History: Wiki-Syntax Tables

            ! Wiki-Syntax Tables

!!Creating Tables with Wiki Syntax
Tables are often needed for organizing data information. Tiki has a simple syntax for defining a table. In Wiki pages and other contexts that support Wiki formatting (including ((Articles)), ((Forums)), and ((Blog))), you can create simple tables.  A table can be entered using two alternative delimiters (separators) for the rows; your administrator chooses which one is enabled. Both use the pipe symbol (or a vertical bar "|", above the "\" on most PC keyboards) to separate table columns. A double pipe (~np~"||"~/np~) starts and ends the table in both types of syntax.

If -+~np~||~/np~+- is the row delimiter, then table rows are separated by double pipes (~np~"||"~/np~), just as at the beginning and the end of a table:

{CODE(colors=n)}||row1-column1|row1-column2||row2-column1|row2-column2||{CODE}

produces:

||row1-column1|row1-column2
row2-column1|row2-column2||

If, on the other hand, a newline is the row delimiter, then each line in the Wiki box represents a row in the table.  So, 

{CODE()}||row1-column1|row1-column2
row2-column1|row2-column2||{CODE}

produces the same table:

||row1-column1|row1-column2
row2-column1|row2-column2||
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!!Spanning Across Columns
You can span across multiple columns (colspan) in a row with the following syntax:

~np~||row1-column1|row1-column2|row1-column3||row2-columns123||row3-column1|row3-columns23||~/np~

or

~np~||row1-column1|row1-column2|row1-column3~/np~
~np~row2-columns123~/np~
~np~row3-column1|row3-columns23||~/np~

produces

||row1-column1|row1-column2|row1-column3
row2-columns123
row3-column1|row3-columns23||

Note that partial column spanning only occurs in the last columns of a table.  For instance, there is no way to span across the first two columns of a three column table.
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!!!Fancytable
Use ((PluginFancytable)) to create sortable and good looking tables.

Code~hs~:
{CODE()}{FANCYTABLE(head="row1-column1|row1-column2")}
row2-column1|row2-column2
{FANCYTABLE}{CODE} Produces~hs~:
{FANCYTABLE(head="row1-column1|row1-column2")}
row2-column1|row2-column2
{FANCYTABLE}

!!Line Breaks

If you need to have multiple rows in a single cell of a table, use three percent signs to create line breaks, like this:

~np~||Sample Table~/np~
~np~row1-col1|row1-col2%%%second line%%%third line|row1-col3~/np~
~np~row2-col1|row2-col2|row2-col3%%%second line||~/np~

produces:

||Sample Table
row1-col1|row1-col2%%%second line%%%third line|row1-col3
row2-col1|row2-col2|row2-col3%%%second line||
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!!Centering Table Text

To center any text, including text in a table, use two colons before and two colons after:

~np~::This text is centered.::~/np~

produces:

::This text is centered.::

~np~||::Sample Table::~/np~
~np~row1-col1|row1-col2~/np~
~np~row2-col1|row2-col2||~/np~

produces:

||::Sample Table::
row1-col1|row1-col2
row2-col1|row2-col2||
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!!Positioning tables in a page
!!!Centered Tables
Use ((plugincenter)).

Code~hs~:
{CODE()}{CENTER()}||Sample Table
row1-col1|row1-col2
row2-col1|row2-col2||{CENTER}{CODE} Produces~hs~:
{CENTER()}||Sample Table
row1-col1|row1-col2
row2-col1|row2-col2||{CENTER}

!!!~np~Right-Aligned~/np~ Tables

If you need to right-align a table itself, you must use a DIV structure, and you must use both the align and float commands, or IE users won't see it aligned correctly.  Use this:

~np~{DIV(class=>class, type=>div, align=>right, float=>right)}||::Sample Table::~/np~
~np~row1-col1|row1-col2~/np~
~np~row2-col1|row2-col2||{DIV}~/np~

to produce:
{DIV(class=>class, type=>div, align=>right, float=>right)}||::Sample Table::
row1-col1|row1-col2
row2-col1|row2-col2||{DIV}
%clear%

!! Help & Hints
* If you see the WikiSyntax for your table instead of your table, check for newlines. Pressing Enter in the middle of a table will cause the table to break up, if ~np~||~/np~ table mode is enabled.

!! Related pages
((Wiki-Syntax Links))
((Wiki-Syntax Lists))
((Wiki-Syntax Images))
((Wiki-Syntax Text))
((Wiki-Syntax Separators))
((Wiki-Syntax Special Characters))
((Advanced Wiki Syntax Usage Examples))
((PluginFancytable))

~tc~(alias(WikiTables))~/tc~