I have noticed a problem with the GUI for selecting Tabulator rows:
With Tabulator.show_index=True (and Tabulator.disabled=False), it is easy to select a row by clicking on the index cell for the row.
With Tabulator.show_index=False (and Tabulator.disabled=False), I find it very difficult to select any rows in the table. Clicking anywhere on a cell (with the extended-index-finger icon) starts the editor. Hovering over the vertical border between two cells gives the double-ended-arrow icon (to adjust the cell widths); except that for one pixel in the middle, it changes to the extended-index-finger icon, which can then be used to select the row.
With Tabulator.show_index=False (and Tabulator.disabled=True), it is once again easy to select a row by clicking on a cell, because it cannot be edited.
I would like to be able display a table without its index, select a row easily (by clicking on the blank space in a cell), and be able to edit a cell (by clicking on its text).
Is there a workaround for this? Should I raise this as a bug on the GitHub repo Issues?
Could you try setting the selectable parameter to either 'checkbox' or 'checkbox-single'? I think this this a good UI when you have editable and selectable rows.
Yes, both 'checkbox' and 'checkbox-single' work to give me a good selectable and editable UI. Unfortunately I forgot to say that enforced single-selection (with selectable=1) is important in my application. Is there a way to combine the effects of selectable=1 and selectable='checkbox'?
How difficult would it be to separate the selectable argument into its two component behaviours, e.g.:
I don’t think there’s a way to combine selectable=1 and selectable='checkbox'. But you’re right, it should be possible to have both the ‘checkbox-single’ options with a number of selectable rows. However checkbox shouldn’t be allowed if a maximum number of rows is set.
The Tabulator widget is not like any other widget, it’s a beast of its own with lots of parameters so I guess it’s easy to miss this kind of case I encourage you to open an issue on Github to submit your feature request. And if you feel like it even implement this feature yourself!
(it is indeed a confusing name, naming things is one of the most difficult things in software development )
Just had an idea. The CTRL key can be used to select multiple rows. I’ve just tried it, when I click on a cell that is editable while holding the CTRL key, it doesn’t select the row but enter editing mode. If the CTRL behavior could take over that would I believe fix your problem. What do you think @grelston ?
Yes, the Tabulator is an impressive beast! I will open a GitHub issue for a feature request to split the two behaviours into two separate arguments. I’ll have a dig through the source code and see how it might be achieved.
(I know what you mean about naming things. I’ll submit a rename feature request as another GitHub issue.)
I encourage you to open an issue on Github to submit your feature request. And if you feel like it even implement this feature yourself! 
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