Csaba gave a talk about drag and drop with tablelist at the 13th European Tcl/Tk Users Meeting 2015. An example script using TkDND and BWidget is available, too.
PO 2017/02/15 Another demo using TkDND and tablelist
# Copyright 2016-2017 Paul Obermeier ([email protected]) # # Test program for the tablelist and tkdnd packages. # Generate 2 tablelists acting as drag and drop sources. package require Tk package require tablelist package require tkdnd # Number of test rows and columns being generated. set numRows 10 set numCols 5 set width 50 # A namespace implementing the functionality of drag-and-drop # with tablelists. namespace eval poDragAndDrop { variable ns [namespace current] namespace ensemble create namespace export UseAsDropTarget namespace export UseAsDragTarget proc OnTblDragInit { w columnStartIndex columnEndIndex } { variable sDND # puts "OnTblDragInit $columnStartIndex $columnEndIndex" set tbl [tablelist::getTablelistPath $w] set selIndList [$tbl curselection] set items [list] foreach ind $selIndList { set rowCont [lrange [$tbl get $ind] $columnStartIndex $columnEndIndex] lappend items $rowCont } set sDND(DragSource,Table) $tbl set sDND(DragSource,selIndList) $selIndList return [list { copy move } DND_Text $items] } proc OnTblDragEnd { w action } { variable sDND unset sDND } proc OnTblDropEnterOrPos { tbl rootX rootY actions buttons } { variable sPo variable sDND set y [expr {$rootY - [winfo rooty $tbl]}] foreach { sDND(place) sDND(row) } [$tbl targetmarkpos $y -horizontal] {} # puts "OnTblDropEnterOrPos $tbl $sDND(DragSource,Table) $sDND(place) $sDND(row)" if { $tbl eq $sDND(DragSource,Table) } { if { ! $sPo($tbl,AllowMove) } { $tbl hidetargetmark return refuse_drop } set minInd [lindex $sDND(DragSource,selIndList) 0] set maxInd [lindex $sDND(DragSource,selIndList) end] if { $sDND(row) >= $minInd && $sDND(row) <= $maxInd } { $tbl hidetargetmark return refuse_drop } $tbl showtargetmark $sDND(place) $sDND(row) return move } $tbl showtargetmark $sDND(place) $sDND(row) return copy } proc OnTblDrop { tbl action data } { variable ns ${ns}::HandleTblDrop $tbl $data return $action } proc _InsertDropData { tbl row data } { set dataIndex [expr { [llength $data] -1 }] for { set ind $dataIndex } { $ind >= 0 } { incr ind -1 } { $tbl insert $row [lindex $data $ind] } } proc HandleTblDrop { tbl data } { variable sDND # puts "HandleTblDrop $tbl $sDND(place) $sDND(row) $data" $tbl hidetargetmark if { $tbl eq $sDND(DragSource,Table) } { # Drag and drop table are the same: Move data. set minInd [lindex $sDND(DragSource,selIndList) 0] set maxInd [lindex $sDND(DragSource,selIndList) end] if { $sDND(row) < $minInd } { $tbl delete $sDND(DragSource,selIndList) _InsertDropData $tbl $sDND(row) $data } elseif { $sDND(row) > $maxInd } { _InsertDropData $tbl $sDND(row) $data $tbl delete $sDND(DragSource,selIndList) } } else { # Drag and drop table are not the same: Copy data. set numDataColumns [llength [lindex $data 0]] set numTblColumns [$tbl columncount] if { $numTblColumns < $numDataColumns } { for { set i 0 } { $i < [expr { $numDataColumns - $numTblColumns }] } { incr i } { $tbl insertcolumns end 0 " " } } if {$sDND(row) < [$tbl size]} { _InsertDropData $tbl $sDND(row) $data } else { foreach rowData $data { $tbl insert end $rowData } } } } proc UseAsDropTarget { tbl { allowMove true } } { variable ns variable sPo tkdnd::drop_target register $tbl DND_Text bind $tbl <<DropEnter>> "${ns}::OnTblDropEnterOrPos %W %X %Y %a %b" bind $tbl <<DropPosition>> "${ns}::OnTblDropEnterOrPos %W %X %Y %a %b" bind $tbl <<DropLeave>> "%W hidetargetmark" bind $tbl <<Drop>> "${ns}::OnTblDrop %W %A %D" set sPo($tbl,AllowMove) $allowMove } proc UseAsDragTarget { tbl { columnStartIndex 0 } { columnEndIndex end } } { variable ns set tblBody [$tbl bodypath] tkdnd::drag_source register $tblBody DND_Text bind $tblBody <<DragInitCmd>> "${ns}::OnTblDragInit %W $columnStartIndex $columnEndIndex" bind $tblBody <<DragEndCmd>> "${ns}::OnTblDragEnd %W %A" } } proc Reset { dragTable dropTable numRows numCols } { $dragTable delete 0 end $dropTable delete 0 end catch { $dragTable deletecolumns 0 end } catch { $dropTable deletecolumns 0 end } # Generate column titles. for { set c 0 } { $c < $numCols } { incr c } { $dragTable insertcolumns end 0 "Col-$c" left $dropTable insertcolumns end 0 "Col-$c" left } # Generate some content for the drag table. for { set row 0 } { $row < $numRows } { incr row } { set dragList [list] for { set col 0 } { $col < $numCols } { incr col } { lappend dragList [format "Drag_%d_%d" $row $col] } $dragTable insert end $dragList } } # Create 2 tablelists for testing the drag-and-drop functionality. # Both tables are used as drag and drop sources. set dropFr .dropFr set dragFr .dragFr ttk::labelframe $dragFr -padding 5 -text "Move allowed. Copy all columns." ttk::labelframe $dropFr -padding 5 -text "No move. Copy columns 0-2." ttk::button .reset -text "Reset tables" ttk::label .msg grid $dragFr -row 0 -column 0 -sticky w grid $dropFr -row 0 -column 1 -sticky w grid .reset -row 1 -column 0 -sticky news -columnspan 2 grid .msg -row 2 -column 0 -sticky news -columnspan 2 set dragTable $dragFr.tl tablelist::tablelist $dragTable -width $width -height [expr $numRows + 5] -selectmode extended pack $dragTable -side top -fill both -expand true poDragAndDrop UseAsDropTarget $dragTable poDragAndDrop UseAsDragTarget $dragTable set dropTable $dropFr.tl tablelist::tablelist $dropTable -width $width -height [expr $numRows + 5] -selectmode extended pack $dropTable -side top -fill both -expand true poDragAndDrop UseAsDropTarget $dropTable false poDragAndDrop UseAsDragTarget $dropTable 0 2 .reset configure -command "Reset $dragTable $dropTable $numRows $numCols" Reset $dragTable $dropTable $numRows $numCols bind . <Escape> { exit } .msg configure -text \ [format "Using tablelist %s and tkdnd %s on %s with Tcl %s-%dbit" \ [package version tablelist] [package version tkdnd] $::tcl_platform(os) \ [info patchlevel] [expr $::tcl_platform(pointerSize) * 8]]
LES on 2023-05-25: The above code doesn't work for me. I see the two tablelists and I can select rows from the one on the left, but I can't drag anything much less drop.
PO 2023-05-25: Works for me on Windows using Tcl/Tk 8.6.13, tkdnd 2.9.3 and tablelist 6.21.
LES Where did you get tkdnd 2.9.3? The official site (including SourceForge) only has 2.8.
PO 2.9.3 is not an official release, but just a tag at https://github.com/petasis/tkdnd (and of course as part of https://www.tcl3d.org/bawt/ )