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You can add a table using HTML rather than wiki markup, as described at HTML element#Tables. However, HTML tables are discouraged because wikitables are easier to customize and maintain, as described at manual of style on tables. Also, note that the <thead>, <tbody>, <tfoot>, <colgroup>, and <col> elements are not supported in wikitext.
For years in HTML, a table has always forced an implicit line-wrap (or line-break). So, to keep a table within a line, the workaround is to put the whole line into a table, then embed a table within a table, using the outer table to force the whole line to stay together. Consider the following examples: Wikicode (showing table forces line-break)
{| |+ caption table code goes here |} To start a new table row, type a vertical bar and a hyphen on its own line: "|-". The codes for the cells in that row start on the next line. {| |+ The table's caption |-row code goes here |-next row code goes here |} Type the codes for each table cell in the next row, starting with a bar:
When used in conjunction with the table element, it specifies the amount of space between the border of a table cell and its contents. [1] [2] Cellpadding is an attribute of an individual cell in a table, so each cell in a table can be assigned its own cellpadding value, [3] if not assigned however, the default value for cellpadding is 1.
Note, in the above example, how the column-spacer of the 2nd column is set to only 9 spaces (compared to 13 on column 1), due to the text entries being longer words in column 2. In general, a set of 3 columns can each be spaced between 9-23 spaces apart, depending on wider column-spacers for shorter words in each column.
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
Spaces outside the double braces will add an extra space on either side, such as the 12 spaces inserted by {{in5|10}}. It does not insert a newline (line break). To use on a series of lines, add <br /> at the end of the line before (each) {{in5}}. You can also use a blank line before the {{in5}}, which will introduce a paragraph break.
One example: when justification is used in narrow columns, extremely large spaces may appear between words on lines with only two or three words. Another example: when the spaces between words line up approximately above one another in several loose lines, a distracting river of white space may appear. [4]