2.1. Table editor

The following table editing commands fully support CALS tables as well as HTML tables. Most table editing commands can be repeated by using Edit → Repeat (Ctrl+A).

Note that using this table editor, or simply saving a document, or checking a document for validity, guarantees that the cols attribute of a tgroup is up to date. That is, you may forget about the cols attribute, XMLmind XML Editor will always compute it for you.

Button Menu item Description

Table column

For a command in this menu to work, click anywhere inside a cell (or explicitly select a cell or an element having a cell ancestor).

Insert Before

Insert a column before column containing specified cell.

Insert After Insert a column after column containing specified cell.

Cut Cut to the clipboard the column containing specified cell.

Copy Copy to the clipboard the column containing specified cell.

Paste Before Paste copied or cut column before column containing specified cell.

Paste After Paste copied or cut column after column containing specified cell.

Delete Delete the column containing specified cell.

Sort Rows

Sort all the rows of the table according to the string values of the cells of the “selected column”. (The “selected column” is the column containing specified cell.)

A dialog box is displayed allowing to specify the following sort options:

Order

Dictionary is the language-specific alphabetical order. Example: (Charles, best, Albert) is sorted as (Albert, best, Charles).

Numeric. The string value of a cell is expected to start with a number. Example: (+15.0%, 1.50%, -20%) is sorted as (-20%, 1.50%, +15.0%).

Lexicographic is the order of Unicode characters. Example: (Charles, best, Albert) is sorted as (Albert, Charles, best).

Dictionary and Numeric orders will cause this menu item to fail, unless the language of the table can be determined (i.e. lookup for the lang attribute).

Direction

Ascending means: A to Z, low to high. Descending means: Z to A, high to low.

Note that:

Header/footer rows (i.e. thead) are never sorted.
The contents of row groups (i.e. tbody) are sorted separately.

Table row

For a command in this menu to work, click anywhere inside a cell (or explicitly select a cell or an element having a cell ancestor) or explicitly select a row.

Insert BeforeFor

Insert a row before row containing specified cell.


	Note that row editing commands are enabled, not only by implicitly or explicitly selecting a table cell or any of its descendants, but also by explicitly selecting a table row.

Insert After Insert a row before row containing specified cell.

Cut Cut to the clipboard the row containing specified cell.

Copy Copy to the clipboard the row containing specified cell.

Paste Before Paste copied or cut row before row containing specified cell.

Paste After Paste copied or cut row after row containing specified cell.

Delete Delete the row containing specified cell.

Table cell

For a command in this menu to work, click anywhere inside a cell (or explicitly select a cell or an element having a cell ancestor).

Increment Column Span

Increment the number of columns spanned by specified cell.

Decrement Column Span Decrement the number of columns spanned by specified cell.

Increment Row Span Increment the number of rows spanned by specified cell.

Decrement Row Span Decrement the number of rows spanned by specified cell.

Set Color

Displays a dialog box allowing to give a background color to specified cell.


	Unlike the other entries of this menu, this entry allows to give a background color, not only to specified cell, but also to one or more of any of the following explicitly selected elements: `row`, `entry`, `tr`, `td`, `th`.