Add buttons for revealing and hiding all tables in an AbsoluteReport section.

Author: jendrikseipp

docs/news.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+next (unreleased)
+-----------------
+
+Downward Lab
+^^^
+* Add buttons for revealing and hiding all tables in an AbsoluteReport section (Jendrik Seipp).
+
+
 v8.8 (2026-01-17)
 -----------------
 

downward/reports/absolute.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from downward import outcomes
 from downward.reports import PlanningReport
 from lab import reports
+from lab.reports import markup
 
 
 class AbsoluteReport(PlanningReport):
@@ -131,7 +132,17 @@ def get_markup(self):
 
             toc_lines.append(f"- **[''{attribute}'' #{attribute}]**")
             toc_lines.append("  - " + " ".join(toc_line))
-            sections.append((attribute, "\n".join(parts)))
+
+            # Add show/hide all buttons for HTML output
+            section_content = "\n".join(parts)
+            if self.output_format == "html" and len(tables) > 1:
+                buttons = (
+                    f"{markup.ESCAPE_SHOW_ALL_BUTTON}{{{attribute}}} "
+                    f"{markup.ESCAPE_HIDE_ALL_BUTTON}{{{attribute}}}\n\n"
+                )
+                section_content = buttons + section_content
+
+            sections.append((attribute, section_content))
 
         # Add summary before main content. This is done after creating the main content
         # because the summary table is extracted from all other tables.

lab/reports/markup.py

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 ESCAPE_WORDBREAK = "xWBRx"
 ESCAPE_WHITESPACE = "xWHITESPACEx"
+ESCAPE_SHOW_ALL_BUTTON = "xSHOWALLBUTTONx"
+ESCAPE_HIDE_ALL_BUTTON = "xHIDEALLBUTTONx"
 
 CSS = """\
 <style type="text/css">
@@ -62,6 +64,36 @@
     toggle_button.innerHTML = "Hide table";
 }
 
+function show_all_tables_in_section(section_id) {
+    var section = document.getElementById(section_id);
+    if (!section) return;
+
+    var tables = section.getElementsByTagName('table');
+    var buttons = section.getElementsByClassName('toggle-table');
+
+    for (var i = 0; i < tables.length; i++) {
+        tables[i].style.display = "";
+    }
+    for (var i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++) {
+        buttons[i].innerHTML = "Hide table";
+    }
+}
+
+function hide_all_tables_in_section(section_id) {
+    var section = document.getElementById(section_id);
+    if (!section) return;
+
+    var tables = section.getElementsByTagName('table');
+    var buttons = section.getElementsByClassName('toggle-table');
+
+    for (var i = 0; i < tables.length; i++) {
+        tables[i].style.display = "none";
+    }
+    for (var i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++) {
+        buttons[i].innerHTML = "Show table";
+    }
+}
+
 function show_main_tables() {
     var names = ["unexplained-errors", "info", "summary"];
     for (var i = 0; i < names.length; i++) {
@@ -123,6 +155,24 @@ def _get_config(target):
 
         config["postproc"].append([ESCAPE_WHITESPACE, r"&nbsp;"])
 
+        # Replace escaped show/hide all button markers with actual HTML
+        config["postproc"].append(
+            [
+                ESCAPE_SHOW_ALL_BUTTON + r"\{(.+?)\}",
+                r'<button type="button" onclick="show_all_tables_in_section('
+                r"'\1')"
+                r'">Show all tables</button>',
+            ]
+        )
+        config["postproc"].append(
+            [
+                ESCAPE_HIDE_ALL_BUTTON + r"\{(.+?)\}",
+                r'<button type="button" onclick="hide_all_tables_in_section('
+                r"'\1')"
+                r'">Hide all tables</button>',
+            ]
+        )
+
         # Hide tables by default.
         config["postproc"].append(
             [
@@ -193,6 +243,8 @@ def _get_config(target):
     config["postproc"].append([r"BEGINCOLOR(.*?)SEP(.*?)ENDCOLOR", r"\1"])
     config["postproc"].append([ESCAPE_WORDBREAK, r""])
     config["postproc"].append([ESCAPE_WHITESPACE, r" "])
+    config["postproc"].append([ESCAPE_SHOW_ALL_BUTTON + r"\{.+?\}", r""])
+    config["postproc"].append([ESCAPE_HIDE_ALL_BUTTON + r"\{.+?\}", r""])
 
     return config