# {py:mod}`arelle.ViewFile`

```{py:module} arelle.ViewFile
```

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.ViewFile
:allowtitles:
```

## Module Contents

### Classes

````{list-table}
:class: autosummary longtable
:align: left

* - {py:obj}`View <arelle.ViewFile.View>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.ViewFile.View
    :summary:
    ```
````

### Data

````{list-table}
:class: autosummary longtable
:align: left

* - {py:obj}`NoneType <arelle.ViewFile.NoneType>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.ViewFile.NoneType
    :summary:
    ```
* - {py:obj}`NOOUT <arelle.ViewFile.NOOUT>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.ViewFile.NOOUT
    :summary:
    ```
* - {py:obj}`CSV <arelle.ViewFile.CSV>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.ViewFile.CSV
    :summary:
    ```
* - {py:obj}`XLSX <arelle.ViewFile.XLSX>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.ViewFile.XLSX
    :summary:
    ```
* - {py:obj}`HTML <arelle.ViewFile.HTML>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.ViewFile.HTML
    :summary:
    ```
* - {py:obj}`XML <arelle.ViewFile.XML>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.ViewFile.XML
    :summary:
    ```
* - {py:obj}`JSON <arelle.ViewFile.JSON>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.ViewFile.JSON
    :summary:
    ```
* - {py:obj}`TYPENAMES <arelle.ViewFile.TYPENAMES>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.ViewFile.TYPENAMES
    :summary:
    ```
* - {py:obj}`nonNameCharPattern <arelle.ViewFile.nonNameCharPattern>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.ViewFile.nonNameCharPattern
    :summary:
    ```
````

### API

````{py:data} NoneType
:canonical: arelle.ViewFile.NoneType
:value: >
   'type(...)'

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.ViewFile.NoneType
```

````

````{py:data} NOOUT
:canonical: arelle.ViewFile.NOOUT
:value: >
   0

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.ViewFile.NOOUT
```

````

````{py:data} CSV
:canonical: arelle.ViewFile.CSV
:value: >
   1

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.ViewFile.CSV
```

````

````{py:data} XLSX
:canonical: arelle.ViewFile.XLSX
:value: >
   2

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.ViewFile.XLSX
```

````

````{py:data} HTML
:canonical: arelle.ViewFile.HTML
:value: >
   3

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.ViewFile.HTML
```

````

````{py:data} XML
:canonical: arelle.ViewFile.XML
:value: >
   4

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.ViewFile.XML
```

````

````{py:data} JSON
:canonical: arelle.ViewFile.JSON
:value: >
   5

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.ViewFile.JSON
```

````

````{py:data} TYPENAMES
:canonical: arelle.ViewFile.TYPENAMES
:value: >
   ['NOOUT', 'CSV', 'XLSX', 'HTML', 'XML', 'JSON']

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.ViewFile.TYPENAMES
```

````

````{py:data} nonNameCharPattern
:canonical: arelle.ViewFile.nonNameCharPattern
:value: >
   'compile(...)'

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.ViewFile.nonNameCharPattern
```

````

`````{py:class} View(modelXbrl, outfile, rootElementName, lang=None, style='table', cssExtras='')
:canonical: arelle.ViewFile.View

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.ViewFile.View
```

```{rubric} Initialization
```

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.ViewFile.View.__init__
```

````{py:method} setColWidths(colWidths)
:canonical: arelle.ViewFile.View.setColWidths

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.ViewFile.View.setColWidths
```

````

````{py:method} setColWrapText(colColWrapText)
:canonical: arelle.ViewFile.View.setColWrapText

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.ViewFile.View.setColWrapText
```

````

````{py:method} addRow(cols, asHeader=False, treeIndent=0, colSpan=1, xmlRowElementName=None, xmlRowEltAttr=None, xmlRowText=None, xmlCol0skipElt=False, xmlColElementNames=None, lastColSpan=None, arcRole=None)
:canonical: arelle.ViewFile.View.addRow

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.ViewFile.View.addRow
```

````

````{py:method} close(noWrite=False)
:canonical: arelle.ViewFile.View.close

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.ViewFile.View.close
```

````

`````