Help:Tables
This article details the use of tables on Nookipedia. Typically the code for a table is formatted and stored on a template page, and then this code is called using the proper template call. These templates can be found at Category:Table templates. Some articles do include Wikitext table code within the page itself, however.
As of right now, Nookipedia does not have a standard way of generating or formatting tables and implementation tends to vary from article to article. As Project Database moves forward, a standard procedure may be developed and if so will be noted on this page.
Creating tables
All tables begin with {|
and end with |}
. For example:
You type | You get | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
{| style="font-size:125%" ! Item ! Amount ! Cost |- | Bread | x4 | 3.00 |- | Butter | x1 | 5.00 |- style="text-decoration:underline" ! Total | | style="font-weight:bold" | 8.00 |} |
|
Each new line starts with the a pipe character |
which creates a new cell. A line with with a pipe-dash |-
creates a new row. Using !
instead of |
to start a line creates bold, centered text. Note that these symbols will only generate a table if they are placed at the beginning of a line.
CSS can be used style tables, rows, and cells. An example can be seen in the above table where style="font-size:125%"
is added after the opening table tag to style the entire table. style="text-decoration:underline"
is added after a new row tag to style that specific row. A method to style an existing cell can be seen in the bottom right cell where the total of 15.00 is bolded by using the code style="font-weight:bold"
.
Resources
- Editing Wikitext/Tables - Extensive guide to generating tables using wikitext.
- Help:Tables - Abbreviated guide to table creation.