Add endless-scrolling TUI table for interactive list commands

cmd/root/io.go

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ func (f *outputFlag) initializeIO(ctx context.Context, cmd *cobra.Command) (cont
 
 	cmdIO := cmdio.NewIO(ctx, f.output, cmd.InOrStdin(), cmd.OutOrStdout(), cmd.ErrOrStderr(), headerTemplate, template)
 	ctx = cmdio.InContext(ctx, cmdIO)
+	ctx = cmdio.WithCommand(ctx, cmd)
 	cmd.SetContext(ctx)
 	return ctx, nil
 }

experimental/aitools/cmd/render.go

@@ -4,18 +4,11 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"strings"
-	"text/tabwriter"
 
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/tableview"
 	"github.com/databricks/databricks-sdk-go/service/sql"
 )
 
-const (
-	// maxColumnWidth is the maximum display width for any single column in static table output.
-	maxColumnWidth = 40
-)
-
 // extractColumns returns column names from the query result manifest.
 func extractColumns(manifest *sql.ResultManifest) []string {
 	if manifest == nil || manifest.Schema == nil {
@@ -53,42 +46,7 @@ func renderJSON(w io.Writer, columns []string, rows [][]string) error {
 
 // renderStaticTable writes query results as a formatted text table.
 func renderStaticTable(w io.Writer, columns []string, rows [][]string) error {
-	tw := tabwriter.NewWriter(w, 0, 4, 2, ' ', 0)
-
-	// Header row.
-	fmt.Fprintln(tw, strings.Join(columns, "\t"))
-
-	// Separator.
-	seps := make([]string, len(columns))
-	for i, col := range columns {
-		width := len(col)
-		for _, row := range rows {
-			if i < len(row) {
-				width = max(width, len(row[i]))
-			}
-		}
-		width = min(width, maxColumnWidth)
-		seps[i] = strings.Repeat("-", width)
-	}
-	fmt.Fprintln(tw, strings.Join(seps, "\t"))
-
-	// Data rows.
-	for _, row := range rows {
-		vals := make([]string, len(columns))
-		for i := range columns {
-			if i < len(row) {
-				vals[i] = row[i]
-			}
-		}
-		fmt.Fprintln(tw, strings.Join(vals, "\t"))
-	}
-
-	if err := tw.Flush(); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	fmt.Fprintf(w, "\n%d rows\n", len(rows))
-	return nil
+	return tableview.RenderStaticTable(w, columns, rows)
 }
 
 // renderInteractiveTable displays query results in the interactive table browser.

libs/cmdio/capabilities.go

@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ func (c Capabilities) SupportsPrompt() bool {
 	return c.SupportsInteractive() && c.stdinIsTTY && !c.isGitBash
 }
 
+// SupportsTUI returns true when the terminal supports a full interactive TUI.
+// Requires stdin (keyboard), stderr (prompts), and stdout (TUI output) all be TTYs with color.
+func (c Capabilities) SupportsTUI() bool {
+	return c.stdinIsTTY && c.stdoutIsTTY && c.stderrIsTTY && c.color && !c.isGitBash
+}
+
 // SupportsColor returns true if the given writer supports colored output.
 // This checks both TTY status and environment variables (NO_COLOR, TERM=dumb).
 func (c Capabilities) SupportsColor(w io.Writer) bool {

libs/cmdio/context.go

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package cmdio
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+type cmdKeyType struct{}
+
+// WithCommand stores the cobra.Command in context.
+func WithCommand(ctx context.Context, cmd *cobra.Command) context.Context {
+	return context.WithValue(ctx, cmdKeyType{}, cmd)
+}
+
+// CommandFromContext retrieves the cobra.Command from context.
+func CommandFromContext(ctx context.Context) *cobra.Command {
+	cmd, _ := ctx.Value(cmdKeyType{}).(*cobra.Command)
+	return cmd
+}
+
+type maxItemsKeyType struct{}
+
+// WithMaxItems stores a max items limit in context.
+func WithMaxItems(ctx context.Context, n int) context.Context {
+	return context.WithValue(ctx, maxItemsKeyType{}, n)
+}
+
+// GetMaxItems retrieves the max items limit from context (0 = unlimited).
+func GetMaxItems(ctx context.Context) int {
+	n, _ := ctx.Value(maxItemsKeyType{}).(int)
+	return n
+}

libs/cmdio/render.go

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/diag"
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/flags"
+	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/tableview"
 	"github.com/databricks/databricks-sdk-go/listing"
 	"github.com/fatih/color"
 	"github.com/nwidger/jsoncolor"
@@ -265,6 +266,32 @@ func Render(ctx context.Context, v any) error {
 
 func RenderIterator[T any](ctx context.Context, i listing.Iterator[T]) error {
 	c := fromContext(ctx)
+
+	// Only launch TUI when an explicit TableConfig is registered.
+	// AutoDetect is available but opt-in from the override layer.
+	if c.outputFormat == flags.OutputText && c.capabilities.SupportsTUI() {
+		cmd := CommandFromContext(ctx)
+		if cmd != nil {
+			if cfg := tableview.GetConfig(cmd); cfg != nil {
+				iter := tableview.WrapIterator(i, cfg.Columns)
+				maxItems := GetMaxItems(ctx)
+				p := tableview.NewPaginatedProgram(ctx, c.out, cfg, iter, maxItems)
+				c.acquireTeaProgram(p)
+				defer c.releaseTeaProgram()
+				finalModel, err := p.Run()
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				if pm, ok := finalModel.(tableview.FinalModel); ok {
+					if modelErr := pm.Err(); modelErr != nil {
+						return modelErr
+					}
+				}
+				return nil
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	return renderWithTemplate(ctx, newIteratorRenderer(i), c.outputFormat, c.out, c.headerTemplate, c.template)
 }
 

libs/tableview/autodetect.go

@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+package tableview
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"unicode"
+
+	"github.com/databricks/databricks-sdk-go/listing"
+)
+
+const maxAutoColumns = 8
+
+var autoCache sync.Map // reflect.Type -> *TableConfig
+
+// AutoDetect creates a TableConfig by reflecting on the element type of the iterator.
+// It picks up to maxAutoColumns top-level scalar fields.
+// Returns nil if no suitable columns are found.
+func AutoDetect[T any](iter listing.Iterator[T]) *TableConfig {
+	var zero T
+	t := reflect.TypeOf(zero)
+	if t.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+		t = t.Elem()
+	}
+
+	if cached, ok := autoCache.Load(t); ok {
+		return cached.(*TableConfig)
+	}
+
+	cfg := autoDetectFromType(t)
+	if cfg != nil {
+		autoCache.Store(t, cfg)
+	}
+	return cfg
+}
+
+func autoDetectFromType(t reflect.Type) *TableConfig {
+	if t.Kind() != reflect.Struct {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	var columns []ColumnDef
+	for i := range t.NumField() {
+		if len(columns) >= maxAutoColumns {
+			break
+		}
+		field := t.Field(i)
+		if !field.IsExported() || field.Anonymous {
+			continue
+		}
+		if !isScalarKind(field.Type.Kind()) {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		header := fieldHeader(field)
+		columns = append(columns, ColumnDef{
+			Header: header,
+			Extract: func(v any) string {
+				val := reflect.ValueOf(v)
+				if val.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+					if val.IsNil() {
+						return ""
+					}
+					val = val.Elem()
+				}
+				f := val.Field(i)
+				return fmt.Sprintf("%v", f.Interface())
+			},
+		})
+	}
+
+	if len(columns) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return &TableConfig{Columns: columns}
+}
+
+func isScalarKind(k reflect.Kind) bool {
+	switch k {
+	case reflect.String, reflect.Bool,
+		reflect.Int, reflect.Int8, reflect.Int16, reflect.Int32, reflect.Int64,
+		reflect.Uint, reflect.Uint8, reflect.Uint16, reflect.Uint32, reflect.Uint64,
+		reflect.Float32, reflect.Float64:
+		return true
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
+// fieldHeader converts a struct field to a display header.
+// Uses the json tag if available, otherwise the field name.
+func fieldHeader(f reflect.StructField) string {
+	tag := f.Tag.Get("json")
+	if tag != "" {
+		name, _, _ := strings.Cut(tag, ",")
+		if name != "" && name != "-" {
+			return snakeToTitle(name)
+		}
+	}
+	return f.Name
+}
+
+func snakeToTitle(s string) string {
+	words := strings.Split(s, "_")
+	for i, w := range words {
+		if w == "id" {
+			words[i] = "ID"
+		} else if len(w) > 0 {
+			runes := []rune(w)
+			runes[0] = unicode.ToUpper(runes[0])
+			words[i] = string(runes)
+		}
+	}
+	return strings.Join(words, " ")
+}