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Summary: How to change the default attributes for tables created using PmWiki.Tables
Version: 2004-11-30
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Maintainer: Pm
Discussion: DefaultTableAttributes-Talk
Categories: Markup, Editing

Question

How can I change the default attributes for tables created using PmWiki.Tables?

Answer

In a local configuration file, set $BlockMarkups['table'][0] to the value that you would like to be used for a table's opening <table> tag. Examples: 

    $BlockMarkups['table'][0] = "<table width='100%'>";
    $BlockMarkups['table'][0] = "<table border='1'>";
    $BlockMarkups['table'][0] = 
      "<table width='100%' class='simpletable'>";

(Using width='100%' in an Internet Explorer environment can cause problems if the surrounding text block has margins. What seems to happen is IE treats the 100% as 100% of the browser width. If the left margin is, say, 20px, the table then protrudes 20px into the right margin. Other browsers don't behave this way.)

Oh yes, that's correct. I had forgotten about this misfeature of Internet Explorer. We should come up with a better default. --Pm

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Contributors

  • Pm, 2004-11-30

Comments

See discussion at DefaultTableAttributes-Talk

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