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MediaWiki supports different types of table syntax:

1. Limited HTML syntax
2. Pipe syntax (which this article covers)

See the Wikipedia article on HTML elements for notes on traditional HTML. Note, however, that the thead, tbody, tfoot, and colgroup elements are currently not supported in MediaWiki.^[1]

The pipe syntax substitutes pipes (|) for HTML. The pipes must start at the beginning of a new line, except when separating optional parameters from content or when using || to separate cells on a single line.

Contents 1 Example table 2 Tables 3 Rows 4 Cells 4.1 Headers 5 Captions 6 Cosmetic formatting 7 Sorting 8 Striped tables 9 References 10 External links

Example table

{|
|-
! header 1
! header 2
! header 3
|-
| row 1, cell 1
| row 1, cell 2
| row 1, cell 3
|-
| row 2, cell 1
| row 2, cell 2
| row 2, cell 3
|}

Would look like this:

header 1	header 2	header 3
row 1, cell 1	row 1, cell 2	row 1, cell 3
row 2, cell 1	row 2, cell 2	row 2, cell 3

Tables

Use {| to open a table. This is equivalent to <table> in HTML. Likewise, |} closes a table and is equivalent to </table> in HTML.

Parameters (such as align, style, and other properties) can be assigned with by adding them after the opening brackets.

For example: {| class="tableExample" would align the table to the center of the page.

Rows

To start a new row, use |- which is equivalent to <tr> in HTML. It is not necessary to close a row (nor is there any syntax to do so); merely start a new row or end the table.

Parameters can be added in the same manner: |- class="tableExample" would align the content inside the row to the center of the row.

Cells

Cells (<td></td> in HTML) are generated in one of two ways.

On separate lines:

|cell1
|cell2
|cell3

Or all on one line:

|cell1||cell2||cell3

These are both equivalent to <td>cell1</td><td>cell2</td><td>cell3</td>.

Parameters in cells can be used like this:

|class="tableExample"|cell1
|class="tableExample"|cell2
|class="tableExample"|cell3

Or in one line:

|class="tableExample"|cell1||class="tableExample"|cell2||class="tableExample"|cell3

It is, again, not necessary or possible to close a cell, simply start a new row or close the table.

Headers

Headers (cells at the top of tables which indicate what the cells below contain) function the same way as cells, except ! is used instead of the opening |. Parameters still use "|", though. For example:

!class="tableExample2"|cell1

Headers are equivalent to <th></th> in HTML.

Multiple header cells on one line:

!cell1!!cell2

Multiple header cells with cell modifications:

!class="tableExample3"|cell1!!style="background-color:gray;"|cell2!!width="30px"|cell3

Captions

Captions are hardly ever used. However, should it be necessary to create one, it is possible in pipe syntax.

An HTML <caption> tag is created by |+ You can also use parameters. |+ class="tableExample"|Caption

Cosmetic formatting

When possible tables should use the WoWwiki style. To create such a table the first line should read:

{| class="darktable"

This makes the table match the style of WoWwiki, rather than generic HTML. (see example under "Sorting" below)

Sorting

Some wikis support automatic addition of sort buttons to column headers using special CSS classes on the table.

For example: {| class="sortable" would add sort buttons to column headers, and {| class="sortable darktable" is used in the following example:

Example Sortable Table

Alphabetical	Numerical	Reputation	Surname
A	4	2 Revered	Kir James T Kirk
C	3	3 Honored	Rod Gene Roddenberry
B	2	4 Friendly	And John Anderson
D	1	1 Exalted	Aze Bill Azeroth

Vic The Reputation column uses hidden, non-displaying numbers to determine sort order:

<span style="display:none">#</span>

Non-displaying letters can also be used to sort a list by surname if desired. For long list you should include at least the first few letters for subsorting names that start with the same letter.

<span style="display:none">Aze</span> Bill Azeroth

Striped tables

In long tables, or in tables with multi-line rows, it may be desirable to visually distinguish rows. This is accomplished by making every other row use a different background with class="zebra" at the start, for example as follows:

{| class="darktable zebra"

This also works for sortable tables. The zebra tag ensures that the rows have alternating colors, even when the order of the rows is changed by sorting.

Example Striped Table

Alphabetical	Numerical	Reputation	Surname
A	4	2 Revered	Kirk (James T.)
C	3	3 Honored	Roddenberry (Gene)
B	2	4 Friendly	Anderson (John)
D	1	1 Exalted	Azeroth (Bill)

If desired, you can manually control the striping by using class="alt" at the beginning of the desired rows, as follows:

|-class="alt"

Rows with this tag will have the alternative color. This method is only advisable for non-sortable tables.

References

External links

• MetaWiki's Help:Tables