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Easy Tables and Grids.

Posted by jase
spaceace
member, 199 posts
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Tue 11 Feb 2014
at 13:12
  • msg #149

Re: Easy Tables and Grids.

thank you, that's exactly what I needed ;>
LonePaladin
member, 404 posts
Creator of HeroForge
Tue 11 Feb 2014
at 20:04
  • msg #150

Re: Easy Tables and Grids.

Could someone edit the Easy Tables help page to include these extra tricks?
LonePaladin
member, 406 posts
Creator of HeroForge
Wed 19 Feb 2014
at 06:02
  • msg #151

Re: Easy Tables and Grids.

Something else I'm looking for:

When making a table the old-fashioned (i.e., clunky) way, it's possible to indent a line of text simply by inserting a few spaces at the start. For instance,

<table>
   <tr><td>Row 1</td></tr>
   <tr><td>   Row 2</td></tr>
</table>


gives

Row 1
   Row 2


but if you try the same thing with an Easy Table,

|Row 1   |
|   Row 2|


gives

Row 1
Row 2

Is there a way to force those leading spaces to work? A table I made in the old way needs updating, and I'd rather make it as an Easy Table than have to deal with all those tags again.
LoreGuard
member, 500 posts
Wed 19 Feb 2014
at 08:13
  • msg #152

Re: Easy Tables and Grids.

You could potentially use the following, which appears to work.

  AB
   CD
    EF


  AB
   CD
    EF


| &nbsp; A | B |
| &nbsp;&nbsp; C | D |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; E | F |


| &nbsp; A | B |
| &nbsp;  C | D |
| &nbsp;   E | F |
archus
member, 28 posts
Wed 5 Mar 2014
at 18:24
  • msg #153

Re: Easy Tables and Grids.

How can you make a table blend in with a proportional font character sheet?  The tables really stand out as larger text.  I tried wrapping them with pre but no luck.
steelsmiter
member, 740 posts
GURPS, FFd6, Pathfinder
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Wed 5 Mar 2014
at 18:26
  • msg #154

Re: Easy Tables and Grids.

archus:
How can you make a table blend in with a proportional font character sheet?

I'm not sure what you mean by that but I think you want /tt

EDIT: no I don't think that works, I previewed mine and it spit the code back out.
This message was last edited by the user at 18:28, Wed 05 Mar 2014.
archus
member, 29 posts
Wed 5 Mar 2014
at 18:43
  • msg #155

Re: Easy Tables and Grids.

In reply to steelsmiter (msg # 154):

It looks like this (the table text is larger and bolder than the rest, different font clearly)
http://arcanearcade.com/Downloads/RPOL/Zach/table.png

The character sheet is just raw text with a few bolds and the table.

Occupation: Student
Citizenship: American
Place of Birth: Detroit

PL 8         HP: 1

<u><b>Abilities:</b></u>
| 2 | Str |
| 4 | Sta |
| 2 | Agl |
| 2 | Dex |
| 2 | Fgt |
| 2 | Int |
| 2 | Awe |
| 2 | Pre |
This message was last edited by the user at 18:49, Wed 05 Mar 2014.
Skald
moderator, 510 posts
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I'm against it
Thu 6 Mar 2014
at 05:06
  • msg #156

Re: Easy Tables and Grids.

Easy tables shouldn't change the default font size ...

... tested and can confirm it looks fine to me - same proportional font in and out of the table.

Could you have any browser setting that's substituting table fonts ?  Can you try to view the output using a different browser and see if your mileage varies ? :>
archus
member, 30 posts
Thu 6 Mar 2014
at 20:41
  • msg #157

Re: Easy Tables and Grids.

In reply to Skald (msg # 156):

I've tried it on Chrome, Firefox, and Safari (in osx) and they all have the table text looking different than the rest (it is a more subtle difference in Firefox).  This is in a character sheet that I believe the GMs have marked as preformatted text.  I've looked at the source for the produced page and there is indeed a < pre > at the beginning of the character.

I suspect that one of these two styles message_table or smart_table has set the font to something and that overrides the preformatted text the table is nested in.  So likely there is nothing I can do unless I wrap all the text in < pre > tags, which would make using the simple tables fairly pointless.

I wonder if I could get the GMs to remove the preformatted flag from character sheets...
steelsmiter
member, 750 posts
GURPS, FFd6, Pathfinder
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Thu 6 Mar 2014
at 20:52
  • msg #158

Re: Easy Tables and Grids.

In reply to archus (msg # 157):

I've noticed that the tables look different on my Tablet when I use Mozilla vs. when I use Chrome. I don't usually use chrome because the italics thing doesn't seem to want to display properly... maybe because it was embedded within other tags? So yeah, I just thought it might be worthy of mention that it looks normal in Chrome and bigger in Mozilla for me.
Skald
moderator, 511 posts
Whatever it is,
I'm against it
Fri 7 Mar 2014
at 14:19

Re: Easy Tables and Grids.

Archus ... I suspect you're right about the <pre> ... can you flick the mods an rmail with the name of the game and I'll have a look at the sheet directly and try to duplicate the problem. :>
steelsmiter
member, 757 posts
GURPS, FFd6, Pathfinder
NO FREEFORM!
Sun 9 Mar 2014
at 03:16
  • msg #160

Re: Easy Tables and Grids.

I want HT Aff to appear on a second line, and it's not working. What am I doing wrong?

WeaponDamageAccRangeWtRoFShotsSTBulkRclCostLCNotes
Stun Gunburn, 1 point /n HT Aff350/10033124-5150004[2][3]

LonePaladin
member, 418 posts
Creator of HeroForge
Sun 9 Mar 2014
at 04:45
  • msg #161

Re: Easy Tables and Grids.

steelsmiter:
I want HT Aff to appear on a second line, and it's not working. What am I doing wrong?

Use \n.

WeaponDamageAccRangeWtRoFShotsSTBulkRclCostLCNotes
Stun Gunburn, 1 point
HT Aff
350/10033124-5150004[2][3]

steelsmiter
member, 758 posts
GURPS, FFd6, Pathfinder
NO FREEFORM!
Sun 9 Mar 2014
at 05:43
  • msg #162

Re: Easy Tables and Grids.

LonePaladin:
Use \n.

some reason I got my slash the wrong direction. Thanks.

So what about making all my stuff go to the top line instead of being vertically centered?
This message was last edited by the user at 05:47, Sun 09 Mar 2014.
LonePaladin
member, 419 posts
Creator of HeroForge
Sun 9 Mar 2014
at 06:35
  • msg #163

Re: Easy Tables and Grids.

Try adding a \n at the end.
steelsmiter
member, 759 posts
GURPS, FFd6, Pathfinder
NO FREEFORM!
Sun 9 Mar 2014
at 06:50
  • msg #164

Re: Easy Tables and Grids.

In reply to LonePaladin (msg # 163):

aah I'll check that.
matthewfenn
member, 340 posts
www.nj-pbem.com
Northern Journey PBeM DM
Thu 13 Mar 2014
at 12:25
  • msg #165

Re: Easy Tables and Grids.

I was trying to remember if there was a code for vertical justification, so I searched for the help file on Easy Tables & Grids -

/help/?t=help&page=easytable

What I realised when searching for the link was that there doesn't appear to be (unless I'm blind!) any sort of link to it from the Help home page, nor even under the RuBB Code Tips & Tricks subpage.  The only way to find it appears to be via a search...

Jase, is it possible to get the help files amended to show the link to the Easy Tables from the RuBB Code Tips and Tricks page?
spaceace
member, 201 posts
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Sat 29 Mar 2014
at 13:22
  • msg #166

Re: Easy Tables and Grids.

I'd like to thank jase and the rest of the crew for the work they put in to making tables easier, my character sheet looks pretty sweet now, lol

EDIT: My apologies, I was just trying to show how the table could be used to make a nicely organized character sheet
This message was last edited by a moderator, as it was in need of a minor tweak, at 09:31, Thu 10 Apr 2014.
Chernobyl
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Thu 10 Apr 2014
at 09:15
  • msg #167

Re: Easy Tables and Grids.

I was really pleased to have that character sheet posted. I stole it and I'm glad I did when I had the chance!
matthewfenn
member, 341 posts
www.nj-pbem.com
Northern Journey PBeM DM
Thu 10 Apr 2014
at 20:32
  • msg #168

Re: Easy Tables and Grids.

Now I feel like I missed out on something :-(
spaceace
member, 202 posts
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Thu 10 Apr 2014
at 22:12
  • msg #169

Re: Easy Tables and Grids.

If you're interested, you can send me an rMail, I can't post it here though

edit: I should probably state it's designed for pathfinder, but it should work for any d20 with a little modification
This message was last edited by the user at 22:18, Thu 10 Apr 2014.
jase
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Fri 11 Apr 2014
at 02:32

Re: Easy Tables and Grids.

In reply to spaceace (msg # 169):

Post it to Jhael in a PM in the "Heaven" forum, she can then make it available as a resource to all.
spaceace
member, 203 posts
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Fri 11 Apr 2014
at 03:58
  • msg #171

Re: Easy Tables and Grids.

that's a good idea, thanks, I'll try to get up a blank version this weekend
jase
admin, 3293 posts
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Fri 11 Apr 2014
at 04:37

Re: Easy Tables and Grids.

Also... you could make a Wiki page for character sheet templates.  (c;
Genghis the Hutt
member, 2070 posts
Just an average guy :)
Fri 11 Apr 2014
at 08:46
  • msg #173

Re: Easy Tables and Grids.

Hunh, LonePaladin, try wrapping everything in tt tags:
|Row 1   |
|   Row 2|


Also, look at the weird thing that happens if you attempt to put the contents of a table call in pre tags:
Row 1
Row 2 |
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