Meta:Guides/Style Guide/Tables

Tables are an appropriate way to display lots of data in a clear structured way, and can be a valid alternative to screen dumps for showing various setups.

Tables can be written either in HTML or by using the much cleaner Wiki syntax.

Standard table

{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
 |+Multiplication table
 |-
 ! × !! 1 !! 2 !! 3
 |-
 ! 1
 | 1 || 2 || 3
 |-
 ! 2
 | 2 || 4 || 6
 |-
 ! 3
 | 3 || 6 || 9
 |-
 ! 4
 | 4 || 8 || 12
 |-
 ! 5
 | 5 || 10 || 15
 |}

returns

Multiplication table

×	1	2	3
1	1	2	3
2	2	4	6
3	3	6	9
4	4	8	12
5	5	10	15

Prettytable table format

To facilitate formatting you can put the template css/prettytable in the first row of the table.

Width

You can provide the width of the table as:

a number

the table width in pixels, or

a percentage

the percentage of the width of the page holding the table

(nothing)

this will result as the table being 100% wide

Cells text alignment

You can also provide the global text alignment in the table (should be center or right, default is left), using talign.

Examples

{| {{Css/prettytable|50}}
| 1 || 2 || 3 
|-
| 4 || 5 || 6 
|}

returns

1	2	3
4	5	6

{| {{Css/prettytable|50%}}
| 1 || 2 || 3 
|-
| 4 || 5 || 6 
|}

returns

1	2	3
4	5	6

{| {{Css/prettytable}}
| 1 || 2 || 3 
|-
| 4 || 5 || 6 
|}

returns

1	2	3
4	5	6

{| {{Css/prettytable|75%|talign=center}}
| 1 || 2 || 3 
|-
| 4 || 5 || 6 
|}

returns

1	2	3
4	5	6

Sortable tables

You can get a sortable table by adding

class="sortable"

in the first line of the table.

Examples:

{| class="sortable" border="1" cellpadding="2"
 |+Multiplication table
 |-
 ! × !! 1 !! 2 !! 3
 |-
 ! 1
 | 1 || 2 || 3
 |-
 ! 2
 | 2 || 4 || 6
 |-
 ! 3
 | 3 || 6 || 9
 |-
 ! 4
 | 4 || 8 || 12
 |-
 ! 5
 | 5 || 10 || 15
 |}

returns

Multiplication table

×	1	2	3
1	1	2	3
2	2	4	6
3	3	6	9
4	4	8	12
5	5	10	15

{| class="sortable" {{Css/prettytable|200}}
 |align=center | A 
 |align=center | B 
 |align=center | C 
 |-
 |align=center | 4 
 |align=center | 20 
 |align=center | 3 
 |-
 |align=center | 1 
 |align=center | 5 
 |align=center | 6 
 |-
 |align=center | 10 
 |align=center | 1 
 |align=center | -4 
 |}

returns

A	B	C
4	20	3
1	5	6
10	1	-4

Tables of images

As explained also in Meta:Guides/Style Guide/Images when you have a set of images that have some relation to each other, you can put them in a simple table:

{|align=center
| [[Image:Manual-volumerendering-reflection-sc0.5.png|thumb|150px| Reflection: Green, Scattering: 0.5]]
| [[Image:Manual-volumerendering-reflection-sc1.0.png|thumb|150px| Reflection: Green, Scattering: 1.0]]
| [[Image:Manual-volumerendering-reflection-sc2.0.png|thumb|150px| Reflection: Green, Scattering: 2.0]]
| [[Image:Manual-volumerendering-reflection-sc5.0.png|thumb|150px| Reflection: Green, Scattering: 5.0]]
|-
| [[Image:Manual-volumerendering-refl_g-tr_y-sc0.5.png|thumb|150px| Reflection: Green, Transmission: Yellow, Scattering: 0.5]]
| [[Image:Manual-volumerendering-refl_g-tr_y-sc1.0.png|thumb|150px| Reflection: Green, Transmission: Yellow, Scattering: 1.0]]
| [[Image:Manual-volumerendering-refl_g-tr_y-sc2.0.png|thumb|150px| Reflection: Green, Transmission: Yellow, Scattering: 2.0]]
| [[Image:Manual-volumerendering-refl_g-tr_y-sc5.0.png|thumb|150px| Reflection: Green, Transmission: Yellow, Scattering: 5.0]]
|}

returns

Reflection: Green, Scattering: 0.5	Reflection: Green, Scattering: 1.0	Reflection: Green, Scattering: 2.0	Reflection: Green, Scattering: 5.0
Reflection: Green, Transmission: Yellow, Scattering: 0.5	Reflection: Green, Transmission: Yellow, Scattering: 1.0	Reflection: Green, Transmission: Yellow, Scattering: 2.0	Reflection: Green, Transmission: Yellow, Scattering: 5.0

See also

Read the official documentation about tables.