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Request: Shading and gridline options for datagrid/table

For straight-up slickness, the Mockups datagrid component is my favorite: so much gets generated from so little effort on my part. But I've just been bitten by its baked-in formatting. After several weeks of creating specs with lots of Mockups snapshots, we now have live builds coming out of the engineering group. The design uses datagrids, and the builds have switched to alternate row shading that starts on the first row instead of the second, despite the fact that our design standard calls for second-row style.

When I pointed this out, and cited the standards doc, engineering pointed out that all the new mockups show first-row shading.

Sigh.

Guess I should be grateful they're following my guidance so closely ... just need to give more consistent guidance.

Right now, the Mockups datagrid/table component has hard-wired vertical lines and alternate-row shading that starts on the first row. I propose keeping those defaults, but adding two combobox controls to the properties panel, for simple modifications:

Row Shading: Odd (default) / Even / None
Grid Lines: Vertical (default) / Horizontal / All / None

I'm hoping this is another of those relatively simple tweaks. By keeping the defaults as-is, it wouldn't mess up the rendering of datagrids already in use. And the added options would let the component mimic a good range of table styles.

Any pitfalls? Thanks ...
 
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