Working with Tables in the Rich Text Editor

The Rich Text Editor provides several table editing features.

On this page:

Inserting a Table

To create a table,

Place your cursor at the point where you want to insert the table.
Click on the Rich Text Editor toolbar.
Alternatively, if the right-click context menu is enabled, you can right-click and choose 'Insert Table' from the context menu.
The 'Insert Table' window will open.
Enter the number of columns and rows for your table.
Select the check box if you want a heading style applied to the first row of the table.
Click 'OK'.

Table Toolbar Options

When you are editing a table and your cursor is placed within the table cell, the following options become available from the toolbar.

To do this with respect to the current table cell position	Click this
Insert an empty row above the current one
Insert an empty row below the current one
Remove the current row
Insert column to the left of the current one
Insert column to the right of the current one
Remove the current column
Remove the table

Additional Right-Click Context Menu Table Options

When you access the right-click context menu from within a table cell, additional options become available from this menu.

To do this with respect to the current table cell position	Choose the following from the right-click context menu
Insert an empty row above the current one	'Row > Insert row before'
Insert an empty row below the current one	'Row > Insert row after'
Remove the current row	'Row > Remove row'
Toggle between making the current row a heading or a normal row	'Row > Heading row'
Insert column to the left of the current one	'Column > Insert column before'
Insert column to the right of the current one	'Column > Insert column after'
Remove the current column	'Column > Remove column'
Remove the table	'Remove table'

Copying or Cutting and Pasting Rows

The right-click context menu allows you to conveniently copy or cut and paste rows of a table. You can paste rows that you have cut or copied elsewhere within the same table or in another table.
You cannot paste a row to another table in which the destination table has more columns than that of the table from which the row was cut or copied.

To do this with respect to the current table cell position	Choose the following from the right-click context menu
Cut out the current row	'Row > Cut row'
Copy the current row	'Row > Copy row'
Insert the cut/copied row above the current one	'Row > Paste row before'
Insert the cut/copied row below the current one	'Row > Paste row after'

These options are only available if a row has been cut or copied first.

Screenshot: Right-Click Context Menu from within a Table Cell

Resizing a table using the mouse

This feature is only available when using the Rich Text Editor with the Firefox browser.

To resize a table using your mouse,

Click anywhere inside the table to select it. The square (resize) boxes appear along the corners and edges of the table, as shown in the image above.
Click and hold down your mouse button over one of these resize boxes. While holding down your mouse button, drag the mouse to resize the table and release the mouse button when the table is at the required size.
Clicking a resize box along the edge of a table allows you to resize the table in one dimension, whereas clicking a resize box at the corner of a table allows you to resize the table in two dimensions.

Notes

Currently, Confluence does not support nested tables.
In Confluence it is not possible to add a cell that spans more than one column. If you are interested in this feature, you can watch and vote for the feature request: CONF-3808.

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