How to display data in a tabular format using gocui in Golang?

Question

I'm working on a Go project using the gocui library for creating a terminal-based user interface. I have a list of results that I want to display in a tabular format with multiple columns. However, I'm having trouble achieving the desired layout.

I have earlier used termbox-go library and achieved the output using this code:

func renderText(row, column int, text string) {
    for i, char := range text {
        termbox.SetCell(column+i, row, char, termbox.ColorDefault, termbox.ColorDefault)
    }
}

I have tried doing this with gocui but it didn't work:

func renderText(v *gocui.View, row, column int, text string) {
    v.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("\033[%d;%dH%s", row+1, column, text)))
}

I am new to golang so any help would be appreciated.

Insufficient information. Your program is not a minimal reproducible example. You didn't tell us which gocui package you're using. You say "didn't work" but should tell us what actually happened. Finally, if you're using github.com/jroimartin/gocui why are you hand crafting the ANSI escape sequence to move the cursor? The whole point of using a package like gocui is to avoid having to do that. — Kurtis Rader
– Kurtis Rader, Commented Jul 13, 2023 at 23:32
@KurtisRader that's why i am asking how to do that in gocui library since the library is for that purpose. Now I don't know which other package is also known as gocui. Not answering questions is not the way to go. I did not find anything regarding my question in the documentation. If I would've found i would not have asked it here. — Prakhar
– Prakhar, Commented Jul 14, 2023 at 13:16

Kurtis Rader · Accepted Answer · 2023-07-14 18:30:12Z

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The documentation has a MoveCursor method that seems to be what you're looking for.

answered Jul 14, 2023 at 18:30

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