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Getting Started

Run visigrid from the command line. You can optionally pass a file path to open:

Terminal window
visigrid # Open with empty sheet
visigrid myfile.vgrid # Open existing file
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ File Edit View Format Help [Menu] │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ A1 ▼ │ =SUM(B2:B10) [Formula Bar] │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ B I U │ Left Center Right │ $ % │ +.00 -.00 [Format Bar] │
├───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┤
│ │ A │ B │ C │ D │ E │ F │ G │ H │ I │ J │ K │ L │ M │ │
├───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤
│ 1 │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
│ 2 │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
│...│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
└───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘

The interface consists of:

  • Menu Bar — File, Edit, View, Format, and Help menus
  • Formula Bar — Shows the current cell reference and its contents or formula
  • Format Bar — Quick access to bold, italic, underline, alignment, and number formats
  • Column/Row Headers — Click to select entire columns or rows
  • Grid — The main editing area for your data
  • Status Bar — Shows selection info, mode indicators, and contextual hints