Table block toolbar not showing when I click on row

Hi @1851stamps –

Sorry to hear about the trouble! We’ve seen a similar issue before in sites that are running both Post and Page Builder along with Advanced Editor Tools (previously TinyMCE Advanced). Are you using both plugins?

Since they both rely on the TinyMCE table editor functions, some of the tools you’d normally find in the Table toolbar are in the TinyMCE drop-down menus instead. We’ve tried to ensure that both play as nicely together as possible, but to achieve the best compatibility some of the tools are in TinyMCE Advanced’s menus, and some are in the Post and Page Builder menus.

If you’re not using TinyMCE Advanced, can you let us know if there are any other active plugins that might be interfering? You can easily get a list to paste here in your Tools – Site Health – Info – Active Plugins menu.

Another thing to check is your browser’s JavaScript error console. In most browsers you can open it with the Shift+Ctrl+J shortcut. Check your console while editing a page and clicking into the table as you described, and let us know if you see any errors appear.

Hi Jesse,

Thanks for your prompt reply.

I’m not using TinyMCE Advanced. In addition to Post and Page Builder, the other editors I have active are WordPress editor and Classic editor.

The plugins I have active are as follows:

All in One SEO	Version 4.2.6.1 by All in One SEO Team | Auto-updates enabled
BoldGrid Easy SEO	Version 1.6.10 by BoldGrid <[email protected]> | Auto-updates disabled
BoldGrid Gallery	Version 1.5.1 by BoldGrid.com <[email protected]> | Auto-updates disabled
BoldGrid Inspirations	Version 2.7.4 by BoldGrid <[email protected]> | Auto-updates disabled
DreamHost Panel Login	Version 1.0.0 by DreamHost, danielbachhuber | Auto-updates disabled
Post and Page Builder	Version 1.21.2 by BoldGrid <[email protected]> | Auto-updates disabled
Post and Page Builder Premium	Version 1.0.6 by BoldGrid | Auto-updates disabled
Templates Patterns Collection	Version 1.1.26 by ThemeIsle | Auto-updates disabled
Total Upkeep	Version 1.15.2 by BoldGrid | Auto-updates disabled
Ultimate Member	Version 2.5.0 by Ultimate Member | Auto-updates enabled
WPForms Lite	Version 1.7.7.2 by WPForms | Auto-updates enabled
WP Mail SMTP	Version 3.6.1 by WPForms | Auto-updates disabled
WP Super Cache	Version 1.9 by Automattic | Auto-updates disabled

The only JavaScript error that showed while I was in edit mode for the page noted above is as follows:

AbortError: Actor ‘Conduits’ destroyed before query ‘RuntimeMessage’ was resolved ConduitsParent.jsm:362

I’d appreciate any more help you can provide.

Thanks,

Gary

I accidentally discovered that the table block toolbar was actually activating when I clicked in the table. However, it popped up at the bottom of the last row of a long (60-row) table, not at the point where I was clicking near the top of the table, as it should.

Can anyone offer a solution for getting the table block toolbar to behave properly?

Hi Gary @1851stamps –

Thanks for the update, sorry I missed your first reply!

Those table controls do normally show up at the bottom of the table, but there is a workaround you can use.

If you switch to the Full-Screen editor style, the table controls will show up at the top of the screen and float along with you while you scroll. Look for the icon next to the device sizes in the top toolbar, or use the shortcut Ctrl+Shift+F to toggle the full screen editor.

Thanks, Jesse.

I toggled back and forth between checking and unchecking the “Enable full-height editor” box, but the table controls show up at the bottom of the table with both options.

This wouldn’t be too inconvenient for a small table, but my table has 60 rows, with an image in one cell of each row, resulting in a very long scroll-down that I need to execute to see the table controls each time I click in a cell near the top of the table.

Gary

Hi Gary @1851stamps –

Thanks for the updates! The table tool is a pretty new addition to the Post and Page Builder, so I could be wrong about this, but when I tested with a very large table, these screenshots show what happened to that toolbar when I swap between small- and full-screen editing:
Small Screen Table Tools
Full Screen Table Tools
In any case, I agree with you that it’s annoying to have those tools way down at the bottom in cases like yours, so I’ve created an bug ticket for our developers to improve the experience.

Thanks for the very helpful response, Jesse. Activating the Fullscreen editor (rather than the full-height editor) brought the table tools to the top for me.

I appreciate you submitting a ticket to address the issue I presented. You’ve been a tremendous help.

Thanks again!

Gary