How to make a wiki table
Wiki tables
First find the vertical pipe key ~~~> | <~~~On my keyboard, the vertical pipe is located on the same key as the Backslash (\) key. Mine looks like a vertical broken line.
- Alternatively you can generate one. Make sure the num-lock key is ON then press and hold the alt key while you key in 124 on the number pad.
- Or you could copy and paste a vertical pipe from any wiki page.
Start and end any line with a vertical pipe and the line will be turned into a table.
| Me |
Me |
Add more cells by using more pipes...
| This is a cell. | So is this... | and this. |
This is a cell. | So is this... | and this. |
Adding more rows...
| This is a cell. | So is this... | and this. |
| More cells underneath. | Here... | and here. |
This is a cell. | So is this... | and this. |
More cells underneath. | Here... | and here. |
Position your text within the cell...
|Left | Right| Centre |
|...............|....................|....................|
Left | Right | Centre |
.................... | .................... | .................... |
Put different numbers of cells on each line...
You MUST have the same number of vertical pipes per line.
Placing spare ones together at the beginning of a cell enables you to span cells.
Here there are three pipes giving one top cell and two cells below.
|| top |
| one | two |
top | |
one | two |
.. and five pipes...
|||| top |
| one | two | three | four |
top | |||
one | two | three | four |
It is possible to span from other cells, not just the first one on the line...
As a rough guide... the number of vertical pipes to the left of your text indicates how many cells you will span.
| text ||| text |
| one | two | three | four |
|| text || text |
| one | two | three | four |
||| text | text |
| one | two | three | four |
text | text | ||
one | two | three | four |
text | text | ||
one | two | three | four |
text | text | ||
one | two | three | four |
| text ||| text |
| one | two | three | four |
|| text || text |
||| text | text |
text | text | ||
one | two | three | four |
text | text | ||
text | text |
Emphasise different sections...
Use single pipes on a line to add a small amount of depth to a row separator. The more you use the deeper is the separator bar.
|
| heading | heading | heading |
|
|
| one | two | three |
| one | two | three |
|
| A | B | C |
| A | B | C |
|
heading | heading | heading |
one | two | three |
one | two | three |
A | B | C |
A | B | C |
Wiki Help Pages:
- [ Main: How to Copy and Paste ]
- [ Main: How to enter a game number ]
- [ Main: How to enter a name ]
- [ Main: How to make a new wiki page ]
- [ Main: How to make a wiki table ]
- [ Main: Headings, fonts and bullets ]
- [ Main: Links, lines and spaces ]
- [ Main: Sample wikis ]
- [ Main: Wiki Formatting ]
- [ Main: Wiki Sandbox ] to practice your wiki skills
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