Click on column heading text to sort by a column. Initial column will be sorted in descending order, click again to get ascending order. The type of data in the cell is determined automatically:
Plugin settings are stored as preferences variables. To reference
a plugin setting write
Argument | Comment | Example |
sort | Set table sorting "on" or "off" | sort="on" |
initsort | Column to sort initially ("1" to number of columns) | initsort="2" |
initdirection | Initial sorting direction for initsort , set to "up" or "down" | initdirection="up" |
headerbg | Header cell background colour. Choose one of the StandardColors | headerbg="#99CCCC" |
headercolor | Header cell text colour | headercolor="#0000CC" |
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. | databg="#C8CB8F, #DBDDB5" |
datacolor | Data cell text colour, a comma separated list | datacolor="#0000CC, #000000" |
tableborder | Table border width (pixels) | tableborder="2" |
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); default "void" | 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); default "none" | tablerules="rows" |
cellpadding | Cell padding (pixels) | cellpadding="0" |
cellspacing | Cell spacing (pixels) | cellspacing="3" |
valign | Vertical alignment of cells, set to "top" , "middle" , "bottom" or "baseline" | valign="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 | headeralign="left, right" |
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 | dataalign="center" |
tablewidth | Table width: Percentage of window width, or absolute pixel value. Default is unspecified | tablewidth="100%" |
columnwidths | Column widths: Comma delimited list of column widths, percentage or absolute pixel value. Default is unspecified | columnwidths="80%, 20%" |
headerrows | Number of header rows to exclude from sort; default "1" | headerrows="1" |
footerrows | Number of footer rows to exclude from sort; default "0" | footerrows="1" |
Plugin settings.
You do not need to install anything on the browser to use this plugin. Below installation instructions are for the administrator who needs to install this plugin on the TWiki server.
Plugin Author: | JohnTalintyre?, PeterThoeny |
Plugin Version: | 24 May 2003 |
Change History: | |
24 May 2003: | PTh: New |^| rule for multi row span (TWiki:Main/WalterMundt); added tableframe and tablerules (TWiki:Main/JohannesMartin); ignore columnwidths for multi column span; validate headerrows and footerrows (TWiki:Main/DarrylGreen) |
17 Dec 2002: | PTh: Removed individual table Plugin settings; added TABLEATTRIBUTES Plugins setting and TABLEATTRIBUTES preferences setting |
15 Dec 2002: | PTh: Added headerrows and footerrows params (TWiki:Main/DarrylGreen, TWiki:Main/WoutMertens); added tablewidth and columnwidths params (TWiki:Main/ThorstenSommermann) |
09 Dec 2002: | PTh: Added headercolor and datacolor parameters |
05 Jun 2002: | PTh: Added "none" value to databg parameter (suggested by TWiki:Main/TaitCyrus); fixed sorting by stripping HTML tags, removing links and making sort ignore case (suggested by TWiki:Main/ShawnBradford) |
13 Mar 2002: | PTh: Added TWiki:Main/ShawnBradford 's initsort and initdirection |
12 Mar 2002: | PTh: Added valign, headeralign and dataalign; fixed bug of swapped cellpadding/cellspacing; fixed warning of uninitialized value |
05 Jan 2002: | PTh: Fixed sorting bug of cells with leading white space |
06 Dec 2001: | PTh: Fixed date sorting bug 03 Dec 2001 PTh: Fixed sort="off" bug and more |
29 Nov 2001: | PTh: Fixed Perl warnings |
16 Nov 2001: | PTh: Added table border, cell spacing, cell padding, gif files |
07 Oct 2001: | JT: Initial version |
CPAN Dependencies: | none |
Other Dependencies: | none |
Perl Version: | 5.0 |
Plugin Home: | http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/TablePlugin |
Feedback: | http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/TablePluginDev |