"""
Creating a multi-select list box

How to use a TabularEditor to create a multi-select list box.

This demo uses two TabularEditors, side-by-side. Selections from the left table
are shown in the right table. Each table has only one column.

"""

from traits.api import HasPrivateTraits, List, Str, Property
from traitsui.api import View, HGroup, UItem, TabularEditor
from traitsui.tabular_adapter import TabularAdapter


class MultiSelectAdapter(TabularAdapter):
    """ This adapter is used by both the left and right tables
    """

    # Titles and column names for each column of a table.
    # In this example, each table has only one column.
    columns = [('', 'myvalue')]

    # Magically named trait which gives the display text of the column named
    # 'myvalue'. This is done using a Traits Property and its getter:
    myvalue_text = Property()

    # The getter for Property 'myvalue_text' simply takes the value of the
    # corresponding item in the list being displayed in this table.
    # A more complicated example could format the item before displaying it.
    def _get_myvalue_text(self):
        return self.item


class MultiSelect(HasPrivateTraits):
    """ This is the class used to view two tables
    """
    # FIXME (TraitsUI defect #14): When multi-select is done by keyboard
    # (shift+arrow), the 'selected' trait list does not update.

    # FIXME (TraitsUI defect #15): In Windows wx, when show_titles is False,
    # left table does not draw until selection passes through all rows.
    # (Workaround here: set show_titles True and make column titles empty.)

    choices = List(Str)
    selected = List(Str)

    view = View(
        HGroup(
            UItem('choices',
                  editor=TabularEditor(
                      show_titles=True,
                      selected='selected',
                      editable=False,
                      multi_select=True,
                      adapter=MultiSelectAdapter())
                  ),
            UItem('selected',
                  editor=TabularEditor(
                      show_titles=True,
                      editable=False,
                      adapter=MultiSelectAdapter())
                  )
        ),
        resizable=True,
        width=200,
        height=300
    )

# Create the demo:
demo = MultiSelect(choices=['one', 'two', 'three', 'four', 'five', 'six',
                            'seven', 'eight', 'nine', 'ten'])

# Run the demo (if invoked from the command line):
if __name__ == '__main__':
    demo.configure_traits()
