SID-00027: Nested Tables: How to insert a table within a Form

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Hey everybody,

I'm trying to insert a table within a form (nested table), but I haven't been able to do so.

I saw the following example, and tried to apply the same logic, but not even by copying the exact code did I obtain a nested table.

link: ComplexTablePluginIdea

Code:

( Left | Center | Right Column )
- ( This is my Table. | For example, it contains | ( this is cool | because ) )
( Containing complex Text. | * This | - )
( | * nice | ( there is | a nested table ) )
( In several paragraphs | * list | )
-
( Then I can insert | | )
( stuff like this: | This is my verbatim stuff. | )
( |< /verb atim> | )

1) So, is it possible to have a table within a form?
2) Is the ComplexTable approach the best way? Reasons of why it's not working?
3) Is it possible to apply the "edittable" characteristics to the internal table in order to simplify edition?

Thanks in advance,

Note: I'm new at this and have no experience in programming... so I would really appreciate if the response was dummy proof.

-- JoseDavila - 12 Jan 2009

Discussion and Answer

I am not sure I understand your question. Do you want to put a table into a TWikiForms field? This is possible for type textarea, not type text.

Generally, you can nest tables, but only once can be in TWiki format, the other(s) need to be HTML.

Example of an HTML table containing two TWiki tables:

<table cellspacing="10"><tr><td valign="top">
| *Table 1* | *BBB* |
| A2 | B2 |
| A3 | B3 |
</td><td valign="top">
| *Table 2* | *BBB* |
| foo | bar |
| moo | miou |
</td></tr></table>

Resulting in this:

-- PeterThoeny - 12 Jan 2009

Also see BoundedTablePlugin, which lets you do this without HTML.

-- SeanCMorgan - 02 Mar 2009

Or use MediaWikiTablePlugin.

-- TWikiGuest - 04 Mar 2009

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