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Note, rowspan="2" and colspan="2" can be used on cells to span multiple rows and columns. Header cells are created with ! Header cell, which can be column or row headers. Data cells are created with | Data cell. A new column can be added by adding another cell to the first row.
Editors sometimes use headerless tables as an aid to content layout, especially where it is easier than the equivalent use of divs and CSS styling. For complex layouts, rowspan and colspan may be used, but again it is sometimes simpler and more maintainable to use nested tables. Nested tables must start on a new line.
If the header cells have other attributes, for example, colspan or rowspan, there must be no vertical bar | between the attributes and the template call. If your browser does not support CSS property writing-mode: vertical-rl that makes this template possible, it gracefully degrades to the default display of the table columns.
The wikitext must be correct. An incorrect rowspan organization can break sorting, cause weird table formatting, move data to the wrong column, etc. See examples below. When sorted all the rows are filled. Tables without rowspan are much easier to maintain by less experienced editors, and by editors who are stopping by only once to edit the table.
If you use tables for two-dimensional graphics you might discover a "feature" in HTML that promotes grey hair. It can affect both rows and columns, depending on the use of either rowspan or colspan. In this 7-row table three cells are assigned a rowspan of 3, but the table totals 6 rows. Where is row 4? There is a row 5-4!
The key principle in their design and implementation is to maintain normal flow, i.e. to ensure that the ordering of the content in the page code matches the order in which the content is to be presented. This also applies to other coding approaches, such as divs with CSS styling, or rowspan and colspan HTML cell attributes.
The static-row-header class disables the number and border between other rows that use this class consecutively, simulating a rowspan (see Help:Table#Colspan and rowspan). It should be added to: Header rows excluding the first. For sortable tables, it prevents numbering when JavaScript is disabled. Rows using the sorttop or sortbottom class.
Can you please make it possible for me to use parameters like 'colspan', 'rowspan', 'nosort' and 'data-sort-type', use multiple headers or place headers in different locations, style all or individual cells, rows, columns or headers, and replace the module equivalent of ! scope="row" with | scope="row" on Module:AutosortTable?