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Show HN: X-spreadsheet 1.0.28 – A JavaScript canvas spreadsheet for web

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Post by myliang » Mon, Feb 17, 2020, 1:27 PM UTC

Show HN: X-spreadsheet 1.0.28 – A JavaScript canvas spreadsheet for web
myliang.github.io

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Post by myliang » Mon, Feb 17, 2020, 2:18 PM UTC

https://github.com/myliang/x-spreadsheet

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#3

Post by MR4D » Mon, Feb 17, 2020, 8:21 PM UTC

Bummer. Can’t edit a cell on iPad.

Still not sure why Apple hasn’t figured this out. It’s my main reason for still needing a laptop.

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#4

Post by mdszy » Mon, Feb 17, 2020, 8:22 PM UTC

entering a forumla completely breaks it

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Post by SanchoPanda » Tue, Feb 18, 2020, 12:32 AM UTC

mdszy wrote: post #4

entering a forumla completely breaks it

I can't tell if this is a bad build or maybe due a tracking thing, but running it locally browserified runs everything perfectly, mobile included.

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Post by rs23296008n1 » Tue, Feb 18, 2020, 12:43 AM UTC

MR4D wrote: post #3

Bummer. Can’t edit a cell on iPad. Still not sure why Apple hasn’t figured this out. It’s my main reason for still needing a laptop.

Apple still haven't learnt what Pro actually means yet. I'm not convinced they like professionals using their tablets or even their computers for that matter.

Note to rabid fanboys: don't bother. I use my ipad pro 12.9"s for making money on a daily basis. I know where the faults are.

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Post by rs23296008n1 » Tue, Feb 18, 2020, 12:49 AM UTC

Great stuff. A few things to fix.

Like how to add functions etc. This looks promising. https://github.com/myliang/x-spreadsheet/blob/master/src/cor...

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Post by sbr464 » Tue, Feb 18, 2020, 3:37 AM UTC

MR4D wrote: post #3

Bummer. Can’t edit a cell on iPad. Still not sure why Apple hasn’t figured this out. It’s my main reason for still needing a laptop.

It’s basically adding listeners for pointer etc events in addition to click events. It’s not difficult to implement.

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Post by llagerlof » Tue, Feb 18, 2020, 12:23 PM UTC

I know a similar project. It has some years by now.

https://ethercalc.net

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Post by fiatjaf » Wed, Feb 19, 2020, 9:14 PM UTC

I wrote this many years ago: https://sheets.alhur.es/

The source code is somewhere on GitHub, but I don't remember where exactly, I tried so many times to write a good spreadsheet. My final goal was to use them to power-up a structured n-dimensional app for storing any kind of data and visualizing it and doing computations like in a normal free-form spreadsheet.