}: edited a row with no '${pkey}'`);
+			cell.restoreOldValue();
+			return;
+		}
+		gobj_send_event(gobj, "EV_CELL_EDITED", {
+			id,
+			field: cell.getField(),
+			value: cell.getValue()
+		}, gobj);
+	});
 	tabulator.on("dataFiltered", function(filters, rows) {
 		update_rowcount(Array.isArray(rows) ? rows.length : void 0);
 	});
@@ -18131,6 +18226,20 @@ function ac_show_cell_json(gobj, event, kw, src) {
 	return 0;
 }
 /************************************************************
+*  One cell of one record changed. Publish it UP as a field write;
+*  the host owns the treedb command and its options.
+************************************************************/
+function ac_cell_edited(gobj, event, kw, src) {
+	if (refuse_if_readonly$2(gobj, event)) return -1;
+	gobj_publish_event(gobj, "EV_UPDATE_FIELD", {
+		topic_name: gobj_read_str_attr(gobj, "topic_name"),
+		id: kw.id,
+		field: kw.field,
+		value: kw.value
+	});
+	return 0;
+}
+/************************************************************
 *  Show the schema (desc) of this topic
 ************************************************************/
 function ac_show_schema(gobj, event, kw, src) {
@@ -18380,6 +18489,11 @@ function create_gclass$5(gclass_name) {
 			ac_show_schema,
 			null
 		],
+		[
+			"EV_CELL_EDITED",
+			ac_cell_edited,
+			null
+		],
 		[
 			"EV_SEARCH",
 			ac_search,
@@ -18430,6 +18544,8 @@ function create_gclass$5(gclass_name) {
 		["EV_CHANGE_LOCALE", 0],
 		["EV_REFRESH", 0],
 		["EV_SHOW_SCHEMA", 0],
+		["EV_CELL_EDITED", 0],
+		["EV_UPDATE_FIELD", event_flag_t.EVF_OUTPUT_EVENT],
 		["EV_SEARCH", 0],
 		["EV_OPEN_COLUMNS", 0],
 		["EV_TOGGLE_COLUMN", 0],

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@yuneta/gobj-ui",
-  "version": "7.7.1",
+  "version": "7.8.0",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "dist/gobj-ui.cjs.js",
   "module": "dist/gobj-ui.es.js",

package/src/c_yui_treedb_topic_with_form.js

@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ SDATA(data_type_t.DTP_BOOLEAN,  "with_schema_button",        0,  true,   "Button
 SDATA(data_type_t.DTP_BOOLEAN,  "with_columns_button",       0,  true,   "Button toolbar COLUMNS (choose which columns the table shows)"),
 SDATA(data_type_t.DTP_BOOLEAN,  "with_export_button",        0,  true,   "Button toolbar EXPORT (download as CSV what the table holds)"),
 SDATA(data_type_t.DTP_BOOLEAN,  "with_header_filters",       0,  true,   "Per-column filter box in the table header, on the columns a text/number match means something (not hooks, fkeys or json)"),
+SDATA(data_type_t.DTP_BOOLEAN,  "with_inline_edit",          0,  true,   "Edit a writable scalar cell in place while in edition mode (the record form keeps the rest)"),
 SDATA(data_type_t.DTP_BOOLEAN,  "with_in_row_edit_icons",    0,  true,   "Add a last column with internal EDIT/DELETE icon"),
 
 SDATA(data_type_t.DTP_BOOLEAN,  "editable",             0,  false,  "Edit state"),
@@ -730,6 +731,7 @@ function create_tabulator(gobj)
     let table_id = gobj_read_str_attr(gobj, "table_id");
     let desc = gobj_read_attr(gobj, "desc");
     let with_header_filters = gobj_read_bool_attr(gobj, "with_header_filters");
+    let with_inline_edit = gobj_read_bool_attr(gobj, "with_inline_edit");
 
     let columns = [];
 
@@ -819,6 +821,62 @@ function create_tabulator(gobj)
      *  value is stringified first because a fkey can arrive as a ref string,
      *  a list of them or a dict.
      */
+    /*  A cell you can type into, and the ones you cannot.
+     *
+     *  Editing in place is for a SCALAR the table can round-trip. A hook
+     *  holds children and an fkey IS a link — both are edited by linking,
+     *  not by typing — a dict or a list is a document (the form has an
+     *  editor for it), and a date cell shows a formatted string over an
+     *  epoch, so typing into it would write the string. Those stay with
+     *  the form, which is one click away on the same row.
+     *
+     *  The schema decides the rest: only a column flagged `writable` is
+     *  offered, and never the pkey — renaming what a record is KEYED by
+     *  is not a field edit.
+     */
+    const INLINE_EDITABLE = [
+        "string", "integer", "real",
+        "email", "url", "tel", "id", "hex", "currency", "percent", "uuid"
+    ];
+
+    function inline_editor_for(colDef, col, field_desc)
+    {
+        if(!field_desc.is_writable) {
+            return;
+        }
+        if(col.id === (desc.pkey || "id")) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        switch(field_desc.type) {
+            case "boolean":
+                colDef.editor = "tickCross";
+                break;
+            case "enum":
+                colDef.editor = "list";
+                colDef.editorParams = {values: field_desc.enum_list || []};
+                break;
+            case "integer":
+            case "real":
+                colDef.editor = "number";
+                break;
+            default:
+                if(!INLINE_EDITABLE.includes(field_desc.type)) {
+                    return;
+                }
+                colDef.editor = "input";
+                break;
+        }
+
+        /*  A FUNCTION, not a flag: edition mode is toggled on a table that
+         *  is already built (ac_edition_mode only shows and hides columns),
+         *  so the answer has to be asked for at the moment of the click. */
+        colDef.editable = function() {
+            return gobj_read_bool_attr(gobj, "editable") &&
+                   !gobj_read_bool_attr(gobj, "readonly");
+        };
+    }
+
     const FILTERABLE = [
         "string", "integer", "real", "rowid", "uuid", "qualified",
         "email", "url", "tel", "id", "hex", "currency", "percent"
@@ -974,6 +1032,9 @@ function create_tabulator(gobj)
         if(with_header_filters) {
             apply_header_filter(colDef, field_desc);
         }
+        if(with_inline_edit) {
+            inline_editor_for(colDef, col, field_desc);
+        }
         if(vertAlign) {
             colDef.vertAlign = vertAlign;
         }
@@ -1139,6 +1200,33 @@ function create_tabulator(gobj)
      *  box; a filter per column made it a claim you read on every keystroke. */
     tabulator.on("dataProcessed", update_rowcount);
     tabulator.on("dataChanged", update_rowcount);
+    /*  A cell edited in place. Announced as ONE FIELD of one record — not
+     *  as the row — and that is the whole safety of it: the host writes it
+     *  with a partial update and no `autolink`, so nothing but that field
+     *  moves. `autolink` wipes a node's links and rebuilds them from the
+     *  fkeys the record carries, so sending a row that the table shaped for
+     *  DISPLAY would unlink the node and answer success.  */
+    tabulator.on("cellEdited", function(cell) {
+        let pkey = (gobj_read_attr(gobj, "desc") || {}).pkey || "id";
+        let data = cell.getRow().getData();
+        let id = data ? data[pkey] : undefined;
+        if(id === undefined || id === null) {
+            log_error(`${gobj_short_name(gobj)}: edited a row with no '${pkey}'`);
+            cell.restoreOldValue();
+            return;
+        }
+        gobj_send_event(
+            gobj,
+            "EV_CELL_EDITED",
+            {
+                id:    id,
+                field: cell.getField(),
+                value: cell.getValue()
+            },
+            gobj
+        );
+    });
+
     tabulator.on("dataFiltered", function(filters, rows) {
         update_rowcount(Array.isArray(rows)? rows.length : undefined);
     });
@@ -2845,6 +2933,28 @@ function ac_show_cell_json(gobj, event, kw, src)
     return 0;
 }
 
+/************************************************************
+ *  One cell of one record changed. Publish it UP as a field write;
+ *  the host owns the treedb command and its options.
+ ************************************************************/
+function ac_cell_edited(gobj, event, kw, src)
+{
+    if(refuse_if_readonly(gobj, event)) {
+        return -1;      /*  Error already logged  */
+    }
+    gobj_publish_event(
+        gobj,
+        "EV_UPDATE_FIELD",
+        {
+            topic_name: gobj_read_str_attr(gobj, "topic_name"),
+            id:         kw.id,
+            field:      kw.field,
+            value:      kw.value
+        }
+    );
+    return 0;
+}
+
 /************************************************************
  *  Show the schema (desc) of this topic
  ************************************************************/
@@ -3076,6 +3186,7 @@ function create_gclass(gclass_name)
             ["EV_CHANGE_LOCALE",        ac_change_locale,      null],
             ["EV_REFRESH",              ac_refresh,            null],
             ["EV_SHOW_SCHEMA",          ac_show_schema,        null],
+            ["EV_CELL_EDITED",          ac_cell_edited,        null],
             ["EV_SEARCH",               ac_search,             null],
             ["EV_OPEN_COLUMNS",         ac_open_columns,       null],
             ["EV_TOGGLE_COLUMN",        ac_toggle_column,      null],
@@ -3108,6 +3219,8 @@ function create_gclass(gclass_name)
         ["EV_CHANGE_LOCALE",        0],
         ["EV_REFRESH",              0],
         ["EV_SHOW_SCHEMA",          0],
+        ["EV_CELL_EDITED",          0],
+        ["EV_UPDATE_FIELD",         event_flag_t.EVF_OUTPUT_EVENT],
         ["EV_SEARCH",               0],
         ["EV_OPEN_COLUMNS",         0],
         ["EV_TOGGLE_COLUMN",        0],

package/src/c_yui_treedb_topics.js

@@ -1740,6 +1740,18 @@ function ac_mt_command_answer(gobj, event, kw, src)
             show_load_error(gobj, t(comment));
         } else {
             yui_shell_show_error(yui_shell_of(gobj), comment, {t: t});
+            /*  A refused write leaves the TABLE showing what the operator
+             *  typed and the store holding what it had. That is tolerable
+             *  for a form (it stays open on the values it failed with) and
+             *  is not for a cell edited in place, which looks saved. Put the
+             *  topic back to what the treedb actually has. */
+            if(command === "update-node" || command === "create-node") {
+                let failed_topic = kw_get_str(gobj, kw_command, "topic_name", "", 0);
+                if(failed_topic) {
+                    treedb_nodes(gobj, gobj_read_str_attr(gobj, "treedb_name"),
+                                 failed_topic, {list_dict: true});
+                }
+            }
         }
         return 0;
     }
@@ -2126,6 +2138,49 @@ function ac_create_record(gobj, event, kw, src)
     );
 }
 
+/********************************************
+ *  Event from formtable: ONE field of one record, edited in place.
+ *
+ *  Written as a PARTIAL update and, deliberately, with NO `autolink`.
+ *  `treedb_update_node()` merges (`json_object_update`), so the fields
+ *  it does not carry are left alone; and `autolink` is what wipes a
+ *  node's links to rebuild them from the fkeys the record carries — on
+ *  a partial record that reads as "no parents" and DETACHES the node,
+ *  answering success. A cell edit changes a scalar and must not be able
+ *  to touch a link at all.
+ *
+ *  This is why it is its own event and not EV_UPDATE_RECORD: that one
+ *  DOES send autolink, and may, because the form hands it the whole
+ *  record with its fkeys in it.
+ ********************************************/
+function ac_update_field(gobj, event, kw, src)
+{
+    if(refuse_if_readonly(gobj, event)) {
+        return -1;      /*  Error already logged  */
+    }
+    let topic_name = kw.topic_name || gobj_read_attr(src, "topic_name");
+    let descs = gobj_read_attr(gobj, "descs") || {};
+    let desc = descs[topic_name];
+    let pkey = (desc && desc.pkey) || "id";
+
+    if(kw.id === undefined || kw.id === null || !kw.field) {
+        log_error(`${gobj_short_name(gobj)}: a field write with no id or no field`);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    let record = {};
+    record[pkey] = kw.id;
+    record[kw.field] = kw.value;
+
+    return treedb_update_node(
+        gobj,
+        gobj_read_str_attr(gobj, "treedb_name"),
+        topic_name,
+        record,
+        {list_dict: true}
+    );
+}
+
 /********************************************
  *  Event from formtable
  *  kw: {
@@ -2292,6 +2347,7 @@ function create_gclass(gclass_name)
             ["EV_TREEDB_NODE_DELETED",  ac_treedb_node_deleted,     null],
             ["EV_CREATE_RECORD",        ac_create_record,           null],
             ["EV_UPDATE_RECORD",        ac_update_record,           null],
+            ["EV_UPDATE_FIELD",         ac_update_field,            null],
             ["EV_DELETE_RECORD",        ac_delete_record,           null],
             ["EV_REFRESH_TOPIC",        ac_refresh_topic,           null],
             ["EV_OPEN_JSON",            ac_open_json,               null],
@@ -2318,6 +2374,7 @@ function create_gclass(gclass_name)
         ["EV_TREEDB_NODE_DELETED",  event_flag_t.EVF_PUBLIC_EVENT],
         ["EV_CREATE_RECORD",        0],
         ["EV_UPDATE_RECORD",        0],
+        ["EV_UPDATE_FIELD",         0],
         ["EV_DELETE_RECORD",        0],
         ["EV_RECORD_WRITTEN",       event_flag_t.EVF_OUTPUT_EVENT|
                                     event_flag_t.EVF_NO_WARN_SUBS],