Creating tables in a post

[rockedge]

I've added the BBCode capability to insert tables in to posts. the Table button is available in the post editor.
Generally the syntax is as follows :

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[table=30,null]
	[thead]
		[tr=textcenter]
			[th=50,null]Title 1[/th]
			[th=50,null]Title 2[/th]
		[/tr]
	[/thead]
	[tfoot]
		[tr=forumbg]
			[td=textcenter,2]Footer Text[/td]
		[/tr]
	[/tfoot]
	[tbody]
		[tr=bg2]
			[td=null,1]Text11[/td]
			[td=null,1]Text21[/td]
		[/tr]
		[tr=bg1]
			[td=null,1]Text12[/td]
			[td=null,1]Text22[/td]
		[/tr]
		[tr=bg2]
			[td=null,1]Text13[/td]
			[td=null,1]Text23[/td]
		[/tr]
		[tr=bg1]
			[td=null,1]Text14[/td]
			[td=null,1]Text24[/td]
		[/tr]
		[tr=bg2]
			[td=null,1]Text15[/td]
			[td=null,1]Text25[/td]
		[/tr]
		[tr=bg1]
			[td=null,1]Text16[/td]
			[td=null,1]Text26[/td]
		[/tr]
		[tr=bg2]
			[td=null,1]Text17[/td]
			[td=null,1]Text27[/td]
		[/tr]
	[/tbody]
[/table]

Title 1	Title 2
Footer Text
Text11	Text21
Text12	Text22
Text13	Text23
Text14	Text24
Text15	Text25
Text16	Text26
Text17	Text27

[MochiMoppel]

the Table button is available in the post editor.

I can't find it.

[rockedge]

@MochiMoppel
The table button is not next to the media button?

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[MochiMoppel]

No.

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[TerryH]

There's no Table Button on mine either.

[rockedge]

@MochiMoppel @TerryH

Missed a setting, fixed it. Please test.

[TerryH]

@MochiMoppel @TerryH

Missed a setting, fixed it. Please test.

I still have same icons as posted by MocchiMoppel in prior post, still no Table icon.

[Makoto]

Yeah, I'm not seeing it, either. I tested it against the latest versions of PaleMoon, Seamonkey and Firefox, emptying the caches beforehand just in case. The Table button doesn't show up between the Media Embed and "align" buttons.

[MochiMoppel]

@TerryH , @Makoto A button labeled "table" existed for a short time. Seems that rockedge is still experimenting. Currently table code does not work at all.

[rockedge]

I am working on why the button will not appear for the registered user but does for the admin.

@MochiMoppel
Does the code for making a table work when inserted manually?

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[table=30,null]
	[thead]
		[tr=textleft]
			[th=50,null]Title1[/th]
			[th=50,null]Title2[/th]
		[/tr]
	[/thead]
	[tbody]
		[tr=bg2]
			[td=null,1]Text11[/td]
			[td=null,1]Text21[/td]
		[/tr]
		[tr=bg1]
			[td=null,1]Text12[/td]
			[td=null,1]Text22[/td]
		[/tr]
		[tr=bg2]
			[td=null,1]Text13[/td]
			[td=null,1]Text23[/td]
		[/tr]
		[tr=bg1]
			[td=null,1]Text14[/td]
			[td=null,1]Text24[/td]
		[/tr]
		[tr=bg2]
			[td=null,1]Text15[/td]
			[td=null,1]Text25[/td]
		[/tr]
		[tr=bg1]
			[td=null,1]Text16[/td]
			[td=null,1]Text26[/td]
		[/tr]
		[tr=bg2]
			[td=null,1]Text17[/td]
			[td=null,1]Text27[/td]
		[/tr]
		[tr=bg1]
			[td=null,1]Text18[/td]
			[td=null,1]Text28[/td]
		[/tr]
		[tr=bg2]
			[td=null,1]Text19[/td]
			[td=null,1]Text29[/td]
		[/tr]
	[/tbody]
[/table]

[MochiMoppel]

@MochiMoppel
Does the code for making a table work when inserted manually?

Yes.

[rockedge]

@MochiMoppel

I found a switch I needed to enable buried in the registered user permission roles. I think it will appear now.
Try to use the button before you write the table. Select the # of columns and rows, then it will generate the code which then you can modify to display the data as you wish.

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[align=right][table=45,null]
	[thead]
		[tr=textcenter]
			[th=33,null]Title1[/th]
			[th=33,null]Title2[/th]
			[th=34,null]Title3[/th]
		[/tr]
	[/thead]
	[tfoot]
		[tr=forumbg]
			[td=textcenter,3]Footer Text[/td]
		[/tr]
	[/tfoot]	

[tbody]
		[tr=bg2]
			[td=null,1]Text11[/td]
			[td=null,1]Text21[/td]
			[td=null,1]Text31[/td]
		[/tr]
		[tr=bg1]
			[td=null,1]Text12[/td]
			[td=null,1]Text22[/td]
			[td=null,1]Text32[/td]
		[/tr]
		[tr=bg2]
			[td=null,1]Text13[/td]
			[td=null,1]Text23[/td]
			[td=null,1]Text33[/td]
		[/tr]
		[tr=bg1]
			[td=null,1]Text14[/td]
			[td=null,1]Text24[/td]
			[td=null,1]Text34[/td]
		[/tr]
	[/tbody]
[/table][/align]

Hopefully it will be found useful.

Title1	Title2	Title3
Footer Text
Text11	Text21	Text31
Text12	Text22	Text32
Text13	Text23	Text33
Text14	Text24	Text34

[TerryH]

Rockedge	You're	A	Legend
Thank	You	Very	Much

[MochiMoppel]

I think it will appear now.

Not when you try to post on a mobile phone. The button does not appear if the viewport is less than 700px wide

In the responsive design I see the biggest obstacle. On narrow screens the table collapses into an almost useless list.
If possible the table should be packed into a div with a fixed width similar to the code box, which would add a scroll bar if the table is wider than the screen and would not wrap the table cells.

[rockedge]

@MochiMoppel

Okay working on it. So far have the tables displaying on the 700px responsive screen size. Still needs some refinement but proof of concept suggests it will work.

[MochiMoppel]

So far have the tables displaying on the 700px responsive screen size.

Problem occurs when viewport is less than 700px.
Nothing changed on my phone (Android 7, 1280x720 display). I would expect to see the button, but no button here, even in landscape mode. Tested with Google Chrome and Opera Touch.

In Palemoon threshold for button and table is still 700px.
In Opera12 threshold for button is 600 and some tables now remain stable (keep in mind that Opera12 is very old and may not support all response instructions. Good news for me but probably irrelevant for other users)


Here a very wide table which may better reveal any rendering problems:

Title1	Title2	Title3	Title4	Title5	Title6	Title7
Text11	Text21	Text31	Text41	Text51	Text61	Text71
Let's make Text12 longer to see what happens	Text22	Text32	Text42	Text52	Text62	Text72

[rockedge]

Most of the work is being done on the development platform setup. So until we can get the rendering under control in the responsive mode most of the experimental changes will not show on the production forum. @MochiMoppel as soon as I have something to try out I'll send your the link to test out the changes on the phone screen.

It's tricky and some changes have broader effects that are unwanted. The work continues!

[rockedge]

Changes have been made to allow Tables to be displayed by the responsive CSS on screens =<700px width. The theme ne-blackgreen has the first modifications to the responsive CSS and the default theme prosilver will also be modified for displaying Tables on <= 700px screens for mobile devices after testing the function with the ne-blackgreen theme style proves successful.

[ravensrest]

Seems to be working fine in Firefox 81.0 under Bionicpup64-8.0

Title1	Title2	Title3
Text11	Text21	Text31
Text12	Text22	Text32
Text13	Text23	Text33

[MochiMoppel]

Still not displaying correctly on mobile phone.

[rockedge]

Still not displaying correctly on mobile phone.

using the ne-blackgreen style? Not yet implemented in prosilver or the dark themes/styles

[MochiMoppel]

OK. Works with ne-blackgreen.

[rockedge]

OK. Works with ne-blackgreen.

I made the changes to prosilver. Please test that out as well!

[MochiMoppel]

I made the changes to prosilver. Please test that out as well!

With my Opera Touch browser it looks fine now. Other browsers may be OK too.

This means I can display tables. What I still can't do is create a table since the button does not show on screens <700px wide.

[MochiMoppel]

@rockedge
I don't know if this is an issue that you want to look into.

Title1	Title2	Title3
Text11	Text21	Text31
Text12	Text22	Text32
Text13	Text23	Text33
Text14	Text24	Text34
Text15	Text25	Text35

Currently the [float] function is not "buttonized" and only few people may be aware that it still exists and is functional. It allows to let text flow around tables, As you see the table background shrinks. I've seen this effect in other cases. Maybe styling the background the same as the post body could hide this glitch.

[rockedge]

@MochiMoppel

I think I solved the missing Tables button on the post editor on screen sizes =<700px. It took some digging in the code to find the correct generation origin of the HTML. It turns out a CSS selector in the responsive.css is called that hides the <div> block when the screen size goes =< 700px. So I located the spot that the HTML <div class=> is generated and removed the selector from the line.

using the [table=45] made the table background <div> have a width of 45% so using [table=100] fixed the background of the table on =<700px screens.

I also made some adjustments on the responsive.css to render the table borders better on the small screens


Please test and let me know if it is working anywhere!

[MochiMoppel]

I think I solved the missing Tables button on the post editor on screen sizes =<700px.

Well, yes, the button now remains visible but is useless because the table selections are not displayed.

I didn't delve too deep into this rabbit hole but maybe you should check the "responsive-hide" class.
Kicks in for screens up to 700px.

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<div id="tables-button-selections" class="responsive-hide" style="display: block;">

Even when the "tables-button-selections" div is displayed on small screens I suspect that it still would be unusable because it probably wouldn't wrap.

Maybe hiding the button was not such a bad idea. Declare table creation on small screens as not supported and close this chapter. You will sleep better.

[rockedge]

Yes, I will do that. I have been working with the responsive-hide class. It is a simple fix to re-instate it for the button.