Plugin Media Wiki Table

Introduced in Tiki3

Use this wiki plugin to display a table using MediaWiki syntax.

Parameters

Display a table using MediaWiki syntax
Introduced in Tiki 3.
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Preferences required: wikiplugin_mwtable

Parameters Accepted Values Description Default Since
(body of plugin) URL
fancy (blank)
true
false		 Set to true to apply additional formatting to the table (header style, odd/even rows, etc.). Takes precedence over the wiki_classes parameter. false 3.0
wiki_classes (blank)
true
false		 Determines whether wiki style classes will be used for the table and cells (used by default) true 3.0

Usage notes

This plugin doesn't support things like templates or the !row heading syntax. Column styling overcomes the latter to a degree but, for cross-browser consistency, you are limited by HTML to border= , background= , width= and visibility= . You can also use span= so that a col definition can apply to adjacent columns. tr and td styling overrides col .

Structure of data

  • Optionally, first line (prior to the first | ) contains html attributes for the table element.
  • Optionally, next line can specify a caption; line starts with |+ followed by optional html attributes that end with a | followed by the caption text.
  • Optionally, html attributes for col elements can be specified next on one or more lines starting with a ?
  • Each column's attributes start on a new line with ? or on the same line preceded by ?? and become a col
  • Optionally, column headings can be specified next on one or more lines starting with a !
  • Each column's heading starts on a new line with ! or on the same line preceded by !!
  • Optional html attributes for th end with a | followed by text that becomes the text of a th
  • Each row, including the first, starts on a new line with |- , optionally followed by html attributes for the tr element
  • Each cell starts on a new line with | or on the same line preceded by ||
  • Optional html attributes for the td element end with a | followed by the cell text (so data for one cell can have 1 or 2 | characters. Any other | characters are assumed to be part of the cell text.)

Examples

Basic syntax:

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{MWTABLE(fancy="" wiki_classes="")}data{MWTABLE}

The minimum

This code:

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{MWTABLE()} 
|-
| Bill || The little house
|-
| Carol || The big house
{MWTABLE}


Would produce:

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<table class="wikitable">
<tr>
<td class="wikicell">Bill</td>
<td class="wikicell">The little house</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="wikicell">Carol</td>
<td class="wikicell">The big house</td>
</tr>
</table>


As a reference, under tikineat.css style, it shows as:

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Include styling

This code:

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{MWTABLE( wiki_classes="false")} style="width:50%", class="myclass"
|+style="font-style:italic;"|My caption
? width="30%;" ?? style="background-color:yellow;"
! style="background-color:grey;"| Name
! Address
|- style="background-color: red"
| style="color: blue;" | Bill
| The little house
|-
| Carol || The big house
{MWTABLE}


Would produce:

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<table style="width:50%;" class="normal myclass">
<caption style="font-style:italic;">
My caption</caption>
<col style="width:30%;"/>
<col style="background-color:yellow;"/>
<tr>
<th style="background-color:grey;color:red;">Name</th>
<th>Address</th>
</tr>
<tr style="background-color:red;">
<td style="color:blue;">Bill</td>
<td class="">The little house</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Carol</td>
<td>The big house</td>
</tr>
</table>


As a reference, under tikineat.css style, it shows as:

Image