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+import pyqtgraph as pg
+from pyqtgraph.Qt import QtCore, QtGui
+
+import pyqtgraph.parametertree.parameterTypes as pTypes
+from pyqtgraph.parametertree import Parameter, ParameterTree, ParameterItem, registerParameterType
+
+import re, sys, os
+import numpy
+
+#==================================================================================================
+class TableParameterItem(pTypes.WidgetParameterItem):
+    """
+    A table widget used to edit a numpy record array. 
+    
+    ================= ==================================================================
+    **Arguments:**
+    value             (numpy RecArray) initial value of the recArray. It must be provided 
+                      to define the size and structure of the table.
+    others            any other arguments are passed to *Parameter*
+    ================= ==================================================================
+    """
+    def __init__(self, param, depth):
+        pTypes.WidgetParameterItem.__init__(self, param, depth)
+        self.hideWidget = False
+
+    def makeWidget(self):
+        opts = self.param.opts
+        value = opts.get("value", None)
+        if value is None:
+            raise Exception("Initial value must be provided for TableParameterItem")
+
+        self.dtype = value.dtype
+        nr = value.size
+        nc = len(self.dtype.names)
+        w = QtGui.QTableWidget(nr, nc)
+        #w = pg.TableWidget(nr, nc)
+        
+        hheader = QtGui.QHeaderView(QtCore.Qt.Orientation.Horizontal)
+        hheader.setResizeMode(QtGui.QHeaderView.ResizeToContents)
+        w.setHorizontalHeader(hheader)
+        w.setHorizontalHeaderLabels(value.dtype.names)
+            
+        w.sigChanged = w.cellChanged
+        w.value = self.value
+        w.setValue = self.setValue
+
+        self.widget = w
+        return w
+        
+    def value(self):
+        w = self.widget
+        
+        nr = w.rowCount()
+        arr = numpy.zeros((nr,), dtype=self.dtype)
+
+        try:        
+            for ir in xrange(nr):
+                for ic, n in enumerate(self.dtype.names):
+                    arr[n][ir] =  w.item(ir, ic).text()
+        except:
+            arr = self.param.opts.get("value")
+        
+        return arr
+            
+    def setValue(self, arr):
+        nr = arr.size
+        w = self.widget
+        
+        for ir in xrange(nr):
+            for ic, n in enumerate(self.dtype.names):
+                item = QtGui.QTableWidgetItem(str(arr[n][ir]))
+                w.setItem(ir, ic, item)
+
+    def valueChanged(self, param, val, force=False):
+        ## called when the parameter's value has changed
+        ParameterItem.valueChanged(self, param, val)
+        self.widget.sigChanged.disconnect(self.widgetValueChanged)
+        try:
+            if force or numpy.any(val != self.widget.value()):
+                self.widget.setValue(val)
+            self.updateDisplayLabel(val)  ## always make sure label is updated, even if values match!
+        finally:
+            self.widget.sigChanged.connect(self.widgetValueChanged)
+        self.updateDefaultBtn()
+    
+#==================================================================================================
+class TableParameter(Parameter):
+    itemClass = TableParameterItem
+
+    def __init__(self, **opts):
+        Parameter.__init__(self, **opts)
+
+    def setValue(self, value, blockSignal=None):
+        """
+        Set the value of this Parameter; return the actual value that was set.
+        (this may be different from the value that was requested)
+        """
+        try:
+            if blockSignal is not None:
+                self.sigValueChanged.disconnect(blockSignal)
+            if numpy.all(self.opts['value'] == value):
+                return value
+            self.opts['value'] = value
+            self.sigValueChanged.emit(self, value)
+        finally:
+            if blockSignal is not None:
+                self.sigValueChanged.connect(blockSignal)
+            
+        return value
+
+    def valueIsDefault(self):
+        """Returns True if this parameter's value is equal to the default value."""
+        return numpy.all(self.value() == self.defaultValue())
+
+registerParameterType('table', TableParameter, override=True)
+
+# #==================================================================================================
+# # Replace original getValues of class Parameter. this new function returns more
+# # concise tree of values
+# from pyqtgraph.pgcollections import OrderedDict
+# def getValues(self):
+#     """Return a tree of all values that are children of this parameter"""
+#     vals = OrderedDict()
+#     for ch in self:
+#         if ch.type() == "group":
+#             vals[ch.name()] = ch.getValues()
+#         else:
+#             vals[ch.name()] = ch.value()
+#     return vals
+# 
+# Parameter.getValues = getValues