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The easiest way to insert a new table is to use the editing toolbar that appears when you edit a page (see image above). Clicking the button will open a dialog where you define what you want in your new table. Once you've chosen the number of rows and columns, the wiki markup text for the table is inserted into the article.
the basic code for a table row; code for color, alignment, and sorting mode; fixed texts such as units; special formats for sorting; In such a case, it can be useful to create a template that produces the syntax for a table row, with the data as parameters. This can have many advantages: easily changing the order of columns, or removing a column
Edit-tricks are most useful when multiple tables must be changed, then the time needed to develop complex edit-patterns can be applied to each table. For each table, insert an alpha-prefix on each column (making each row-token "|-" to sort as column zero, like prefix "Row124col00"), then sort into a new file, and then de-prefix the column entries.
Tables are a common way of displaying data. This tutorial provides a guide to making new tables and editing existing ones. For guidelines on when and how to use tables, see the Manual of Style. The easiest way to insert a new table is to use the editing toolbar that appears when you edit a page (see image above).
Multiple header rows in a sortable table should have the static-row-header class added to all header rows except the first one so that they are not numbered when JavaScript is disabled. It is also needed on rows that use the sorttop or sortbottom class, described at #Disable number on specific rows .
{} – Can be used to help narrow columns by adding a soft hyphen to a word to allow it to wrap. More template styles for tables: {} - moves the sorting arrows under the headers. {{row hover highlight}} - adds row hover highlighting, and option for white background. {{static row numbers}} - adds a column of row numbers to a table.
Often a list is best left as a list. Before reformatting a list into table form, consider whether the information will be more clearly conveyed by virtue of having rows and columns. If so, then a table is probably a good choice. If there is no obvious benefit to having rows and columns, then a table is probably not the best choice.
Nesting data tables with header cells also makes it difficult for assistive readers to parse them sensibly, and should be avoided. Nesting tables may be the most appropriate method where cells of the parent table are to be subdivided with uneven internal row or column breaks. Note that each table must begin on a new line.