Simple Table markup for Wikka
Note
This feature is under development and can be tested using the SVN trunk version. Note that the syntax for tables is likely to change until a stable version is released. Please do not invest much time in creating (advanced) tablemarkup yet!Documentation
SVN
- To be included in 1.1.7.
- For the latest version, download the latest Wikka unstable version.
- For more information, see Ticket:230.
See also
I've hacked together a simple table markup for WikkaWiki; it is working it's way from a "layout" table markup to an accessible data table markup.
Currently it supports table header elements (<th>) and table data elements (<td>), cells spanning several columns and/or rows, table summary and caption, scope attributes for headers, table sections (<thead>, <tbody>, <tfoot>).
Basic Usage
Example:
||Row 1 Column 1||Row 1 Column 2||Row 1 Column 3||
||Row 2 Column 1||Row 2 Column 2||Row 2 Column 3||
The delimiter is two pipes (||).
- Use the delimiter to start a new table, row and/or cell.
- The current row is ended with a delimiter at the end of a line.
- The table is ended by starting the next line with anything else than a new delimiter after ending a row.
"Advanced" Usage
Example:
|?This is a token summary, must be first line in table markup. PS is between single pipes!|
|!|The Caption||
|#h|
|=|First Column|=|Second Column||
|#b|
||First datacell||Second Datacell||
|2|A datacell spanning two columns||
|,2|A datacell spanning two rows||A cell on the right||
||Another cell on the right (due to previous rowspan'd cell)||
|#f|
|=|First Column|=|Second Column||
Enhanced features are enabled by putting modifiers between the pipes.
- A header cell is started with a equals sign (|=|).
- A cell span is started with numbers seperated by a comma. (|2| = colspan="2", |2,2| = col+rowspan ="2" each, |,2| = rowspan="2" only).
- An optional caption for the table can be put behind a exclamation mark'ed delimiter (|!|) and a normal delimiter. Needs to be alone on the line!
- A summary (for accessability) can be given in a delimiter started by a question mark (|?Summary|). Needs to be alone on the line, and first in the markup!
- Optional row and col scope attributes for headers can be added as |=r| and |=c|.
- Optional thead, tbody and tfoot sections are generated by adding on a separate line |#h|, |#b|, |#f|
- Each row must (still) be ended by a basic (or any, actually) delimiter.
Known Issues
Ending the table with a || delimiter without a newline adds another cell/column. (ie: if there is no more content after the table, or if there is a space after the delimiter).
Wanted
I want input on bugs/issues - and on wanted functionality / suggestion on the markup.
TODO
- better delimiters? Please advice.
- header cells Done.
- col/rowspan Done.
- caption Done.
- summary Done.
- th scope attribute Done.
- thead/tbody/tfoot Done.
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