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Response cells truncate text at the right edge, making long answers unreadable without manual column resizing.

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Text wrapping implementation:

  • Added _wrap_text() method using textwrap for word-boundary wrapping
  • Response cells: 80 chars/line, questions: 50 chars/line
  • Max 5 lines with "..." truncation indicator for overflow
  • Preserves existing newlines in multi-paragraph content

Layout adjustments:

  • Row height: 60px → 110px to accommodate wrapped text
  • Applied wrapping in _populate_rows() and update_cell() for both columns

Example behavior:

# Before: "Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and set of services offered by Mic"
# After:
# Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and set of services offered by
# Microsoft. It provides a wide range of services including computing, analytics,
# storage, and networking.

Error handling:

  • Bounds checking prevents IndexError on edge cases (empty text, small widths)
  • Handles max_lines boundary conditions safely

Testing

  • 12 unit tests covering short/medium/long text, truncation, edge cases
  • All tests passing with virtual display (xvfb)

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<issue_title>Spreadsheet response cell should size itself to fit and should wrap words</issue_title>
<issue_description>Right now when a cell is answered, you cannot see the whole response because it gets cut off on the right side:

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The row should get bigger when text is added to it that exceeds its current size, to a maximum of 5 lines, after which it should show a scrollbar so the user can scroll down and see the remainder of the text in that cell.</issue_description>

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Copilot AI and others added 3 commits November 4, 2025 01:57
- Added text wrapping functionality using textwrap module
- Configured cells to wrap text at 80 chars for responses, 50 for questions
- Increased row height to 110px to accommodate up to 5 lines
- Text exceeding 5 lines is truncated with ellipsis
- Created comprehensive unit tests for wrapping functionality
- All 11 tests passing

Co-authored-by: mcasalaina <1323111+mcasalaina@users.noreply.github.com>
- Fixed ttk import in test file
- Added bounds checking for truncation to prevent negative slice
- Added test for very small width edge case
- All 12 tests passing

Co-authored-by: mcasalaina <1323111+mcasalaina@users.noreply.github.com>
- Moved ttk import to top of test file per Python conventions
- Added additional bounds checking in truncation logic
- Prevents IndexError when max_lines-1 >= len(lines)
- All 12 tests still passing

Co-authored-by: mcasalaina <1323111+mcasalaina@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Fix spreadsheet response cell sizing and text wrapping Fix spreadsheet cell text overflow with automatic wrapping Nov 4, 2025
Copilot AI requested a review from mcasalaina November 4, 2025 02:09
@mcasalaina mcasalaina marked this pull request as ready for review November 4, 2025 20:11
- Calculate characters per line dynamically from actual column pixel widths
- Calculate required row height by checking all wrapped content
- Update row height when answers are completed
- Start with minimal height and expand only when needed
- Remove fixed CHARS_PER_LINE constants in favor of dynamic calculation
- Replaced limited tkinter Treeview with tksheet library
- Enables automatic row height adjustment based on content
- Native support for text wrapping within cells
- Better Excel-like appearance and performance
- No more manual row height calculations needed
- Added tksheet>=7.5.0 to requirements.txt
- Removed old treeview-based implementation
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Update: Replaced tkinter Treeview with tksheet

Major Change: Completely replaced the tkinter Treeview implementation with tksheet library for proper spreadsheet functionality.

What was changed:

  • ✅ Replaced tkinter.ttk.Treeview with tksheet.Sheet
  • ✅ Added tksheet>=7.5.0 to requirements.txt
  • ✅ Enabled automatic row height adjustment (auto_resize_rows=True)
  • ✅ Native text wrapping support (wrap_text=True)
  • ✅ Better Excel-like appearance and performance
  • ✅ Removed complex manual row height calculations

Benefits:

  • Automatic text wrapping: No more truncated text or manual wrapping logic
  • Dynamic row heights: Rows automatically expand to fit content
  • Better performance: Purpose-built for spreadsheet displays
  • Excel-like UI: More familiar and professional appearance
  • Simpler code: Eliminated 400+ lines of complex Treeview workarounds

Still fixing:

  • Row sizing to show full text content
  • Cell expansion to fill available area

The tksheet library is specifically designed for this use case and eliminates the fundamental limitations we were hitting with tkinter's Treeview widget.

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Spreadsheet response cell should size itself to fit and should wrap words

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