Easy Tables and Easy Grids
Using a certain combination of vertical pipes and minus symbols will trigger an "easy grid" or "easy table".
The bare minimum for a table is:
| Cell | Cell | Cell |
| (the second line starting with a pipe is just enough to trigger the table conversion)
Or ...
| Header | Header | Header |
|- (the additional minus symbol is enough to denote that the first row is a header row)
Trailing (end-of-line) pipe symbols are optional.
For a grid it is:
+--+
|A |
+--+ (two minus signs in a row on at least two rows, enclosed in the plus signs)
More advanced tables:
| Header | Header | Header |
|--------|--------|--------|
| Cell | Cell | Cell |
Or ...
| Header | Header | Header |
|--------------------------|
| Cell | Cell | Cell |
Or ...
|! Header | Cell | Cell |
|! Header | Cell | Cell |
|! Header | Cell | Cell |
Characters immediately after each pipe affect the display of the cell.
- "!" denotes a header cell (TH).
- "!!" denotes the (rest of the) row are all header cells (TH).
- "=" denotes a shaded cell (same background as TH).
- "^" means centre aligned.
- ">" means right aligned.
- "<" means left aligned.
- A number means a columns span of that many columns.
- An additional full stop plus a number after the above means row span.
- A percentage (1 to 99) denotes the cell (and thus column) width.
The divider row, optional, denotes if the first row is a header row (i.e. all THs). The first row can have a percentage on the end to denote how wide it is. e.g.
| Header |50%
|-
Or ...
| Cell |50%
|
Advanced Tables:
| Header 1.1 | Header 1.2 | Header 1.3 | 1.4 |90%
|------------------------------------------------|
|>Header 2.1 | Cell 2.2 | Lazy...
|>2.3 Cell 3.1 | Cell 3.3 |> 3.4 |
|1.3 Cell 4.3 |^ 4.4 |
| 5.4 |
| 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.4 |
Will display something like:
Header 1.1 | Header 1.2 | Header 1.3 | 1.4 |
---|
Header 2.1 | Cell 2.2 | Lazy... | |
Cell 3.1 | Cell 3.3 | 3.4 |
Cell 4.3 | 4.4 |
5.4 |
6.1 | 6.2 | 6.4 |
Advanced grids:
Small (size 1) grid:
+-1-+
|A| |
| |B|
+---+
Default (size 2) grid:
+---+---+---+
|= |=1 |=2 |
+---+---+---+
|=A | x | |
+---+-------+
|=B | | x |
+---+---+---+
Largest (size 5) grid:
+-5-+---+
| A | |
+---+---+
| | B |
+---+---+
Last updated: 23:19, Fri 10 Nov 2023.
Direct link: http://new.rpol.net/help/?t=help&page=easytable