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Specifies whether a header cell is a header for a column (scope="col"), row (scope="row"), group of columns (colspan="2" scope="colgroup"), or group of rows (rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup"). It has no visual effect, but is used by screen readers and is recommended according to accessibility guidelines .
mw-collapsible also does not require a header row in the table, as collapsible did. Tables will show the "[hide]" / "[show]" controls in the first row of the table (whether or not it is a header row), unless a table caption is present.(see § Tables with captions) Example with a header row
There are several advanced table formatting techniques to improve the display or editing of wikitables in Wikipedia. Most of the tips involve use of standard text-editors. While some special software packages exist, to allow customized editing, they are typically not available when travelling to other computers for wiki-editin
Consecutive rows of column headers are top sticky, so avoid adding a row of headers right under the column headers that don't apply to the entire table such as a section header meant to visually separate the table. A solution might be to move each section to a column or separate tables, which also avoids accessibility issues per MOS:COLHEAD.
Required for accessibility purposes on data tables, and placed only between the table start and the first table row. ! header cell Optional. Each header cell starts with a new line and a single exclamation mark (!), or several header cells can be placed consecutively on the same line, separated by double exclamation marks (!!). |-new row
For more complex table structures, Visual editor offers cell-merging operations; see details here.. In addition, it is usually possible to add or import a table that exists elsewhere (e.g., in a spreadsheet, on another website) directly into the visual editor by:
Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status margin-left margin-left To set a margin on the table's lefthand side. Default 0 String optional width width To set the table's overall width. Default auto String optional style style For CSS styles amending the table's overall appearance. String optional noheaders noheaders Set (as e.g. noheaders=on) to suppress the ...
And it will do it correctly for tables with row headers too (see also Help:Table#Row headers). Tab2wiki will not compress the wikitext at all if this is checked: "First element in a row is a header". Note: The visual editor will copy templates (as in a column of country/state/province names with flag templates), but it will not copy inline ...