Plugin MWTable

This Wiki Plugin displays a table using MediaWiki syntax.

MWTable doesn't support things like templates or the !row heading syntax.
col styling overcomes the latter to a degree but, for cross-browser consistency, you are limited by HTML to border=, background=, width= and visibility=. You can also use span= so that a col definition can apply to adjacent columns. tr and td styling overrides col.

TO DO:

• Implement row headings (need largely overcome by addition of col styling?).

Syntax:

{MWTABLE(fancy=>,wiki_classes=>)}data{MWTABLE}

Parameter	Accepted values	Effect	Since
fancy	true | false (default)	style with FANCYTABLE odd and even classes
wiki_classes	true (default) | false	style with wikitable and wikiclass classes

Note: As fancy classes and wiki classes are not mutually compatible, fancy=true takes precedence.

Usage (structure of data):

• Optionally, first line (prior to the first |) contains html attributes for the table element.
• Optionally, next line can specify a caption; line starts with |+ followed by optional html attributes that end with a | followed by the caption text.
• Optionally, html attributes for col elements can be specified next on one or more lines starting with a ?.
• Each column's attributes start on a new line with ? or on the same line preceeded by ?? and become a col.
• Optionally, column headings can be specified next on one or more lines starting with a !.
• Each column's heading starts on a new line with ! or on the same line preceeded by !!.
• Optional html attributes for th end with a | followed by text that becomes the text of a th.
• Each row, including the first, starts on a new line with |-, optionally followed by html attributes for the tr element
• Each cell starts on a new line with | or on the same line preceeded by ||.
• Optional html attributes for the td element end with a | followed by the cell text (so data for one cell can have 1 or 2 | characters. Any other | characters are assumed to be part of the cell text.)

Example 1 - the minimum.

This code,

{MWTABLE()} 
|-
| Bill || The little house
|-
| Carol || The big house
{MWTABLE}

Would produce:

<table class="wikitable">
<tr>
<td class="wikicell">Bill</td>
<td class="wikicell">The little house</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="wikicell">Carol</td>
<td class="wikicell">The big house</td>
</tr>
</table>

As a reference, under tikineat.css style, it shows as:

Example 2

This code,

{MWTABLE( wiki_classes=false )} style="width:50%", class="myclass"
|+style="font-style:italic;"|My caption
? width="30%;" ?? style="background-color:yellow;"
! style="background-color:grey;"| Name
! Address
|- style="background-color: red"
| style="color: blue;" | Bill
| The little house
|-
| Carol || The big house
{MWTABLE}

Would produce:

<table style="width:50%;" class="normal myclass">
<caption style="font-style:italic;">
My caption</caption>
<col style="width:30%;"/>
<col style="background-color:yellow;"/>
<tr>
<th style="background-color:grey;color:red;">Name</th>
<th>Address</th>
</tr>
<tr style="background-color:red;">
<td style="color:blue;">Bill</td>
<td class="">The little house</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Carol</td>
<td>The big house</td>
</tr>
</table>

As a reference, under tikineat.css style, it shows as:

• Wiki Plugins
• Mods Type Wikiplugins

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