def addArea(self, element, row, col):

        try:
            widgetObj = self.widgetList[element]
        except:
            _debug("Unable to find element %s in the template" % element)
            return self.matrix.addCell(row, col, "", [])
        widgetObj.startPosn = (col, row)
        if self.labelLeft:
            widgetObj.labelLeft = (self.labelLeft == "True")
            self.labelLeft = None
        self.widgetsInList.append(widgetObj)
        (vert, horiz) = widgetObj.getMatrixSize()
        return self.matrix.addCell(row,
                                   col,
                                   element,
                                   [],
                                   horizontal=horiz - 1,
                                   vertical=vert - 1,
                                  )

    # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Convert all linear white space to a single space.
dataset/ETHPy150Open sahana/eden/modules/s3db/survey.py/survey_DataMatrixBuilder.addArea--crossover with--dataset/ETHPy150Open kdart/pycopia/core/pycopia/inet/ABNF.py/normalize