Ability To Post Tables Re-Installed

SRW · Jul 21, 2010

Members can now post tables inside their posts. This Hack provides a BB code [table] to add a table to the post. The skin of the table automatically fits the style because the CSS classes of vBulletin are used.

A table is simply made of some lines (will be the rows). The cols are seperated by |. So this will be a table:

PHP:

[table="head"]head col1|head col2|head col3 row1 col1|row1 col2|row1 col3 row2 col1|row2 col2|row2 col3[/table]

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Here is a more detailed tutorial on how to use this feature:

Introduction to options:
example: [table="option1;option2=value;option3='this is a long value with space';option4=value1,value2,value3"]
The whole option list should be wrapped with quotes.
Options are seperated by a semicolon
If an option has a value it is assigned with "equal to" mark. (option2)
If the value contains blanks or special characters it has to be wrapped with apostrophes. (option3)
If an option has more than one value they are seperated by a comma. (option4)

Description of options:
head
This option defines the first line as head, so the first row is shown as head of the table. If the table sould be sorted, the head is not sorted.

sort=1d,2,3
This defines the table to be sorted by column 1, then column 2, then column 3. The "d" after the first colum specifies the order: descending (default: ascending)

autonum=1 (equal to autonum) autonum=a autonum=A
Defines that a new first column containing a numbering should be inserted.
1 -> 1, 2, 3, 4, ... , 999, 1000, ....
a -> a, b, c, ... , aa, ab, ... , zz
A -> A, B, C, ... , AA, BB, ... , ZZ

autonumtitle=oneword autonumtitle='long value with spaces'
Defines the title of the autonum-column. Can be left empty.

width=123px width=45em width=67%
Defines the width of the table.

debug
My plugin outputs a simple comment line after the table.
""
With this option the output gets more verbose:
""
This is helpful for debugging especially if you want to know if this table comes from the cache or was generated.

css=myclass
Defines the aditional css class of the whole table. Possible values have to be defined in admincp.
The value is prepended by stg_table_ so the resulting css class with above example would be stg_table_myclass
The css code has to be added to "Additional CSS Definitions" of your style (AdminCP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> (Dropdown) Main CSS -> Additional CSS Definitions)

Introduction to special options (formating cells and rows):
example: {option1=value1}{option2=value2}
These "special" options can be written as the very first content of a cell to format it.

Description of special options:
{colsp=5}
Defines a colspan from current cell with the length of 5 cells

{css=myclass}
Defines the css class of the current row. This value is only valid in the first cell of a row and should be the first option (colspan defined after it - currently reversing the order works, too).
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themush · Jul 21, 2010

Someone translate that for me. I have no idea what the hell all that jibberish is saying.

brakos82 · Jul 21, 2010

themush said: ↑

Someone translate that for me. I have no idea what the hell all that jibberish is saying.
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SteveRobWhatever said: ↑

Members can now post tables inside their posts.
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:whoosh:

mike oxlong · Jul 21, 2010

AWESOME!!!!!

Sportsguy · Jul 22, 2010

another great feature on this site

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