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Table alignment}} can be used to align the cells in a whole column without adding code to each cell. For example, left aligning the first column, and center aligning the fourth column. And default aligning all other cells to the right: {
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:
See the Width section of Help:Table. To summarize, max-width is the preferred way to limit widths on tables. It works on divs too. Note though that in both tables and divs there needs to be spaces in long lines of text or wikitext. Otherwise there is no point at which that line can wrap.
An FO table functions much like an HTML/CSS table. The user specifies rows of data for each individual cell. The user can, also, specify some styling information for each column, such as background color. Additionally, the user can specify the first row as a table header row, with its own separate styling information.
Once you've chosen the number of rows and columns, the wiki markup text for the table is inserted into the article. Then you can replace the "Example" text with the data you want to be displayed. Tables in Wikipedia, particularly large ones, can look intimidating to edit, but the way they work is simple.
For example, if a column heading is Number of edits, change that to abbr="Edits" | Number of edits. The heading stills visually displays "Number of edits", but the voice browser just says, "Edits." Don't code information into the table using only colors or colored symbols. For example, in a table about U.S. politicians, if you color rows about ...