Whats happening in the world of RGraph at the moment?

In short - not a great deal has been happening with RGraph development over the past month or so due to other commitments - but that is about to change!

The next addition to RGraph will be a javascript based datagrid component. This is possibly going to be based on a html table or perhaps based on the css table properties (ie display: table). Here's an example of a css table:

<style>
    .rgraph-css-table {
        display: table;
        width: 100%;
    }

    .rgraph-css-table-row {
        display: table-row;
    }

    .rgraph-css-table-cell-header,
    .rgraph-css-table-cell {
        display: table-cell;
    }

    .rgraph-css-table-cell-header {
        background-color: black;
        color: white;
        padding: 3px;
        font-weight: bold;
        padding-left: 15px;
    }

    .rgraph-css-table-row:nth-child(odd) {
        background-color: #eeee;
    }
</style>

<div class="rgraph-css-table">

    <div class="rgraph-css-table-row">
        <div class="rgraph-css-table-cell-header">Date</div>
        <div class="rgraph-css-table-cell-header">Forename</div>
        <div class="rgraph-css-table-cell-header">Surname</div>
        <div class="rgraph-css-table-cell-header">Age</div>
        <div class="rgraph-css-table-cell-header">Gender</div>
    </div>

    <div class="rgraph-css-table-row">
        <div class="rgraph-css-table-cell">16th July 1981</div>
        <div class="rgraph-css-table-cell">James</div>
        <div class="rgraph-css-table-cell">Backnell</div>
        <div class="rgraph-css-table-cell">44</div>
        <div class="rgraph-css-table-cell">Male</div>
    </div>

    <div class="rgraph-css-table-row">
        <div class="rgraph-css-table-cell">12th March 1998</div>
        <div class="rgraph-css-table-cell">Luis</div>
        <div class="rgraph-css-table-cell">Hardman</div>
        <div class="rgraph-css-table-cell">26</div>
        <div class="rgraph-css-table-cell">Male</div>
    </div>

    <div class="rgraph-css-table-row">
        <div class="rgraph-css-table-cell">29th November 1969</div>
        <div class="rgraph-css-table-cell">Kevin</div>
        <div class="rgraph-css-table-cell">Hartley</div>
        <div class="rgraph-css-table-cell">65</div>
        <div class="rgraph-css-table-cell">Male</div>
    </div>

    <div class="rgraph-css-table-row">
        <div class="rgraph-css-table-cell">13th June 1974</div>
        <div class="rgraph-css-table-cell">June</div>
        <div class="rgraph-css-table-cell">Garri</div>
        <div class="rgraph-css-table-cell">50</div>
        <div class="rgraph-css-table-cell">Female</div>
    </div>

    <div class="rgraph-css-table-row">
        <div class="rgraph-css-table-cell">16th March 1989</div>
        <div class="rgraph-css-table-cell">Kerry</div>
        <div class="rgraph-css-table-cell">Looseman</div>
        <div class="rgraph-css-table-cell">35</div>
        <div class="rgraph-css-table-cell">Female</div>
    </div>
</div>

And here's the same table but created using html markup instead:

Date	Forename	Surname	Age	Gender
16th July 1981	James	Backnell	44	Male
12th March 1998	Luis	Hardman	26	Male
29th November 1969	Kevin	Hartley	65	Male
13th June 1974	June	Garri	50	Female
16th March 1989	Kerry	Looseman	35	Female

<style>
    table.rgraph-datagrid {
        width: 100%;
    }


    table.rgraph-datagrid thead td {
        background-color: black;
        color: white;
        padding: 3px;
        font-weight: bold;
        padding-left: 15px;
    }


    table.rgraph-datagrid tbody td {
        padding-left: 15px;
    }

    table.rgraph-datagrid tbody tr:nth-child(odd) {
        background-color: #eeee;
    }

    table.rgraph-datagrid tfoot tr td {
        background-color: black;
        height: 30px;
    }
</style>

<table class="rgraph-datagrid">
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <td>Date</td>
            <td>Forename</td>
            <td>Surname</td>
            <td>Age</td>
            <td>Gender</td>
        </tr>
    </thead>

    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td>16th July 1981</td>
            <td>James</td>
            <td>Backnell</td>
            <td>44</td>
            <td>Male</td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
            <td>12th March 1998</td>
            <td>Luis</td>
            <td>Hardman</td>
            <td>26</td>
            <td>Male</td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
            <td>29th November 1969</td>
            <td>Kevin</td>
            <td>Hartley</td>
            <td>65</td>
            <td>Male</td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
            <td>13th June 1974</td>
            <td>June</td>
            <td>Garri</td>
            <td>50</td>
            <td>Female</td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
            <td>16th March 1989</td>
            <td>Kerry</td>
            <td>Looseman</td>
            <td>35</td>
            <td>Female</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>

    <tfoot>
        <tr>
            <td colspan="5"></td>
        <tr>
    </tfoot>
</table>

As you can see they're similar though the html version is a bit less text. This won't make a huge difference though as the table will be created and rendered dynamically - so the size of the source-code is a non-issue The html version has an extra gap between the cells - which could be removed very easily - but I actually find it visually appealing so I think that if I do go down the html route then I may leave it as the default.

All being well the datagrid module will be a part of the next version of RGraph (version 6.21).