TABLE -- control attributes of tables and sorting of table columns

The %TABLE{}% macro is handled by the TablePlugin

Attributes for tables

Parameter	Description	Default	Example
tableborder	Table border width (pixels).	"1"	tableborder="2"
tablebordercolor	Table border color.	unspecified	tablebordercolor="#333"
tableframe	Table frame, set to "void" (no sides), "above" (the top side only), "below" (the bottom side only), "hsides" (the top and bottom sides only), "lhs" (the left-hand side only), "rhs" (the right-hand side only), "vsides" (the right and left sides only), "box" (all four sides), "border" (all four sides).	unspecified	tableframe="hsides"
tablerules	Table rules, set to "none" (no rules), "groups" (rules will appear between row groups and column groups only), "rows" (rules will appear between rows only), "cols" (rules will appear between columns only), "all" (rules will appear between all rows and columns). See also: headerrules and datarules.	unspecified	tablerules="rows"
tablewidth	Table width: percentage of window width, or absolute pixel value.	unspecified	tablewidth="100%"
headerrows	Number of header rows to exclude from sort. (will be rendered in a HTML thead section)	"1"	headerrows="1"
footerrows	Number of footer rows to exclude from sort. (will be rendered in a HTML tfoot section)	"0"	footerrows="1"
id	Unique table identifier string, used for targeting a table with CSS.	tableN (where N is the table order number on the page)	id="userTable"
summary	Table summary used by screen readers: A summary of what the table presents. It should provide an orientation for someone who listens to the table.	unspecified; WARNING: this attribute is deprecated in HTML5, don't use it anymore.	summary="List of subscribed users"
caption	Table caption: A title that will be displayed just above the table.	unspecified	caption="Users"
inlinemarkup	Set to "on" to generate inline markup HTML (in addition to the CSS markup); useful if you need to copy the table, for instance to paste the table into an email).	unspecified	inlinemarkup="on"
class	Add specified class to the default foswikiTable class.	unspecified	class="mytable"

Attributes for table sorting

Parameter	Description	Default	Example
sort	Set the table sorting user interface (clickable column headers) "on" or "off".	unspecified	sort="on"
initsort	Column to sort initially (use "1" for the first column). If specified, sorting is enabled; by setting sort="off" the sorting interface can be hidden.	unspecified	initsort="2"
initdirection	Initial sorting direction for initsort, set to "up" (descending, or decreasing in value) or "down" (ascending, or increasing in value).	down	initdirection="up"
disableallsort	Disable all sorting, both initsort and header sort. This is mainly used by plugins such as the EditTablePlugin to disable sorting in a table while editing the table.	unspecified	disableallsort="on"

Attributes for table cells

Argument	Description	Default	Example
cellpadding	Cell padding (pixels).	unspecified	cellpadding="0"
cellspacing	Cell spacing (pixels).	unspecified	cellspacing="3"
cellborder	Cell border width (pixels).	unspecified	cellborder="0"
valign	Vertical alignment of cells and headers, set to "top", "middle", "bottom" or "baseline".	unspecified	valign="top"
columnwidths	Column widths: Comma delimited list of column widths, percentage or absolute pixel value.	unspecified	columnwidths="80%,20%"

Attributes for data cells

Parameter	Description	Default	Example
datarules	Set to "none" (no rules), "rows" (rules will appear between rows only), "cols" (rules will appear between columns only), "all" (rules will appear between all rows and columns). Overrides tablerules for data cells.	unspecified	datarules="none"
datavalign	Vertical alignment of data cells; overrides valign.	unspecified	datavalign="top"
dataalign	Data cell alignment, one value for all columns, or a comma separated list for different alignment of individual columns. Set to "left", "center", "right" or "justify". Overrides individual cell settings.	unspecified	dataalign="center"
databg	Data cell background colour, a comma separated list. Specify "none" for no colour, that is to use the colour/background of the page the table is on.	"#edf4f9,#fff"	databg="#f2f2f2,#fff"
databgsorted	Data cell background colour of a sorted column; see databg.	the values of databg	databgsorted="#d4e8e4, #e5f5ea"
datacolor	Data cell text colour, a comma separated list.	unspecified	datacolor="#00c, #000"

Attributes for headers

Parameter	Description	Default	Example
headerrules	Set to "none" (no rules), "rows" (rules will appear between rows only), "cols" (rules will appear between columns only), "all" (rules will appear between all rows and columns). Overrides tablerules for header cells.	unspecified	headerrules="none"
headerbg	Header cell background colour. Specify "none" for no colour, that is to use the colour/background of the page the table is on.	"#6b7f93"	headerbg="#999"
headerbgsorted	Header cell background colour of a sorted column. Specify "none" for no colour, that is to use the colour/background of the page the table is on.	the value of headerbg	headerbgsorted="#32596c"
headercolor	Header cell text colour.	"#fff"	headercolor="#00c"
headervalign	Vertical alignment of header cells; overrides valign.	unspecified	headervalign="top"
headeralign	Header cell alignment, one value for all columns, or a comma separated list for different alignment of individual columns. Set to "left", "center", "right" or "justify". Overrides individual cell settings.	unspecified	headeralign="left,right"
headerrows	See: Attributes for tables

Other attributes

Parameter	Description	Default	Example
include	Other topic defining the TABLE parameters. The first %TABLE% in the topic is used. This is useful if you have many topics with the same table format and you want to update the format in one place. Use topic or web.topic notation.	unspecified	include="Main.WebHome"

Examples

 %TABLE{ sort="off" tableborder="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="3" cellborder="0" }%
 | *A1* | *B1* |
 | A2   | B2   |

• Expands as:

  A1	B1
  A2	B2

Related

See TablePlugin for more details