Table

Table is used to display and edit regular two-dimensional tables of cells.

Creating a table

  1. Select Table from the diagram toolbar.
    Selecting Table from diagram toolbar
    Select Table from diagram toolbar
  2. Press to set the position of the table. Drag diagonally from the starting point to expand the table.
    Drag diagonally to expand the Table
    Drag diagonally to expand the Table
  3. Release the mouse button to confirm the size of table.
    Table is created
    Table is created

Editing table contents

Basic setup

To insert columns and rows into a table:

  1. Right click on the table and select Open Specification... from the popup menu.
  2. In the UI tab of the UITable Specification dialog box, click either Insert Column to Left or Insert Column to Right to insert the first column.
    Insert a column into table
    Insert a column into table
  3. Enter the column name in Input dialog box and click OK to confirm.
  4. Repeat step 2 and 3 to create all columns.
  5. Click Insert Row Below to insert a row. Note that a row can be inserted only when a column exists.
    Insert a row into table
    Insert a row into table
  6. A row is created with empty cell(s). Fill in the cell(s) if necessary. Cell can be edited by double clicking or by pressing the F2 key.
  7. Repeat step 5 and 6 to create all rows.
  8. Click OK to confirm editing.
    Table with data
    Table with data

Removing a column

To remove a column in a table, open UITable Specification dialog box, open the UI tab, right click on a cell of a column and select Remove Column in the pop-up menu.

To remove a column in table
To remove a column in table

Removing a row

To remove a row in a table, open UITable Specification dialog box, open the UI tab, right click on a row and select Remove Row in the pop-up menu.

To remove a row in table

To remove a row in table

Reordering rows

To reorder rows, open UITable Specification dialog box, open the UI tab,select the row(s) to reorder, and click on the Move Selected Rows Up or Move Selected Rows Down button.

Moving a row in table upwards

Moving a row in table upwards

Table properties

The appearance of table can be changed by editing its properties. To configure a table, right click on the table and select Open Specification... from the pop-up menu. The UI tab is where user can configure a table.

Property Description

Row height

The height of rows in table.
Horizontal scroll bar
Determines when a horizontal scrollbar will appear in a table.
Vertical scroll bar
Determines when a vertical scrollbar will appear in a table.
Auto-resize mode

Determines how the widths of columns will be affected when other columns in the table are being resized.

Off:  Disable auto resizing.
Next column: When a column is being resized, all columns on the right and left of margin are updated.
Subsequent columns: When a column is being resized, all columns on the right are resized at the same time.
Last column : When a column is being resized, width of the right-most column are updated.
All columns: When a column is being resized, widths of all columns are changed.

Grid color
Determines the color of grid in table.
Show horizontal line
Determines the visibility of horizontal lines in table.
Show vertical line

Determines the visibility of vertical lines in table.

Description of table properties
 
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