Overview

A number of macros that produce or modify tables share common capabilities as described below. A JavaScript enabled browser is required to enable most of these capabilities.

Capabilities

Column sorting - sort a column by clicking on column heading. Clicking again will reverse the order.
Data specific sorting - see the columnTypes parameter
Column selection - hide columns
Auto sort of selected column
Auto numbering of rows - ability to automatically add a leading column with the data row count.
Auto totaling of numeric columns
Row highlighting on mouseover - the row is highlighted when mouse goes over any row element for non-heading rows
Row styles - ability to set CSS at the row level
Column styles - ability to set CSS at the column level
Column attributes - ability to set the display attributes (color, font) on a column basis
Table attributes - set table class, table style, and row styles - See Style Table Columns

Macros that include this support

Common parameters

The following parameters are part of our common table capabilities that are available to many macros that produce or modify tables.

Click a column heading to toggle the sorting of that column.

Date sorting

See Advanced Date Sorting.

Examples

{table-plus:columnTypes=S,-,.|autoNumber=true|sortColumn=3
|columnAttributes=style="text-align:center;", ,style="background:yellow; font-size:14pt;"}
|| Name || Phone || TCP ||
| John | 555-1234 | 192.168.1.10 |
| Mary Lou | 555-2134 | 192.168.1.12 |
| Bob | 555-4527 | 192.168.1.9 |
{table-plus}

which renders as:

Styling guide

Table styling can be done utilizing the common table capabilities of several Bob Swift Atlassian add-ons including Advanced Tables for Confluence, SQL for Confluence, and others.

For creative inspiration when styling your own Confluence Tables (including live examples) visit our Styling Guide for Tables.