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Item3198: Incorrect formatting of table headers

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When there is no space between the * and the header text then if the header contains a link, it is not formatted as a link, and the web is shown. Witness:

Table 1

%TABLE{headerrows="1" sort="off"}%
|*A*|*TWiki.StandardColors*|
|1|yellow|
|2|red|
|3|green|
|4|white|

A TWiki.StandardColors
1 yellow
2 red
3 green
4 white

Table 2: With the sorting allowed, the header is not bold faced.

%TABLE{headerrows="1"}%
|*A*|*TWiki.StandardColors*|
|1|yellow|
|2|red|
|3|green|
|4|white|

A TWiki.StandardColors
1 yellow
2 red
3 green
4 white

Table 3: Same issue as (2) for a table without the table plugin directive

|*A*|*TWiki.StandardColors*|
|1|yellow|
|2|red|
|3|green|
|4|white|

A TWiki.StandardColors
1 yellow
2 red
3 green
4 white

Note that if you leave spaces, the links become links, but then you have another bug, see Item3197.

Table 4: If you don't have the *, you do not get header cells, but you get the link.

|*A*|TWiki.StandardColors|
|1|yellow|
|2|red|
|3|green|
|4|white|

A StandardColors
1 yellow
2 red
3 green
4 white


Maybe its because of my flu, but I don't understand the point being made. Could you write up a problem summary? AC

Problem Summary

Suddenly, formatting of header cells in tables does not work as it did in the past. I believe the requirements are that

  • A table row where all cells are bolded (surrounded by *) is a "header" row (albeit that row may be inside the table or the footer also)
  • A "header" row is shown with bold font and with a "header background"
  • If the table is sortable, the top header row only has links to allow sorting.

As we can see from above, the following deviations from this exist:

  1. Links in "header" rows are not properly formatted as they show the web. See Table 1-3.
  2. If a table is not sortable, a link to a topic in the "header" row is not a link. See Table 1.
  3. If a table is sortable, the "header row" is not shown in bold font (see Table 2 and Table 3)

TW


This happens in a twiki form, not in a twiki topic, because of this style:
.twikiFormTable th {
   font-weight:normal;
}

I have changed this.

AC


Problem 1 and 2 still persist. See above. -- TW
Problem 1: you are using a table header that happens to look like a web.topic link. If you prefer to disambigue the syntax, use bracket notation:

%TABLE{headerrows="1" sort="off"}%
|*A*|*[[TWiki.StandardColors]]*|
|1|yellow|
|2|red|
|3|green|
|4|white|

A TWiki.StandardColors
1 yellow
2 red
3 green
4 white

Pass a header color parameter to make the link readable:

A TWiki.StandardColors
1 yellow
2 red
3 green
4 white

Oops. That looks like a different bug.

Problem 2: the header is now bold (it wasn't before my fix). Try empty your cache first if the problem persists.

AC


Problem 1 still persists. It should not be required to put brackets around a TWiki word to make it appear as a link and format correctly. TWiki.TWikiTemplates should appear as TWikiTemplates, everywhere where TML is expanded.

Problem 2 still persists. Table 1 should have a clickable link in the header cell.

TW

You are saying that with the notation of TWiki.StandardColors (so even StandardColors in TWiki web), TablePlugin must recognize this as a link to a topic and should not use this link as a sortable header.

How would that work?

AC


No.

What I am saying is

1. In a WikiWord, the formatting is so that the web is not shown. E.g. TWiki.TWikiTemplates renders as TWikiTemplates. That should be true in table headers also.

2. If a table is not sortable, a WikiWord in the header should function as a link (as it is not overridden by the TablePlugin sort functionality).

TW


For a non-sortable column the solution is easy. TablePlugin wraps the header text inside **, and that has the same effect as on a topic page: TWiki.StandardColors.

I've changed the syntax from *Header* to <strong> Header </strong> to make links possible.

But for sortable columns the situation is not so easy. The header text is wrapped inside <a></a>. That is before the header name is recognized as a topic name (or web.topic name). If I put spaces around the header text, this is always rendered as a link to a topic instead of a column sort link.

AC

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Summary Incorrect formatting of table headers
ReportedBy TWiki:Main.ThomasWeigert
Codebase ~twiki4
SVN Range TWiki-4.1, Sat, 18 Nov 2006, build 12001
AppliesTo Extension
Component TablePlugin
Priority Enhancement
CurrentState New
WaitingFor

Checkins 12061 12102
TargetRelease n/a
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Topic revision: r18 - 2007-12-02 - ArthurClemens
 
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