created: 20130914132100000 modified: 20131205161224607 tags: wikitext title: Tables in WikiText type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki ! Basics TiddlyWiki5 formats tables using vertical bar characters like so: ``` |!Cell1 |!Cell2 | |Cell3 |Cell3 | ``` Exclamation marks are used to indicate header cells. The example renders as: |!Cell1 |!Cell2 | |Cell3 |Cell3 | ! Cell Alignment Table cell alignment is controlled by inserting space characters before and/or after the cell content. For example: ``` |Left aligned content | | Right aligned content| | Centred content | |+++ a very wide column so we can see the alignment +++| ``` The example renders as: |Left aligned content | | Right aligned content| | Centred content | |+++ a very wide column so we can see the alignment +++| ! Cell Merging To merge a table cell with the one above, use the special cell text `~`. To merge a cell with the one to its left use the text `>`. For example: ``` |Cell1 |Cell2 |Cell3 |Cell4 | |Cell5 |Cell6 |Cell7 |>| |Cell5 |~|Cell7 |Cell8 | ``` Renders as: |Cell1 |Cell2 |Cell3 |Cell4 | |Cell5 |Cell6 |Cell7 |>| |Cell5 |~|Cell7 |Cell8 | ! Table Classes, Captions, Headers and Footers Table CSS classes, captions, headers and footers can be specified as special pseudo-rows: ``` |myclass anotherClass|k |This is a caption |c |Cell1 |Cell2 | |Cell3 |Cell3 | |Header|Header|h |Footer|Footer|f ``` Renders as: |myclass anotherClass|k |This is a caption |c |Cell1 |Cell2 | |Cell3 |Cell3 | |Header|Header|h |Footer|Footer|f