created: 201309141321
creator: JeremyRuston
modified: 201309141355
modifier: JeremyRuston
tags: wikitextrule
title: TableWikiText

! 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