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table

This plugin adds table management functionality to TinyMCE.

Table controls/buttons

Name Summary
tablecontrols All table control below and some separators between them.
table Insert table control.
row_props Edit row properties (tr).
cell_props Edit cell properties (td).
delete_col Delete column control.
delete_row Delete row control.
delete_table Delete table control.
col_after Column after control.
col_before Column before control.
row_after Row after control.
row_before Row before control.
split_cells Splits a merged cell into rows and columns.
merge_cells Mergers selected cells into one cell.

Table commands to use with execCommand

Name Summary
mceInsertTable Inserts a new table at cursor location the default size is 2x2. If the value parameter is specified it should contain a name/value array, this array has the following options cols, rows, border, cellspacing, cellpadding. The default border is set to: 0.
mceTableInsertRowBefore Inserts a row before/above the current cursor location.
mceTableInsertRowAfter Inserts a row after/under the current cursor location.
mceTableDeleteRow Deletes the row at the current cursor location.
mceTableInsertColBefore Inserts a column before the current cursor location.
mceTableInsertColAfter Inserts a column after the current cursor location.
mceTableDeleteCol Deletes the column at the current cursor location.
mceTableDelete Deletes the table at the current cursor location.

Plugin options

Name Summary
table_styles This option should contain a semicolon separated list of class titles and class names separated by =. The titles are the ones that get presented to the user in the styles drop down list and and the class names is the classes that gets inserted.
table_cell_styles This option should contain a semicolon separated list of class titles and class names separated by =. The titles are the ones that get presented to the user in the styles drop down list and and the class names is the classes that gets inserted.
table_row_styles This option should contain a semicolon separated list of class titles and class names separated by =. The titles are the ones that get presented to the user in the styles drop down list and and the class names is the classes that gets inserted.
table_cell_limit Enables you to specify the max number of cells for a table.
table_row_limit Enables you to specify the max number of rows for a table.
table_col_limit Enables you to specify the max number of columns for a table.
table_default_border Enables you to specify the default border value.
table_default_cellpadding Enables you to specify the default cellpadding value.
table_default_cellspacing Enables you to specify the default cellspacing value.

Installation Instructions

  1. Add plugin to TinyMCE plugin option list example: plugins : "table".
  2. Add the table button names to button list, example: theme_advanced_buttons3_add : "tablecontrols".

Initialization Example

tinyMCE.init({
  theme : "advanced",
  mode : "textareas",
  plugins : "table",
  theme_advanced_buttons3_add : "tablecontrols",
  table_styles : "Header 1=header1;Header 2=header2;Header 3=header3",
  table_cell_styles : "Header 1=header1;Header 2=header2;Header 3=header3;Table Cell=tableCel1",
  table_row_styles : "Header 1=header1;Header 2=header2;Header 3=header3;Table Row=tableRow1",
  table_cell_limit : 100,
  table_row_limit : 5,
  table_col_limit : 5
});

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