what would be involved in building a general table block?

  • Resolved chrisryland

    (@chrisryland)


    2 years, 7 months ago

    I’m wondering what would be involved — or if it’s even possible — to build a general table-block plugin where each cell could also contain any block sub-structures.

    All the table plugins I’ve found (including the basic built-in one) assume each cell is just text (including anchored graphics of course), and not arbitrary sub-structures.

    Thoughts?

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  • All the table plugins I’ve found (including the basic built-in one) assume each cell is just text (including anchored graphics of course), and not arbitrary sub-structures.

    That’s because that’s what HTML tables are designed for: to hold tabular data. They’re not meant for creating layouts!

    What you need is a block that can create rows and columns layouts, and there are several of these out there. The effect may look just like a table, but the underlying HTML codes and semantics are completely different.

    Thread Starter chrisryland

    (@chrisryland)

    Thanks, I understand tables aren’t for layout.

    But there are times when you might want a cell to contain more than just rich text.

    I’ll look into the row/column blocks.

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