Table Formatting dialog

The Table Formatting dialog defines how a table looks. Note that the settings are applied to the table as a whole. For example, when you change the border of the table, the borders of cells inside the table will not be changed. For more information see Styling a table.

All settings in this dialog are in fact CSS properties. Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) were originally designed for use with web pages: HTML files. Since Designer templates are HTML files, they are styled with CSS. To learn how to use CSS in the Designer, see Styling and formatting and Styling templates with CSS files. For information about specific properties and their options, see W3Schools CSS Reference.

Using viewport based units (vw, vh, vmin, vmax) in Print sections is not recommended. This may cause differences between the preview in the Designer and the printed output.

Table Tab

    • General group:
      • Width: Set the width of the table in measure or percentage. Equivalent to the CSS width property.
      • Height: Set the height of the table in measure or percentage. Equivalent to the CSS height property.
      • Angle: Set the rotation angle of the table in clockwise degrees. Equivalent to the CSS transform:rotate property.
      • Corner radius: Set the radius of rounded border corners in measure or percentage. Equivalent to the CSS border-radius property.
      • Display: Use the drop-down or type in the value for how to display the table. Equivalent to the CSS display property.
      • Overflow: Use the drop-down or type in the value for how to handle overflow (text that does not fit in the current size of the box). Equivalent to the CSS overflow property.
    • Text wrap group:
      • Float: Use the drop-down or type in the value for how to float the table, if the table is not in an absolute position. Equivalent to the CSS float property.
      • Clear: Use the drop-down or type in the value for clearing pre-existing alignments. Equivalent to the CSS clear property.
    • Positioning:
      • Position: Use the drop-down or type in the value for the type of positioning for the table. Equivalent to the CSS position property.
      • Top: Set the vertical offset between this table and its parent's top position. Equivalent to the CSS top property.
      • Left: Set the horizontal offset between this table and its parent's left position. Equivalent to the CSS left property.
      • Bottom: Set the vertical offset between this table and its parent's bottom position. Equivalent to the CSS bottom property.
      • Right: Set the horizontal offset between this table and its parent's left position. Equivalent to the CSS right property.
      • Z-index: Set the z-index of the table. The z-index defines in which order elements appear.  Equivalent to the CSS z-index property.
    • Breaks group:
      • Before: Specifies how to handle page breaks before the table. Equivalent to the CSS page-break-before property.
      • Inside: Specifies whether to accept page breaks within the table. Equivalent to the CSS page-break-inside property.
      • After: Specifies how to handle page breaks after the table. Equivalent to the CSS page-break-after property.
      • Widows: Specifies how to handle widows within the table (rows appearing alone on the next page if the table does not fit on the current one). Equivalent to the CSS widows property. Widows and orphans are ignored if the page-break-inside property is set to avoid.
      • Orphans: Specifies how to handle orphans within the tables (rows appearing alone at the end of a page if the table does not fit on the current one). Equivalent to the CSS orphans property.

    Spacing Tab

    For information about spacing see Spacing.

    • Padding group: Defines padding (spacing inside the element) in measure or percentage:
      • All sides: Check to set all padding to use the Top value. Equivalent to the CSS padding property.
      • Top, Left, Bottom, Right: Set padding for each side. Equivalent to the CSS padding-left, padding-top, padding-right and padding-bottom properties.
    • Margin group: Defines margins (spacing outside the element) in measure or percentage:
      • All sides: Check to set all margins to use the Top value. Equivalent to the CSS margin property.
      • Top, Left, Bottom, Right: Set the margin for each side. Equivalent to the CSS margin-left, margin-top, margin-right and margin-bottom properties.

    Border Tab

    For information about borders see Border.

    • Same for all sides: Defines the border properties for all sides using the Top properties. Equivalent to the CSS border property.
    • Top, Left, Bottom, Right: Each group defines the following properties:
      • Width: Specify the thickness of the border. Equivalent to the CSS border-widthproperty.
      • Style: Specify the style of the border such as solid, dashed or dotted. Equivalent to the CSS border-style property.
      • Color: Specify the color of the border: select a named color (defined in the Colors Editor) from the drop-down, or click the colored square to open the Color Picker dialog (Color Picker). Alternatively you could type a name or value in the Color field directly. It must be a predefined CSS color name (CSS color names), a hexadecimal color code (HTML Hex Color), an RGB color value, for example rgb(216,255,170) or a CMYK color value, for example cmyk(15%, 0%, 33%, 0%).
        Equivalent to the CSS border-color property.

    Background Tab

    For information about backgrounds see Background color and/or image.

    • General group:
      • Color: Specify the color of the table background:select a named color (defined in the Colors Editor) from the drop-down, or click the colored square to open the Color Picker dialog (Color Picker). Alternatively you could type a name or value in the Color field directly. It must be a predefined CSS color name (CSS color names), a hexadecimal color code (HTML Hex Color), an RGB color value, for example rgb(216,255,170) or a CMYK color value, for example cmyk(15%, 0%, 33%, 0%).
        Equivalent to the CSS background-color property.
    • Background image group:
      • Source: Click the Select Image button to select an image via the Select Image dialog. Equivalent to the CSS background property.
      • Size: Select auto, cover or contain (for an explanation see https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css3_pr_background-size.asp), or type the width and height of the image in a measure (e.g. 80px 60px) or as a percentage of the parent element's size (e.g. 50% 50%). Equivalent to the CSS background-size property.
      • Position: Select the position for the background-image. Equivalent to the CSS background-position property.