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Re:Show HN: X-spreadsheet 1.0.28 – A JavaScript canvas sprea... by rs23296008n1 on Monday February 17, 2020 @07:49PM (#22352435)
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...

Re:Show HN: X-spreadsheet 1.0.28 – A JavaScript canvas sprea... by fiatjaf on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @04:14PM (#22370140)
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.

Re:Show HN: X-spreadsheet 1.0.28 – A JavaScript canvas sprea... by myliang on Monday February 17, 2020 @09:18AM (#22347824)
Re:Show HN: X-spreadsheet 1.0.28 – A JavaScript canvas sprea... by llagerlof on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @07:23AM (#22355423)
I know a similar project. It has some years by now.

https://ethercalc.net

Re:Show HN: X-spreadsheet 1.0.28 – A JavaScript canvas sprea... by MR4D on Monday February 17, 2020 @03:21PM (#22350380)
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.

Re:Show HN: X-spreadsheet 1.0.28 – A JavaScript canvas sprea... by rs23296008n1 on Monday February 17, 2020 @07:43PM (#22352414)
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.

Re:Show HN: X-spreadsheet 1.0.28 – A JavaScript canvas sprea... by sbr464 on Monday February 17, 2020 @10:37PM (#22353248)
It’s basically adding listeners for pointer etc events in addition to click events. It’s not difficult to implement.
Re:Show HN: X-spreadsheet 1.0.28 – A JavaScript canvas sprea... by mdszy on Monday February 17, 2020 @03:22PM (#22350392)
entering a forumla completely breaks it
Re:Show HN: X-spreadsheet 1.0.28 – A JavaScript canvas sprea... by SanchoPanda on Monday February 17, 2020 @07:32PM (#22352346)
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.