Support

Current behavior:
When a table is inserted, user is able to specify various options: number of rows and columns, cell spacing/padding, background color, border width/color etc.
Once the table is inserted, its parameters can only be modified and rows/columns edited by editing HTML code of the page, which is not feasible for most users. Firefox has basic built-in table editing functions: add/delete row/column, but it's interface is not  very user friendly and it does not have the ability to edit table formatting.

Workaround:
Copy-paste your table into an external editor like Microsoft Word, edit there and copy-paste it back.  However, the danger is that it will include extraneous formatting codes which will conflict with styles and formatting on the page. (Make sure to use 'Clean up HTML' button after pasting back)

Desired behavior:
Ability to call up the table editor on previously inserted tables to modify table parameters and add/delete rows/columns.

Notes:
In addition, it is desirable to extend table editor with additional formatting options, such as:
- specify width/text alignment for a given row/column/cell
- a set of templates to choose from, instead of formatting a table from scratch
This will be most probably be dealt with as a separate item.

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Dmitry Buterin, Chief Apricot

Tables are a basic staple of almost any web page.  WA currently has a table creation function in its web page editor which I use frequently.  But editing the table after it has been created is generally a long, tedious Edit HTML session.  At least I can do this; we also have some content folks that don't really understand HTML.  They tend to mess up existing tables and then have to delete and recreate them from scratch.

Could you add an integrated table editor to the web page editor?  I looking initially just for simple things like:  adding rows to the end of the table, adding columns to the right of the table, deleting single rows & columns, modifying the borders and backgrounds, and changing the table width percentage.  Ideally, an Edit Table toolbar button would identify the table where the cursor is sitting and display it in a special dialog box where these manipulations could be performed.

I'm sure you can get fancy with this by version 4.x.x where you can add rows & columns in the middle of a table, swap and move rows up and down, delete groups of rows, etc. etc., but right now I just need to keep folks from shooting themselves in the foot when updating tables.  Thanks!

Hi there,

We are in total agreement, it's just a question of priorities and resources. Table editor is in our plans - no specific timeline yet but pretty high up in the queue. 

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Dmitry Buterin, Chief Apricot

Agree, this really needs to be made easier. As above tables are a staple part of page formatting and not being able to edit them (other than direct in html) is a real drawback which restricts us being able to pass over some of the site administration to people who are not familiar with html.

Can't wait to see this!

WYSIWYG table handling (or even just more robust table editing even if it's not WYSIWYG) so users can easily add/remove rows/columns, change column widths, alignments, cell alignments, row background colors, etc.

 

I would like to be able to edit an already existing table without switching over to the HTML code (add a row, delete a row, etc)

Please see http://www.wildapricot.com/forums/thread/6083.aspx

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Dmitry Buterin, Chief Apricot