fix: improve display for strings and numbers in v1 shell tables (#420)

* fix: improve alignment for strings and numbers

* add scientific toggle command for table format

* enter altscreen when in table format interactive mode

* chore: run go mod tidy

clients/v1_shell/autocomplete.go

@@ -118,8 +118,9 @@ func newSugNodeFn(subsugs ...string) subsuggestFnType {
 func (c *Client) completer(d prompt.Document) []prompt.Suggest {
 	// the commented-out lines are unsupported in 2.x
 	suggestions := map[string]SuggestNode{
-		"use":    {Description: "Set current database", subsuggestFn: c.suggestUse},
-		"pretty": {Description: "Toggle pretty print for the json format"},
+		"use":        {Description: "Set current database", subsuggestFn: c.suggestUse},
+		"pretty":     {Description: "Toggle pretty print for the json format"},
+		"scientific": {Description: "Toggle scientific number format for the table format"},
 		"precision": {Description: "Specify the format of the timestamp",
 			subsuggestFn: newSugNodeFn(
 				"rfc3339",

clients/v1_shell/table_model.go

@@ -50,40 +50,58 @@ func NewModel(
 	curRes int,
 	resMax int,
 	curSer int,
-	serMax int) Model {
+	serMax int,
+	scientific bool) Model {
 
 	cols := make([]table.Column, len(*res.Columns)+1)
 	colWidths := make([]int, len(*res.Columns)+1)
+	alignment := make([]lipgloss.Position, len(*res.Columns)+1)
 	rows := make([]table.Row, len(*res.Values))
 	colNames := *res.Columns
 	for rowI, row := range *res.Values {
 		rd := table.RowData{}
 		rd["index"] = fmt.Sprintf("%d", rowI+1)
+		alignment[0] = lipgloss.Right
 		colWidths[0] = len("index") + colPadding
 		for colI, rowVal := range row {
 			var item string
+			var colLen int
 			switch val := rowVal.(type) {
 			case int:
 				item = fmt.Sprintf("%d", val)
+				colLen = len(item)
+				alignment[colI+1] = lipgloss.Right
 			case string:
-				item = fmt.Sprintf("%q", val)
+				item = color.YellowString(val)
+				colLen = len(val)
+				alignment[colI+1] = lipgloss.Left
+			case float32, float64:
+				if scientific {
+					item = fmt.Sprintf("%.10e", val)
+				} else {
+					item = fmt.Sprintf("%.10f", val)
+				}
+				colLen = len(item)
+				alignment[colI+1] = lipgloss.Right
 			default:
 				item = fmt.Sprintf("%v", val)
+				colLen = len(item)
+				alignment[colI+1] = lipgloss.Right
 			}
 			rd[colNames[colI]] = item
-			if colWidths[colI+1] < len(item)+colPadding {
-				colWidths[colI+1] = len(item) + colPadding
+			if colWidths[colI+1] < colLen+colPadding {
+				colWidths[colI+1] = colLen + colPadding
 			}
 		}
 		rows[rowI] = table.NewRow(rd).
-			WithStyle(lipgloss.NewStyle().Align(lipgloss.Center))
+			WithStyle(lipgloss.NewStyle())
 	}
 	cols[0] = table.NewColumn("index", "index", colWidths[0])
 	indexStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle()
 	if isatty.IsTerminal(os.Stdout.Fd()) {
 		indexStyle = indexStyle.
 			Faint(true).
-			Align(lipgloss.Center)
+			Align(lipgloss.Right)
 	}
 	cols[0] = cols[0].WithStyle(indexStyle)
 	for colI, colTitle := range colNames {
@@ -91,7 +109,7 @@ func NewModel(
 			colWidths[colI+1] = len(colTitle) + colPadding
 		}
 		cols[colI+1] = table.NewColumn(colTitle, color.HiCyanString(colTitle), colWidths[colI+1]).
-			WithStyle(lipgloss.NewStyle().Align(lipgloss.Center))
+			WithStyle(lipgloss.NewStyle().Align(alignment[colI+1]))
 	}
 	colNames = append([]string{"index"}, colNames...)
 	screenPadding := 10
@@ -122,6 +140,7 @@ func NewModel(
 	keybind.FilterClear.Unbind()
 
 	m.simpleTable = table.New(m.allCols).
+		HeaderStyle(lipgloss.NewStyle().Align(lipgloss.Center)).
 		WithRows(m.rows).
 		WithPageSize(15).
 		WithMaxTotalWidth(500).
@@ -143,7 +162,11 @@ func NewModel(
 func (m Model) Init() tea.Cmd {
 	color.Magenta("Interactive Table View (press q to exit mode, shift+up/down to navigate tables):")
 	builder := strings.Builder{}
-	fmt.Printf("Name: %s\n", color.GreenString(m.name))
+	if m.name != "" {
+		fmt.Printf("Name: %s\n", color.GreenString(m.name))
+	} else {
+		fmt.Println("") // keep a consistent height, so print an empty line
+	}
 	if len(m.tags) > 0 {
 		fmt.Print("Tags: ")
 		for key, val := range m.tags {
@@ -204,9 +227,9 @@ func (m Model) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 			} else {
 				m.simpleTable = m.simpleTable.PageDown()
 			}
-		case "<":
+		case "[":
 			m.simpleTable = m.simpleTable.PageFirst()
-		case ">":
+		case "]":
 			m.simpleTable = m.simpleTable.PageLast()
 		}
 	case tea.WindowSizeMsg:

clients/v1_shell/v1_shell.go

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/influxdata/go-prompt"
 	"github.com/influxdata/influx-cli/v2/api"
 	"github.com/influxdata/influx-cli/v2/clients"
+	"github.com/muesli/termenv"
 )
 
 type Client struct {
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ type PersistentQueryParams struct {
 	Precision       string
 	Format          FormatType
 	Pretty          bool
+	Scientific      bool
 	// Autocompletion Storage
 	historyFilePath   string
 	historyLimit      int
@@ -200,6 +202,8 @@ func (c *Client) executor(cmd string) {
 		c.settings()
 	case "pretty":
 		c.togglePretty()
+	case "scientific":
+		c.toggleScientific()
 	case "use":
 		c.use(cmdArgs)
 	case "insert":
@@ -367,9 +371,10 @@ func (c *Client) runAndShowQuery(query string) {
 
 func (c *Client) help() {
 	fmt.Println(`Usage:
-        pretty                toggles pretty print for the json format
         use <db_name>         sets current database
         format <format>       specifies the format of the server responses: json, csv, column, table
+		pretty                toggles pretty print for the json format
+		scientific            toggles scientific numeric format for table format
         precision <format>    specifies the format of the timestamp: rfc3339, h, m, s, ms, u or ns
         history               displays command history
         settings              outputs the current settings for the shell
@@ -403,6 +408,7 @@ func (c *Client) settings() {
 	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Database\t%s\n", c.Database)
 	fmt.Fprintf(w, "RetentionPolicy\t%s\n", c.RetentionPolicy)
 	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Pretty\t%v\n", c.Pretty)
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Scientific\t%v\n", c.Scientific)
 	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Format\t%s\n", c.Format)
 	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Precision\t%s\n", c.Precision)
 	fmt.Fprintln(w)
@@ -640,6 +646,8 @@ outer:
 		}
 		allSeries := res.GetSeries()
 		for seriesIdx < len(allSeries) {
+			termenv.AltScreen()
+			defer termenv.ExitAltScreen()
 			series := allSeries[seriesIdx]
 			p := tea.NewProgram(NewModel(series,
 				jumpToLastPage,
@@ -648,7 +656,9 @@ outer:
 				resIdx+1,
 				len(allResults),
 				seriesIdx+1,
-				len(allSeries)))
+				len(allSeries),
+				c.Scientific),
+			)
 			model, err := p.StartReturningModel()
 			jumpToLastPage = false
 			if err != nil {
@@ -688,6 +698,11 @@ func (c *Client) togglePretty() {
 	color.HiBlack("Pretty: %v", c.Pretty)
 }
 
+func (c *Client) toggleScientific() {
+	c.Scientific = !c.Scientific
+	color.HiBlack("Scientific: %v", c.Scientific)
+}
+
 func (c *Client) use(args []string) {
 	if len(args) != 2 {
 		color.Red("wrong number of args for \"use <database>\"")

go.mod

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/influxdata/go-prompt v0.2.7
 	github.com/influxdata/influxdb/v2 v2.3.0
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.14
+	github.com/muesli/termenv v0.12.0
 	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	github.com/urfave/cli v1.22.5
@@ -44,7 +45,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/muesli/ansi v0.0.0-20211031195517-c9f0611b6c70 // indirect
 	github.com/muesli/cancelreader v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/muesli/reflow v0.3.0 // indirect
-	github.com/muesli/termenv v0.12.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/term v1.2.0-beta.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0 // indirect