From 9e0d74fc2705ea22aaf27701634d4aa923a504ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: stu <stu@anvil.works>
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2023 15:09:36 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] improve support

---
 client_code/Tabulator/__init__.py | 13 -------------
 client_code/Tabulator/_helpers.py | 13 +++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client_code/Tabulator/__init__.py b/client_code/Tabulator/__init__.py
index b0fbb78..9597c83 100644
--- a/client_code/Tabulator/__init__.py
+++ b/client_code/Tabulator/__init__.py
@@ -296,19 +296,6 @@ def get_page(self):
     def set_page(self, page):
         """set the current page"""
 
-    def _anvil_set_property_values_(self, updates):
-        re_init = False
-        for attr, value in updates.items():
-            if attr in self._options:
-                self._options[attr] = value
-                re_init = True
-            else:
-                setattr(self, attr, value)
-
-        if re_init and self._t:
-            self._t.destroy()
-            self._initialize()
-
 
 for method in _methods:
     delattr(Tabulator, method)
diff --git a/client_code/Tabulator/_helpers.py b/client_code/Tabulator/_helpers.py
index ec46b9a..8404e39 100644
--- a/client_code/Tabulator/_helpers.py
+++ b/client_code/Tabulator/_helpers.py
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
 import anvil.js
 from anvil.js.window import Function, Promise, RegExp, String, document, window
 
+try:
+    from anvil.designer import in_designer
+except ImportError:
+    in_designer = False
+
 from ._js_tabulator import TabulatorModule
 
 _RE_SNAKE = RegExp("_[a-z]", "g")
@@ -61,9 +66,13 @@ def option_setter(self, value):
         self._options[key] = value
         if self._t is None:
             return
-        elif setMethod is not None:
+        if setMethod is not None:
             return self._t[setMethod](value)
-        elif _warnings.get("post_init") is not None:
+        if in_designer:
+            self._t.destroy()
+            self._initialize()
+            return
+        if _warnings.get("post_init") is not None:
             return
         _warnings["post_init"] = True
         msg = f"Warning: changing the option {key!r} after the table has been built has no effect"