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==Table Formatting==
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You can format your text by using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, apostrophes or equal signs which have a special function in the wiki, sometimes depending on their position. For example, to format a word in ''italic'', you include it in two pairs of apostrophes like <code><nowiki>''this''</nowiki></code>.
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===Cell / Table Style Modifiers===
 
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A style line has format  
 
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<br>style="option1:value1; option2: value2;... ;"
 
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<br> such as<br>
 
  
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===Opening / Closing Lines===
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== Text formatting markup ==
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Open with <br>{| class="wikitable"  
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{| class="wikitable"
 +
! Description
 +
! width=40% | You type
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! width=40% | You get
 +
|-
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! colspan="3" style="background: #ABE" | Character (inline) formatting – ''applies anywhere''
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|-
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| Italic text
 +
| <pre>
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''italic''
 +
</pre>
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|
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''italic''
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|-
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| Bold text
 +
| <pre>
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'''bold'''
 +
</pre>
 +
|
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'''bold'''
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|-
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| Bold and italic
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| <pre>
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'''''bold & italic'''''
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</pre>
 +
|
 +
'''''bold & italic'''''
 +
|-
 +
| Escape wiki markup
 +
| <pre>
 +
&lt;nowiki&gt; no ''markup''&lt;/nowiki&gt;
 +
</pre>
 +
|
 +
<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>
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|-
 +
! colspan="3" style="background: #ABE" | Section formatting – ''only at the beginning of the line''
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|-
 +
| Section Headings of different levels
 +
| <pre>
 +
 
 +
== Level 2 ==
 +
 
 +
=== Level 3 ===
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 +
==== Level 4 ====
 +
 
 +
===== Level 5 =====
 +
 
 +
====== Level 6 ======
 +
 
 +
</pre>
 +
----
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|
 +
<!-- using HTML markup to avoid creating new sections -->
 +
 
 +
<h2>Level 2</h2>
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 +
<h3>Level 3</h3>
 +
 
 +
<h4>Level 4</h4>
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 +
<h5>Level 5</h5>
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 +
<h6>Level 6</h6>
 +
 
 +
|-
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| Horizontal rule
 +
| <pre>
 +
Text before
 +
----
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Text after
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</pre>
 +
|
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Text before
 +
----
 +
Text after
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|-
 +
| Bullet list
 +
|
 +
<pre>
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 +
* Start each line
 +
* with an [[Wikipedia:asterisk|asterisk]] (*).
 +
** More asterisks give deeper
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*** and deeper levels.
 +
* Line breaks <br />don't break levels.
 +
*** But jumping levels creates empty space.
 +
Any other start ends the list.
 +
 
 +
* combine bullet list
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** with definition
 +
::- definition
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** creates empty space
 +
 
 +
* combine bullet list
 +
** with definition
 +
*:- definition
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** without empty spaces
 +
 
 +
*bullet list
 +
:- definition
 +
:* sublist that doesn't create empty
 +
:* spaces after definition
 +
 
 +
</pre>
 +
|
 +
 
 +
* Start each line
 +
* with an [[Wikipedia:asterisk|asterisk]] (*).
 +
** More asterisks give deeper
 +
*** and deeper levels.
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* Line breaks <br />don't break levels.
 +
*** But jumping levels creates empty space.
 +
Any other start ends the list.
 +
 
 +
* combine bullet list
 +
** with definition
 +
::- definition
 +
** creates empty space
 +
 
 +
* combine bullet list
 +
** with definition
 +
*:- definition
 +
** without empty spaces
 +
 
 +
*bullet list
 +
:- definition
 +
:* sublist that doesn't create empty
 +
:* spaces after definition
 +
 
 +
|-
 +
| Numbered list
 +
|
 +
<pre>
 +
 
 +
# Start each line
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# with a [[Wikipedia:Number_sign|number sign]] (#).
 +
## More number signs give deeper
 +
### and deeper
 +
### levels.
 +
# Line breaks <br />don't break levels.
 +
### But jumping levels creates empty space.
 +
# Blank lines
 +
 
 +
# end the list and start another.
 +
Any other start also
 +
ends the list.
 +
 
 +
</pre>
 +
|
 +
 
 +
# Start each line
 +
# with a [[Wikipedia:Number_sign|number sign]] (#).
 +
## More number signs give deeper
 +
### and deeper
 +
### levels.
 +
# Line breaks <br />don't break levels.
 +
### But jumping levels creates empty space.
 +
# Blank lines
 +
 
 +
# end the list and start another.
 +
Any other start also
 +
ends the list.
 +
 
 +
|-
 +
| Definition list
 +
| <pre>
 +
 
 +
;item 1
 +
: definition 1
 +
;item 2
 +
: definition 2-1
 +
: definition 2-2
 +
 
 +
</pre>
 +
|
 +
 
 +
;item 1
 +
: definition 1
 +
;item 2
 +
: definition 2-1
 +
: definition 2-2
 +
 
 +
|-
 +
| Indent text
 +
| <pre>
 +
 
 +
: Single indent
 +
:: Double indent
 +
::::: Multiple indent
 +
 
 +
</pre>
 +
----
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|
 +
 
 +
: Single indent
 +
:: Double indent
 +
::::: Multiple indent
 +
 
 +
|-
 +
| Mixture of different types of list
 +
|
 +
<pre>
 +
 
 +
# one
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# two
 +
#* two point one
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#* two point two
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# three
 +
#; three item one
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#: three def one
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# four
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#: four def one
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#: this looks like a continuation
 +
#: and is often used
 +
#: instead <br />of &lt;nowiki><br />&lt;/nowiki>
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# five
 +
## five sub 1
 +
### five sub 1 sub 1
 +
## five sub 2
 +
 
 +
</pre>
 +
----
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|
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 +
# one
 +
# two
 +
#* two point one
 +
#* two point two
 +
# three
 +
#; three item one
 +
#: three def one
 +
# four
 +
#: four def one
 +
#: this looks like a continuation
 +
#: and is often used
 +
#: instead <br />of <nowiki><br /></nowiki>
 +
# five
 +
## five sub 1
 +
### five sub 1 sub 1
 +
## five sub 2{{anchor|pre}}
 +
 
 +
|-
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| Preformatted text
 +
| <pre>
 +
 
 +
Start each line with a space.
 +
Text is '''preformatted''' and
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''markups'' '''''can''''' be done.
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 +
</pre>
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----
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|
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Start each line with a space.
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Text is '''preformatted''' and
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''markups'' '''''can''''' be done.
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|-
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| Preformatted text blocks
 +
| <pre>
 +
<nowiki><nowiki>Start with a space in the first column,
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(before the <nowiki>).
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Then your block format will be
 +
    maintained.
 +
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This is good for copying in code blocks:
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 +
def function():
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    """documentation string"""
 +
 
 +
if True:
 +
        print True
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    else:
 +
        print False</nowiki></nowiki>
 +
</pre>
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|
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<nowiki>Start with a space in the first column,
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(before the <nowiki>).
 +
 
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Then your block format will be
 +
    maintained.
 +
 
 +
This is good for copying in code blocks:
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 +
def function():
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    """documentation string"""
 +
 
 +
if True:
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        print True
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    else:
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        print False</nowiki>
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|}
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== Paragraphs ==
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MediaWiki ignores single line breaks. To start a new paragraph, leave an empty line. You can force a line break within a paragraph with the HTML tag <code>&lt;br /></code>.
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== HTML tags ==
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Some [[wikipedia:HTML|HTML]] tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <code>&lt;code></code>, <code>&lt;div></code>, and <code><nowiki><span></nowiki></code>. These apply anywhere you insert them.
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 +
{| class="wikitable"
 +
! Description
 +
! width=40% | You type
 +
! width=40% | You get
 +
|-
 +
| <!--T:85--> Inserted <br />(Displays as underline in most browsers)
 +
| <pre>
 +
<ins>Inserted</ins>
 +
 
 +
or
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 +
<u> Underline</u>
 +
</pre>
 +
|
 +
<ins>Inserted</ins>
 +
 
 +
or
 +
 
 +
<u>Underline</u>
 +
|-
 +
| Deleted <br />(Displays as strikethrough in most browsers)
 +
| <pre>
 +
<s>Struck out</s>
 +
 
 +
or
 +
 
 +
<del> Deleted</del>
 +
 
 +
</pre>
 +
|
 +
<s> Struck out</s>
 +
 
 +
or
 +
 
 +
<del>Deleted</del>
 +
|-
 +
| Fixed width text
 +
| <pre>
 +
<code> Source code</code>
 +
 
 +
or
 +
 
 +
<code> Fixed width text</code>
 +
</pre>
 +
|
 +
<code> Source code</code>
 +
 
 +
or
 +
 
 +
<code>Fixed width text</code>
 +
|-
 +
| Blockquotes
 +
| <pre>
 +
Text before
 +
<blockquote> Blockquote</blockquote>
 +
Text after
 +
</pre>
 +
|
 +
Text before
 +
<blockquote>Blockquote</blockquote>
 +
Text after
 +
|-
 +
| Comment
 +
| <pre>
 +
<!-- This is a comment -->
 +
Comments are visible only
 +
in the edit zone.
 +
</pre>
 +
|
 +
 
 +
<!-- This is a comment -->
 +
Comments are visible only
 +
in the edit zone.
 +
 
 +
|-
 +
| Completely preformatted text
 +
| <pre>
 +
<pre>
 +
Text is '''preformatted''' and
 +
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done&lt;/pre>
 +
</pre>
 +
----
 +
|
 +
<pre>
 +
Text is '''preformatted''' and
 +
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done
 +
</pre>
 +
|-
 +
| '''Customized''' preformatted text
 +
| <pre>
 +
<pre style="color: red">
 +
Text is '''preformatted'''
 +
with a style and
 +
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done
 +
&lt;/pre>
 +
</pre>
 +
----
 +
|
 +
<pre style="color: red">
 +
Text is '''preformatted'''
 +
with a style and
 +
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done
 +
</pre>
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
continued:
 +
{| class="wikitable" | style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%"
 +
! Description
 +
! width=40% | <!--T:124--> You type
 +
! width=40% | <!--T:125--> You get
 +
|-
 +
| '''Default''' preformatted text has a CSS attribute (<code>white-space: pre-wrap;</code>) to wrap the text according to available width
 +
| <pre>
 +
<pre>
 +
This long sentence is used to demonstrate text wrapping. This additional sentence makes the text even longer. This additional sentence makes the text even longer.
 +
&lt;/pre>
 +
</pre>
 +
|
 +
<pre>
 +
This long sentence is used to demonstrate text wrapping. This additional sentence makes the text even longer. This additional sentence makes the text even longer.
 +
</pre>
 +
|-
 +
| '''Customized''' preformatted text with '''disabled''' text wrapping
 +
| <pre>
 +
<pre style="white-space: pre;">
 +
This long sentence is used to demonstrate text wrapping. This additional sentence makes the text even longer. This additional sentence makes the text even longer.
 +
&lt;/pre>
 +
</pre>
 +
|
 +
<pre style="white-space: pre;">
 +
This long sentence is used to demonstrate text wrapping. This additional sentence makes the text even longer. This additional sentence makes the text even longer.
 +
</pre>
 +
|}
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== Inserting symbols ==
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Symbols and other special characters not available on your keyboard can be inserted in a multitude of ways. Many [http://www.howtogeek.com/210824/how-to-quickly-type-special-characters-on-any-computer-smartphone-or-tablet/ Operating Systems and browsers] allow you to insert special characters through a menu option or Operating System panel. Additionally, you can use the WikiEditor to insert them into the edit screen.
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 +
As a last resort, you can use a special sequence of characters. Those sequences are called HTML entities. For example, the following sequence (entity) '''&amp;rarr;''' when inserted will be shown as <ins>right arrow</ins> HTML symbol &rarr; and '''&amp;mdash;''' when inserted will be shown as an <ins>em dash</ins> HTML symbol &mdash;.
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----
 +
 
 +
{| class="wikitable" align=center width=100%
 +
! colspan=32 | HTML symbol entities
 +
|- align=center
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Aacute;">&Aacute;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;aacute;">&aacute;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Acirc;">&Acirc;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;acirc;">&acirc;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;acute;">&acute;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;AElig;">&AElig;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;aelig;">&aelig;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Agrave;">&Agrave;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;agrave;">&agrave;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;alefsym;">&alefsym;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Alpha;">&Alpha;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;alpha;">&alpha;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;amp;">&amp;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;and;">&and;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;ang;">&ang;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Aring;">&Aring;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;aring;">&aring;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;asymp;">&asymp;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Atilde;">&Atilde;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;atilde;">&atilde;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Auml;">&Auml;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;auml;">&auml;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;bdquo;">&bdquo;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Beta;">&Beta;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;beta;">&beta;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;brvbar;">&brvbar;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;bull;">&bull;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;cap;">&cap;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Ccedil;">&Ccedil;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;ccedil;">&ccedil;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;cedil;">&cedil;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;cent;">&cent;</span>
 +
|- align=center
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Chi;">&Chi;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;chi;">&chi;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;circ;">&circ;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;clubs;">&clubs;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;cong;">&cong;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;copy;">&copy;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;crarr;">&crarr;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;cup;">&cup;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;curren;">&curren;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;dagger;">&dagger;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Dagger;">&Dagger;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;darr;">&darr;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;dArr;">&dArr;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;deg;">&deg;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Delta;">&Delta;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;delta;">&delta;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;diams;">&diams;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;divide;">&divide;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Eacute;">&Eacute;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;eacute;">&eacute;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Ecirc;">&Ecirc;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;ecirc;">&ecirc;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Egrave;">&Egrave;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;egrave;">&egrave;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;empty;">&empty;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;emsp;">&emsp;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;ensp;">&ensp;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Epsilon;">&Epsilon;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;epsilon;">&epsilon;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;equiv;">&equiv;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Eta;">&Eta;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;eta;">&eta;</span>
 +
|- align=center
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;ETH;">&ETH;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;eth;">&eth;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Euml;">&Euml;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;euml;">&euml;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;euro;">&euro;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;exist;">&exist;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;fnof;">&fnof;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;forall;">&forall;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;frac12;">&frac12;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;frac14;">&frac14;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;frac34;">&frac34;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;frasl;">&frasl;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Gamma;">&Gamma;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;gamma;">&gamma;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;ge;">&ge;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;gt;">&gt;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;harr;">&harr;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;hArr;">&hArr;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;hearts;">&hearts;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;hellip;">&hellip;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Iacute;">&Iacute;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;iacute;">&iacute;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Icirc;">&Icirc;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;icirc;">&icirc;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;iexcl;">&iexcl;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Igrave;">&Igrave;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;igrave;">&igrave;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;image;">&image;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;infin;">&infin;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;int;">&int;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Iota;">&Iota;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;iota;">&iota;</span>
 +
|- align=center
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;iquest;">&iquest;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;isin;">&isin;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Iuml;">&Iuml;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;iuml;">&iuml;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Kappa;">&Kappa;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;kappa;">&kappa;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Lambda;">&Lambda;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;lambda;">&lambda;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;lang;">&lang;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;laquo;">&laquo;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;larr;">&larr;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;lArr;">&lArr;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;lceil;">&lceil;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;ldquo;">&ldquo;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;le;">&le;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;lfloor;">&lfloor;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;lowast;">&lowast;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;loz;">&loz;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;lrm;">&lrm;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;lsaquo;">&lsaquo;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;lsquo;">&lsquo;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;lt;">&lt;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;macr;">&macr;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;mdash;">&mdash;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;micro;">&micro;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;middot;">&middot;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;minus;">&minus;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Mu;">&Mu;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;mu;">&mu;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;nabla;">&nabla;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;nbsp;">&nbsp;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;ndash;">&ndash;</span>
 +
|- align=center
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;ne;">&ne;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;ni;">&ni;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;not;">&not;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;notin;">&notin;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;nsub;">&nsub;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Ntilde;">&Ntilde;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;ntilde;">&ntilde;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Nu;">&Nu;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;nu;">&nu;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Oacute;">&Oacute;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;oacute;">&oacute;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Ocirc;">&Ocirc;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;ocirc;">&ocirc;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;OElig;">&OElig;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;oelig;">&oelig;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Ograve;">&Ograve;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;ograve;">&ograve;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;oline;">&oline;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Omega;">&Omega;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;omega;">&omega;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Omicron;">&Omicron;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;omicron;">&omicron;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;oplus;">&oplus;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;or;">&or;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;ordf;">&ordf;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;ordm;">&ordm;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Oslash;">&Oslash;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;oslash;">&oslash;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Otilde;">&Otilde;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;otilde;">&otilde;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;otimes;">&otimes;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Ouml;">&Ouml;</span>
 +
|- align=center
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;ouml;">&ouml;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;para;">&para;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;part;">&part;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;permil;">&permil;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;perp;">&perp;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Phi;">&Phi;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;phi;">&phi;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Pi;">&Pi;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;pi;">&pi;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;piv;">&piv;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;plusmn;">&plusmn;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;pound;">&pound;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;prime;">&prime;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Prime;">&Prime;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;prod;">&prod;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;prop;">&prop;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Psi;">&Psi;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;psi;">&psi;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;quot;">&quot;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;radic;">&radic;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;rang;">&rang;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;raquo;">&raquo;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;rarr;">&rarr;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;rArr;">&rArr;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;rceil;">&rceil;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;rdquo;">&rdquo;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;real;">&real;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;reg;">&reg;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;rfloor;">&rfloor;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Rho;">&Rho;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;rho;">&rho;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;rlm;">&rlm;</span>
 +
|- align=center
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;rsaquo;">&rsaquo;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;rsquo;">&rsquo;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;sbquo;">&sbquo;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Scaron;">&Scaron;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;scaron;">&scaron;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;sdot;">&sdot;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;sect;">&sect;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;shy;">&shy;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Sigma;">&Sigma;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;sigma;">&sigma;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;sigmaf;">&sigmaf;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;sim;">&sim;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;spades;">&spades;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;sub;">&sub;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;sube;">&sube;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;sum;">&sum;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;sup;">&sup;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;sup1;">&sup1;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;sup2;">&sup2;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;sup3;">&sup3;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;supe;">&supe;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;szlig;">&szlig;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Tau;">&Tau;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;tau;">&tau;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;there4;">&there4;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Theta;">&Theta;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;theta;">&theta;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;thetasym;">&thetasym;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;thinsp;">&thinsp;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;THORN;">&THORN;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;thorn;">&thorn;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;tilde;">&tilde;</span>
 +
|- align=center
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;times;">&times;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;trade;">&trade;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Uacute;">&Uacute;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;uacute;">&uacute;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;uarr;">&uarr;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;uArr;">&uArr;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Ucirc;">&Ucirc;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;ucirc;">&ucirc;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Ugrave;">&Ugrave;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;ugrave;">&ugrave;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;uml;">&uml;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;upsih;">&upsih;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Upsilon;">&Upsilon;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;upsilon;">&upsilon;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Uuml;">&Uuml;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;uuml;">&uuml;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;weierp;">&weierp;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Xi;">&Xi;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;xi;">&xi;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Yacute;">&Yacute;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;yacute;">&yacute;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;yen;">&yen;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;yuml;">&yuml;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Yuml;">&Yuml;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;Zeta;">&Zeta;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;zeta;">&zeta;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;zwj;">&zwj;</span>
 +
| '''<span title="&amp;zwnj;">&zwnj;</span>'''
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
{| class="wikitable"
 +
! Description
 +
! width=40% | <!--T:136--> You type
 +
! width=40% | <!--T:137--> You get
 +
|-
 +
| Copyright symbol
 +
|class=mw-code| &amp;copy;
 +
|
 +
:::'''&copy;'''
 +
|-
 +
| Greek delta letter symbol
 +
|class=mw-code|&amp;delta;
 +
|
 +
:::'''&delta;'''
 +
|-
 +
| Euro currency symbol
 +
|class=mw-code|&amp;euro;
 +
|
 +
:::'''&euro;'''
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
See the list of all HTML entities on the Wikipedia article [[wikipedia:List of HTML entities|List of HTML entities]]. Additionally, MediaWiki supports two non-standard entity reference sequences: <code>&amp;רלמ;</code> and <code>&amp;رلم;</code> which are both considered equivalent to <code>&amp;rlm;</code> which is a [[wikipedia:Right-to-left mark|right-to-left mark]]. (Used when combining right to left languages with left to right languages in the same page.)
 +
 
 +
== HTML tags and symbol entities displayed themselves (with and without interpreting them) ==
 +
 
 +
:<code>&amp;amp;euro;</code><br> &nbsp;&rarr; '''&amp;euro;'''
 +
 
 +
:<code>&lt;span style="color: red; text-decoration: line-through;"><!--T:143--> Typo to be corrected&lt;/span></code> <br> &nbsp;&rarr;'''<span style="color: red; text-decoration: line-through;"> Typo to be corrected</span>'''
 +
 
 +
=== Nowiki for HTML ===
 +
 
 +
<<nowiki />nowiki /> can prohibit (HTML) tags:
 +
* <nowiki><<</nowiki>nowiki />pre> &nbsp;&rarr; <<nowiki/>pre>
 +
But ''not'' &amp; symbol escapes:
 +
* &<<nowiki />nowiki />amp; &nbsp;&rarr; &amp;
 +
To print &amp; symbol escapes as text, use "<code>&amp;amp;</code>" to replace the "&" character (eg. type "<code>&amp;amp;nbsp;</code>", which results in "<code>&amp;nbsp;</code>").
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''Tables''' may be created in wiki pages.
 +
 
 +
 
 +
As a general rule, it is best to avoid using a table unless you need one.
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Table markup often complicates page editing.<ref> Tables can be created using either HTML table elements directly, or using wikicode formatting to define the table.
 +
 
 +
 
 +
HTML table elements and their use are well described on various web pages and will not be discussed here.
 +
 
 +
 
 +
The benefit of wikicode is that the table is constructed of character symbols which tend to make it easier to perceive the table structure in the article editing view compared to HTML table elements.</ref>
 +
 
 +
== Wiki Table Markup ==
 +
 
 +
{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%"
 +
| style="padding: 10px;"| <big><nowiki>{|</nowiki></big>
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|  '''table start''', ''required''
 +
|-
 +
| style="padding: 10px;"| <big><nowiki>|+</nowiki></big>
 +
| style="padding: 5px;" |  table '''caption''', ''optional;'' only between '''table start''' and '''table row'''
 +
|-
 +
| style="padding: 10px;"| <big><nowiki>|-</nowiki></big>
 +
| style="padding: 5px;" |  '''table row''', ''optional on first row''—wiki engine assumes the first row
 +
|-
 +
| style="padding: 10px;"| <big><nowiki>!</nowiki></big>
 +
| style="padding: 5px;" |  '''table header''' cell, ''optional.''  Consecutive '''table header''' cells may be added on same line separated by double marks (<code>!!</code>) or start on new lines, each with its own single mark (<code>!</code>).
 +
|-
 +
| style="padding: 10px;"| <big><nowiki>|</nowiki></big>
 +
| style="padding: 5px;" |  '''table data''' cell, ''optional''.  Consecutive '''table data''' cells may be added on same line separated by double marks (<code><nowiki>||</nowiki></code>) or start on new lines, each with its own single mark (<code><nowiki>|</nowiki></code>).
 +
|-
 +
| style="padding: 10px;"| <big><nowiki>|}</nowiki></big>
 +
| style="padding: 5px;" | 9 '''table end''', ''required''
 +
|}
  
−
and close with <br>|}
 
  
−
In your opening line you can specify
+
*The above marks must '''start on a new line''' except the double <code>||</code> and <code>!!</code> for optionally adding consecutive cells to a line. However, blank spaces at the beginning of a line are ignored.
 +
*''' HTML attributes.'''  Each mark, except table end, optionally accepts one or more HTML attributes.  Attributes must be on the same line as the mark.  Separate attributes from each other with a single space.
  
  
 +
**Cells and caption (<code>|</code> or <code>||</code>, <code>!</code> or <code>!!</code>, and <code>|+</code>) hold content.  So separate any attributes from content with a single pipe (<code>|</code>).  Cell content may follow on same line or on following lines.
  
  
−
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 85%;"
+
**Table and row marks (<code>{|</code> and <code>|-</code>) do not directly hold content.  Do ''not'' add pipe (<code>|</code>) after their optional attributes.  If you erroneously add a pipe after attributes for the table mark or row mark the parser will delete it ''and'' your final attribute if it was touching the erroneous pipe!
−
! 
+
 
−
! style="width: 150px;" | Blimp Fish
+
 
−
! style="width: 150px;" | Frosted Perch
+
*'''Content''' may (a) follow its cell mark on the same line after any optional HTML attributes or (b) on lines below the cell mark.  Content that uses wiki markup that itself needs to start on a new line, such as lists, headings, or nested tables, must be on its own new line.
−
! style="width: 150px;" | Damage Da Flounder
+
 
−
! 
+
 
−
! Key
+
**'''Pipe character as content.'''
 +
To insert a pipe (<code>|</code>) character into a table, use the &lt;nowiki&gt;<code>|</code>&lt;/nowiki&gt; escaping markup.
 +
 
 +
===Basics===
 +
 
 +
 
 +
The following table lacks borders and good spacing but shows the simplest wiki markup table structure.
 +
 
 +
 
 +
{| style="width:100%"
 +
! style="width: 50%;"|You type
 +
! style="width: 50%;"|You get
 +
|-
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
<pre>
 +
{|
 +
| Orange
 +
| Apple
 +
|-
 +
| Bread
 +
| Pie
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Lake Kingsport
+
| Butter
−
| ||  || style="background: green;" | Shiny Metal+Bloody Flesh+Eye Worm  || ||
+
| Ice cream
 +
|}
 +
</pre>
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
{|
 +
| Orange
 +
| Apple
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Highsteppe Pond
+
| Bread
−
| ||  ||  ||  || style="background: green;"|Rare fish only
+
| Pie
 
|-
 
|-
−
! Guild City
+
| Butter
−
| style="background: green;"|Shiny Metal+Large Minnow ||  ||  ||  || style="background: red;"|Rare fish+common
+
| Ice cream
 +
|}
 
|}
 
|}
 +
 +
 +
 +
The cells in the same row can be listed on one line separated by <code>||</code> (two pipe symbols).
 +
 +
 +
If the text in the cell should contain a line break, use <tvar|br><code><nowiki><br/></nowiki></code> instead.
 +
 +
 +
{| style="width:100%"
 +
! style="width: 50%;"|You type
 +
! style="width: 50%;"|You get
 +
|-
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
<pre>
 +
{|
 +
| Orange||Apple||more
 +
|-
 +
| Bread||Pie||more
 +
|-
 +
| Butter||Ice<br/>cream||and<br/>more
 +
|}
 +
</pre>
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
{|
 +
| Orange||Apple||more
 +
|-
 +
| Bread||Pie||more
 +
|-
 +
| Butter||Ice<br/>cream||and<br/>more
 +
|}
 +
|}
 +
 +
 +
 +
Extra spaces within cells in the wiki markup, as in the wiki markup below, do not affect the actual table rendering.
 +
 +
 +
{| style="width:100%"
 +
! style="width: 50%;"|You type
 +
! style="width: 50%;"|You get
 +
|-
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
<pre>
 +
{|
 +
|  Orange || Apple || more
 +
|-
 +
|    Bread || Pie || more
 +
|-
 +
|    Butter || Ice cream || and more
 +
|}
 +
</pre>
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
{|
 +
|  Orange || Apple || more
 +
|-
 +
|    Bread || Pie || more
 +
|-
 +
|    Butter || Ice cream || and more
 +
|}
 +
|}
 +
 +
 +
 +
You can have longer text or more complex wiki syntax inside table cells, too:
 +
 +
 +
{| style="width:100%"
 +
! style="width: 50%;"|You type
 +
! style="width: 50%;"|You get
 +
|-
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
<pre>
 +
{|
 +
|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
 +
consetetur sadipscing elitr,
 +
sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt
 +
ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat,
 +
sed diam voluptua.
 +
 +
At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores
 +
et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren,
 +
no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum
 +
dolor sit amet.
 +
|
 +
* Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
 +
* consetetur sadipscing elitr
 +
* sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt
 +
|}
 +
</pre>
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
{|
 +
|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
 +
consetetur sadipscing elitr,
 +
sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt
 +
ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat,
 +
sed diam voluptua.
 +
 +
At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores
 +
et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren,
 +
no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum
 +
dolor sit amet.
 +
|
 +
* Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
 +
* consetetur sadipscing elitr
 +
* sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt
 +
|}
 +
|}
 +
 +
 +
==== Table headers ====
 +
 +
 +
Table headers can be created by using "<code>!</code>" (exclamation mark) instead of "<code>|</code>" (pipe symbol).
 +
 +
 +
Headers usually show up bold and centered by default.
 +
 +
 +
{| style="width:100%"
 +
! style="width: 50%;"| You type
 +
! style="width: 50%;"| You get
 +
|-
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
<pre>
 +
{|
 +
! style="text-align:left;"|  Item
 +
!  Amount
 +
!  Cost
 +
|-
 +
| Orange
 +
|10
 +
|7.00
 +
|-
 +
| Bread
 +
|4
 +
|3.00
 +
|-
 +
| Butter
 +
|1
 +
|5.00
 +
|-
 +
! Total
 +
|
 +
|15.00
 +
|}
 +
</pre>
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
{|
 +
! style="text-align:left;"|  Item
 +
!  Amount
 +
!  Cost
 +
|-
 +
| Orange
 +
|10
 +
|7.00
 +
|-
 +
| Bread
 +
|4
 +
|3.00
 +
|-
 +
| Butter
 +
|1
 +
|5.00
 +
|-
 +
! Total
 +
|
 +
|15.00
 +
|}
 +
|}
 +
 +
 +
 +
'''Note:''' When using attributes as in the heading 'Item' a vertical bar '|' is used for separation.
 +
 +
 +
Not an exclamation character '!'.
 +
 +
====Caption====
 +
 +
 +
A '''table caption''' can be added to the top of any table as follows.
 +
 +
 +
{| style="width:100%"
 +
! style="width: 50%;"| You type
 +
! style="width: 50%;"| You get
 +
|-
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
<pre>
 +
{|
 +
|+ Food complements
 +
|-
 +
| Orange
 +
| Apple
 +
|-
 +
| Bread
 +
| Pie
 +
|-
 +
| Butter
 +
| Ice cream
 +
|}
 +
</pre>
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
{|
 +
|+  Food complements
 +
|-
 +
| Orange
 +
| Apple
 +
|-
 +
| Bread
 +
| Pie
 +
|-
 +
| Butter
 +
| Ice cream
 +
|}
 +
|}
 +
 +
 +
==== class="wikitable" ====
 +
 +
 +
Basic styling (light gray background, borders, padding and align left) can be achieved by adding class="wikitable".
 +
 +
 +
{| style="width:100%"
 +
! style="width: 50%;"| You type
 +
! style="width: 50%;"| You get
 +
|-
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
<pre>
 +
{| class="wikitable"
 +
|+ Food complements
 +
|-
 +
| Orange
 +
| Apple
 +
|-
 +
| Bread
 +
| Pie
 +
|-
 +
| Butter
 +
| Ice cream
 +
|}
 +
</pre>
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
{| class="wikitable"
 +
|+  Food complements
 +
|-
 +
| Orange
 +
| Apple
 +
|-
 +
| Bread
 +
| Pie
 +
|-
 +
| Butter
 +
| Ice cream
 +
|}
 +
|}
 +
 +
 +
====HTML colspan and rowspan====
 +
 +
 +
You can use HTML '''colspan''' and '''rowspan''' attributes on cells for advanced layout.
 +
 +
 +
{| style="width:100%"
 +
! style="width: 50%;"| You type
 +
! style="width: 50%;"| You get
 +
|-
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
<pre>
 +
{| class="wikitable"
 +
!colspan="6"| Shopping List
 +
|-
 +
|rowspan="2"| Bread & Butter
 +
| Pie
 +
| Buns
 +
| Danish
 +
|colspan="2"| Croissant
 +
|-
 +
| Cheese
 +
|colspan="2"| Ice cream
 +
| Butter
 +
| Yogurt
 +
|}
 +
</pre>
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
{| class="wikitable"
 +
!colspan="6"| Shopping List
 +
|-
 +
|rowspan="2"| Bread & Butter
 +
| Pie
 +
| Buns
 +
| Danish
 +
|colspan="2"| Croissant
 +
|-
 +
| Cheese
 +
|colspan="2"| Ice cream
 +
| Butter
 +
| Yogurt
 +
|}
 +
|}
 +
 +
=== HTML attributes ===
 +
 +
 +
You can add HTML attributes to tables.
 +
 +
 +
For the authoritative source on these, see [<tvar|url>https://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/tables.html the W3C's HTML Specification page on tables].
 +
 +
==== Attributes on tables ====
 +
 +
 +
Placing attributes after the table start tag (<code>{|</code>) applies attributes to the entire table.
 +
 +
{| style="width:100%"
 +
! style="width: 50%;"|  You type
 +
! style="width: 50%;"|  You get
 +
|-
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
<pre>
 +
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; color: green;"
 +
| Orange
 +
| Apple
 +
|12,333.00
 +
|-
 +
| Bread
 +
| Pie
 +
|500.00
 +
|-
 +
| Butter
 +
| Ice cream
 +
|1.00
 +
|}
 +
</pre>
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; color: green;"
 +
| Orange
 +
| Apple
 +
|12,333.00
 +
|-
 +
| Bread
 +
| Pie
 +
|500.00
 +
|-
 +
| Butter
 +
| Ice cream
 +
|1.00
 +
|}
 +
|}
 +
 +
 +
==== Attributes on cells ====
 +
 +
 +
You can put attributes on individual '''cells'''.
 +
 +
 +
For example, numbers may look better aligned right.
 +
 +
{| style="width:100%"
 +
! style="width: 50%;"|  You type
 +
! style="width: 50%;"|  You get
 +
|-
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
<pre>
 +
{| class="wikitable"
 +
|  Orange
 +
|  Apple
 +
| style="text-align:right;" | 12,333.00
 +
|-
 +
|  Bread
 +
|  Pie
 +
| style="text-align:right;" | 500.00
 +
|-
 +
|  Butter
 +
|  Ice cream
 +
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.00
 +
|}
 +
</pre>
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
 +
|  Orange
 +
|  Apple
 +
| style="text-align:right;" | 12,333.00
 +
|-
 +
|  Bread
 +
|  Pie
 +
| style="text-align:right;" | 500.00
 +
|-
 +
|  Butter
 +
|  Ice cream
 +
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.00
 +
|}
 +
|}
 +
 +
 +
 +
You can also use '''cell''' attributes when you are listing multiple '''cells''' on a single line.
 +
 +
 +
Note that the '''cells''' are separated by <code>||</code>, and within each '''cell''' the attribute(s) and value are separated by <code>|</code>.
 +
 +
{| style="width:100%"
 +
! style="width: 50%;"|  You type
 +
! style="width: 50%;"|  You get
 +
|-
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
<pre>
 +
{| class="wikitable"
 +
|  Orange ||  Apple    || style="text-align:right;" | 12,333.00
 +
|-
 +
|  Bread ||  Pie      || style="text-align:right;" | 500.00
 +
|-
 +
|  Butter ||  Ice cream || style="text-align:right;" | 1.00
 +
|}
 +
</pre>
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
{| class="wikitable"
 +
|  Orange ||  Apple    || style="text-align:right;" | 12,333.00
 +
|-
 +
|  Bread ||  Pie      || style="text-align:right;" | 500.00
 +
|-
 +
|  Butter ||  Ice cream || style="text-align:right;" | 1.00
 +
|}
 +
|}
 +
 +
 +
====Attributes on rows====
 +
 +
 +
You can put attributes on individual '''rows''', too.
 +
 +
 +
{| style="width:100%"
 +
! style="width: 50%;"| You type
 +
! style="width: 50%;"| You get
 +
|-
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
<pre>
 +
{| class="wikitable"
 +
|  Orange
 +
|  Apple
 +
| style="text-align:right;"| 12,333.00
 +
|-
 +
|  Bread
 +
|  Pie
 +
| style="text-align:right;"| 500.00
 +
|- style="font-style: italic; color: green;"
 +
|  Butter
 +
|  Ice cream
 +
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.00
 +
|}
 +
</pre>
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
{| class="wikitable"
 +
|  Orange
 +
|  Apple
 +
| style="text-align:right;"| 12,333.00
 +
|-
 +
|  Bread
 +
|  Pie
 +
| style="text-align:right;"| 500.00
 +
|- style="font-style: italic; color: green;"
 +
|  Butter
 +
|  Ice cream
 +
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.00
 +
|}
 +
|}
 +
 +
 +
====Simple one-pixel table border====
 +
 +
 +
An example of a one-pixel table border:
 +
 +
 +
{| style="width:100%"
 +
|-
 +
! style="width:50%" |  You type
 +
! style="width:50%" |  You get
 +
|-
 +
| style="padding: 5px;" |
 +
<pre>
 +
{| border="1" style="border-collapse:collapse"
 +
|  Orange
 +
|  Apple
 +
|-
 +
|  Bread
 +
|  Pie
 +
|}
 +
</pre>
 +
| style="padding: 20px;"|
 +
{| border="1" style="border-collapse:collapse"
 +
|  Orange
 +
|  Apple
 +
|-
 +
|  Bread
 +
|  Pie
 +
|}
 +
|}
 +
 +
 +
====Border width====
 +
 +
 +
If "border-width:" has only one number, it is for all four border sides:
 +
 +
{| style="width:100%"
 +
|-
 +
! style="width:50%" |  You type
 +
! style="width:50%" |  You get
 +
|-
 +
| style="padding: 5px;" |
 +
<pre>
 +
{|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 20px"
 +
|
 +
Hello
 +
|}
 +
</pre>
 +
| style="padding: 20px;"|
 +
{|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 20px"
 +
|
 +
Hello
 +
|}
 +
|}
 +
 +
 +
 +
If "border-width:" has more than one number, the four numbers are for '''top, right, bottom, left (REMEMBER this order)''':
 +
 +
{| style="width:100%"
 +
|-
 +
! style="width:50%" |  You type
 +
! style="width:50%" |  You get
 +
|-
 +
| style="padding: 5px;" |
 +
<pre>
 +
{|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 10px 20px 100px 0"
 +
|
 +
Hello
 +
|}
 +
</pre>
 +
| style="padding: 20px;"|
 +
{|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 10px 20px 100px 0"
 +
|
 +
Hello
 +
|}
 +
|}
 +
 +
 +
 +
:When there are fewer than 4 values, the value for left takes its default from the value for right, the value for bottom takes its default from the value for top, and the value for right takes its default from the value for top.
 +
 +
 +
 +
Another method to define the widths of the four sides of a cell is to use ''"border-left", "border-right", "border-top" and "border-bottom"'':
 +
<div style="width: 100%; overflow:auto;">
 +
{| style="width:100%"
 +
|-
 +
! style="width:50%" |  You type
 +
! style="width:50%" |  You get
 +
|-
 +
| style="padding: 5px;" |
 +
<pre>
 +
{|style="border-left:solid 10px black;border-right:solid 20px black;border-top:solid 30px black;border-bottom:solid 40px black;" align="center"
 +
|
 +
Hello
 +
|}
 +
</pre>
 +
| style="padding: 20px;"|
 +
{|style="border-left:solid 10px black;border-right:solid 20px black;border-top:solid 30px black;border-bottom:solid 40px black;" align="center"
 +
|
 +
Hello
 +
|}
 +
|}
 +
</div>
 +
 +
{{Note|1=<nowiki/>
 +
 +
* The HTML attributes (such as "width=", "border=", "cellspacing=", "cellpadding=") do not need any length unit (the pixel unit is assumed).  They are also invalid in HTML 5.
 +
 +
 +
The CSS style properties (which override the HTML attributes) require an explicit length unit (if the value is not 0) such as "px" for the pixel.
 +
}}
 +
 +
 +
====With HTML attributes and CSS styles====
 +
 +
 +
[[Special:MyLanguage/Manual:CSS|CSS]] style attributes can be added with or without other HTML attributes.
 +
 +
{| style="width:100%"
 +
! style="width: 50%;"| You type
 +
! style="width: 50%;"| You get
 +
|-
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
<pre>
 +
{| class="wikitable" style="color:green; background-color:#ffffcc;" cellpadding="10"
 +
| Orange
 +
| Apple
 +
|-
 +
| Bread
 +
| Pie
 +
|-
 +
| Butter
 +
| Ice cream
 +
|}
 +
</pre>
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
{| class="wikitable" style="color:green; background-color:#ffffcc;" cellpadding="10"
 +
| Orange
 +
| Apple
 +
|-
 +
| Bread
 +
| Pie
 +
|-
 +
| Butter
 +
| Ice cream
 +
|}
 +
|}
 +
 +
 +
=====Attributes=====
 +
 +
 +
'''Attributes''' can be added to the caption and headers as follows.
 +
 +
 +
{| style="width:100%"
 +
! style="width: 50%;"| You type
 +
! style="width: 50%;"| You get
 +
|-
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
<pre>
 +
{| class="wikitable"
 +
|+ style="caption-side:bottom; color:#e76700;"| ''Food complements''
 +
|-
 +
| Orange
 +
| Apple
 +
|-
 +
| Bread
 +
| Pie
 +
|-
 +
| Butter
 +
| Ice cream
 +
|}
 +
</pre>
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
{| class="wikitable"
 +
|+ style="caption-side:bottom; color:#e76700;"| ''Food complements''
 +
|-
 +
| Orange
 +
| Apple
 +
|-
 +
| Bread
 +
| Pie
 +
|-
 +
| Butter
 +
| Ice cream
 +
|}
 +
|}
 +
 +
 +
=====Column width=====
 +
 +
 +
'''Column width''' can be added as follows.
 +
 +
 +
You type:
 +
 +
<pre>
 +
{| style="color: black; background-color: #ffffcc; width: 85%;"
 +
| colspan="2" |  This column width is 85% of the screen width (and has a background color)
 +
|-
 +
| style="width: 30%; background-color: white;"|
 +
'''This column is 30% counted from 85% of the screen width'''
 +
| style="width: 70%; background-color: orange;"|
 +
'''This column is 70% counted from 85% of the screen width (and has a background color)'''
 +
|}
 +
</pre>
 +
 +
 +
 +
You get:
 +
{| style="color: black; background-color: #ffffcc; width: 85%;"
 +
| colspan="2" |  This column width is 85% of the screen width (and has a background color)
 +
|-
 +
| style="width: 30%; background-color: white;"|  '''This column is 30% counted from 85% of the screen width'''
 +
| style="width: 70%; background-color: orange;"|  '''This column is 70% counted from 85% of the screen width (and has a background color)'''
 +
|}
 +
 +
 +
 +
====Accessibility of table header cells====
 +
 +
 +
Table header cells do not explicitly specify which table data cells they apply to (those on their right on the same row, or those below them on the same column).
 +
 +
 +
When the table is rendered in a visual 2D environment, this is usually easy to infer.
 +
 +
 +
However when tables are rendered on non-visual media, you can help the browser to determine which table header cell applies to the description of any selected cell (in order to repeat its content in some accessibility helper) using a scope="row" or scope="col" attribute on table header cells.
 +
 +
 +
In most cases with simple tables, you'll use scope="col" on all header cells of the first row, and scope="row" on the first cell of the following rows:
 +
 +
 +
{| style="width:100%"
 +
! style="width: 50%;"| You type
 +
! style="width: 50%;"| You get
 +
|-
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
<pre>
 +
{| class="wikitable"
 +
|-
 +
! scope="col"|  Item
 +
! scope="col"|  Quantity
 +
! scope="col"|  Price
 +
|-
 +
! scope="row"|  Bread
 +
| 0.3 kg
 +
| $0.65
 +
|-
 +
! scope="row"|  Butter
 +
| 0.125 kg
 +
| $1.25
 +
|-
 +
! scope="row" colspan="2"|  Total
 +
| $1.90
 +
|}
 +
</pre>
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
{| class="wikitable"
 +
|-
 +
! scope="col"|  Item
 +
! scope="col"|  Quantity
 +
! scope="col"|  Price
 +
|-
 +
! scope="row"|  Bread
 +
| 0.3 kg
 +
| $0.65
 +
|-
 +
! scope="row"|  Butter
 +
| 0.125 kg
 +
| $1.25
 +
|-
 +
! scope="row" colspan="2"|  Total
 +
| $1.90
 +
|}
 +
|}
 +
 +
 +
=== Alignment ===
 +
 +
==== Table alignment ====
 +
 +
 +
Table alignment is achieved by using CSS.
 +
 +
 +
The table alignment is controlled by margins.
 +
 +
 +
A fixed margin on one side will make the table to be aligned to that side, if on the opposite side the margin is defined as ''auto''.
 +
 +
 +
To have a table center aligned, you should set both margins to ''auto''
 +
 +
 +
 +
For example, a right-aligned table:
 +
 +
{| style="width:100%"
 +
! style="width: 50%;"| You type
 +
! style="width: 50%;"| You get
 +
|-
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
<pre>
 +
{| class="wikitable" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: 0px;"
 +
|  Orange
 +
|  Apple
 +
|-
 +
|  Bread
 +
|  Pie
 +
|-
 +
|  Butter
 +
|  Ice cream
 +
|}
 +
</pre>
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
{| class="wikitable" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: 0px;"
 +
|  Orange
 +
|  Apple
 +
|-
 +
|  Bread
 +
|  Pie
 +
|-
 +
|  Butter
 +
|  Ice cream
 +
|}
 +
|}
 +
 +
 +
 +
And a center-aligned table:
 +
 +
{| style="width:100%"
 +
! style="width: 50%;"| You type
 +
! style="width: 50%;"| You get
 +
|-
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
<pre>
 +
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto;"
 +
|  Orange
 +
|  Apple
 +
|-
 +
|  Bread
 +
|  Pie
 +
|-
 +
|  Butter
 +
|  Ice cream
 +
|}
 +
</pre>
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto;"
 +
|  Orange
 +
|  Apple
 +
|-
 +
|  Bread
 +
|  Pie
 +
|-
 +
|  Butter
 +
|  Ice cream
 +
|}
 +
|}
 +
 +
 +
==== Table floating around text ====
 +
 +
 +
If you align a table to the right or the left side of the page, the text that comes after the table starts at the end of it, leaving an empty space around the table.
 +
 +
 +
You can make the text to be wrapped around the table by making the table to ''float'' around the text instead of just aligning it.
 +
 +
 +
This can be achieved using the <code>float</code> CSS attribute, which can specify where the table floats to the right side or to the left.
 +
 +
 +
When using ''float'', margins doesn't control table alignment and can be used to specify the margin between the table and the surrounding text.
 +
 +
{| style="width:100%"
 +
! style="width: 50%;"| You type
 +
! style="width: 50%;"| You get
 +
|-
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
<pre>
 +
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin-left: 10px;"
 +
|  Orange
 +
|  Apple
 +
|-
 +
|  Bread
 +
|  Pie
 +
|-
 +
|  Butter
 +
|  Ice cream
 +
|}
 +
 +
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing
 +
elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut
 +
laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi
 +
enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation
 +
ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea
 +
commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor
 +
in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat,
 +
vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero
 +
eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit
 +
praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te
 +
feugait nulla facilisi.
 +
</pre>
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin-left: 10px;"
 +
|  Orange
 +
|  Apple
 +
|-
 +
|  Bread
 +
|  Pie
 +
|-
 +
|  Butter
 +
|  Ice cream
 +
|}
 +
 +
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing
 +
elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut
 +
laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi
 +
enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation
 +
ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea
 +
commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor
 +
in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat,
 +
vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero
 +
eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit
 +
praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te
 +
feugait nulla facilisi.
 +
|}
 +
 +
 +
==== Cell contents alignment ====
 +
 +
 +
The alignment of cell contents can be controlled with 2 different CSS properties: <code>text-align</code> and <code>vertical-align</code>.
 +
 +
 +
<code>text-align</code> can be specified at the table, row or individual cells, while <code>vertical-align</code> only can be specified at individual rows or cells.
 +
 +
{| style="width:100%"
 +
! style="width: 50%;"| You type
 +
! style="width: 50%;"| You get
 +
|-
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
<pre>
 +
{| class="wikitable"
 +
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 +
| style="height:100px; width:100px; text-align:left;" | A
 +
| style="height:100px; width:100px; text-align:center;" | B
 +
| style="height:100px; width:100px; text-align:right;" | C
 +
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"
 +
| style="height:100px; width:100px; text-align:left;" | D
 +
| style="height:100px; width:100px; text-align:center;" | E
 +
| style="height:100px; width:100px; text-align:right;" | F
 +
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
 +
| style="height:100px; width:100px; text-align:left;" | G
 +
| style="height:100px; width:100px; text-align:center;" | H
 +
| style="height:100px; width:100px; text-align:right;" | I
 +
|}
 +
</pre>
 +
| style="padding: 5px;"|
 +
{| class="wikitable"
 +
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
 +
| style="height:100px; width:100px; text-align:left;" | A
 +
| style="height:100px; width:100px; text-align:center;" | B
 +
| style="height:100px; width:100px; text-align:right;" | C
 +
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"
 +
| style="height:100px; width:100px; text-align:left;" | D
 +
| style="height:100px; width:100px; text-align:center;" | E
 +
| style="height:100px; width:100px; text-align:right;" | F
 +
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
 +
| style="height:100px; width:100px; text-align:left;" | G
 +
| style="height:100px; width:100px; text-align:center;" | H
 +
| style="height:100px; width:100px; text-align:right;" | I
 +
|}
 +
|}
 +
 +
 +
===Caveats===
 +
 +
====Negative numbers====
 +
 +
 +
If you start a cell on a new line with a negative number with a minus sign (or a parameter that evaluates to a negative number), your table can get broken, because the characters <code>|-</code> will be parsed as the wiki markup for table row, not table cell.
 +
 +
 +
To avoid this, insert a space before the value (<code>| -6</code>) or use in-line cell markup (<code>|| -6</code>).
 +
 +
====CSS vs attributes====
 +
 +
 +
Table borders specified through CSS rather than the border attribute will render incorrectly in a small subset of text browsers.
 +
 +
====Common attributes for columns, column groups and row groups====
 +
 +
 +
The MediaWiki syntax for tables currently offers no support for specifying common attributes for columns (with the HTML element <tvar|col><code><nowiki><col /></nowiki></code>), column groups (HTML element <tvar|colgroup><code><nowiki><colgroup></colgroup></nowiki></code>) and row groups (HTML elements <tvar|thead><code><nowiki><thead></thead></nowiki></code>, <tvar|tbody><code><nowiki><tbody></tbody></nowiki></code> and <tvar|tfoot><code><nowiki><tfoot></tfoot></nowiki></code>).
 +
 +
 +
Those standard HTML elements are not accepted even in their HTML or XHTML syntax.
 +
 +
 +
 +
All the rows and cells (header or data) of the table are rendered within a single implicit row group (HTML element <code><nowiki><tbody></tbody></nowiki></code>) without any attributes or styles.
 +
 +
==See also==
 +
 +
 +
* [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Sorting#Sorting rows of a table|Sorting rows of a table]]
 +
* [http://www.tablesgenerator.com/mediawiki_tables Easy tool that helps generating tables]

Latest revision as of 16:25, 10 July 2018

You can format your text by using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, apostrophes or equal signs which have a special function in the wiki, sometimes depending on their position. For example, to format a word in italic, you include it in two pairs of apostrophes like ''this''.

Text formatting markup

Description You type You get
Character (inline) formatting – applies anywhere
Italic text 
''italic''

italic

Bold text 
'''bold'''

bold

Bold and italic 
'''''bold & italic'''''

bold & italic

Escape wiki markup 
<nowiki> no ''markup''</nowiki>

no ''markup''

Section formatting – only at the beginning of the line
Section Headings of different levels 

== Level 2 == 

=== Level 3 === 

==== Level 4 ==== 

===== Level 5 ===== 

====== Level 6 ======

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5
Level 6
Horizontal rule 
Text before
----
Text after

Text before

Text after

Bullet list 

* Start each line
* with an [[Wikipedia:asterisk|asterisk]] (*).
** More asterisks give deeper
*** and deeper levels.
* Line breaks <br />don't break levels.
*** But jumping levels creates empty space.
Any other start ends the list.

* combine bullet list
** with definition 
::- definition
** creates empty space

* combine bullet list
** with definition 
*:- definition
** without empty spaces

*bullet list
:- definition
:* sublist that doesn't create empty
:* spaces after definition
  • Start each line
  • with an asterisk (*).
    • More asterisks give deeper
      • and deeper levels.
  • Line breaks
    don't break levels.
      • But jumping levels creates empty space.

Any other start ends the list.

  • combine bullet list
    • with definition
- definition
    • creates empty space
  • combine bullet list
    • with definition
    - definition
    • without empty spaces
  • bullet list
- definition
  • sublist that doesn't create empty
  • spaces after definition
Numbered list 

# Start each line
# with a [[Wikipedia:Number_sign|number sign]] (#).
## More number signs give deeper
### and deeper
### levels.
# Line breaks <br />don't break levels.
### But jumping levels creates empty space.
# Blank lines

# end the list and start another.
Any other start also
ends the list.
  1. Start each line
  2. with a number sign (#).
    1. More number signs give deeper
      1. and deeper
      2. levels.
  3. Line breaks
    don't break levels.
      1. But jumping levels creates empty space.
  4. Blank lines
  1. end the list and start another.

Any other start also ends the list.

Definition list 

;item 1
: definition 1
;item 2
: definition 2-1
: definition 2-2
item 1
definition 1
item 2
definition 2-1
definition 2-2
Indent text 

: Single indent
:: Double indent
::::: Multiple indent
Single indent
Double indent
Multiple indent
Mixture of different types of list 

# one
# two
#* two point one
#* two point two
# three
#; three item one
#: three def one
# four
#: four def one
#: this looks like a continuation
#: and is often used
#: instead <br />of <nowiki><br /></nowiki>
# five
## five sub 1
### five sub 1 sub 1
## five sub 2
  1. one
  2. two
    • two point one
    • two point two
  3. three
    three item one
    three def one
  4. four
    four def one
    this looks like a continuation
    and is often used
    instead
    of <br />
  5. five
    1. five sub 1
      1. five sub 1 sub 1
    2. five sub 2Template:Anchor
Preformatted text 

Start each line with a space.
 Text is '''preformatted''' and
 ''markups'' '''''can''''' be done.

Start each line with a space. 

Text is preformatted and
markups can be done.
Preformatted text blocks 
 
<nowiki>Start with a space in the first column,
(before the <nowiki>).

Then your block format will be
    maintained.
 
This is good for copying in code blocks:

def function():
    """documentation string"""

if True:
        print True
    else:
        print False</nowiki>

Start with a space in the first column, (before the <nowiki>). Then your block format will be maintained. This is good for copying in code blocks: def function(): """documentation string""" if True: print True else: print False

Paragraphs

MediaWiki ignores single line breaks. To start a new paragraph, leave an empty line. You can force a line break within a paragraph with the HTML tag <br />.

HTML tags

Some HTML tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <code>, <div>, and <span>. These apply anywhere you insert them.

Description You type You get
Inserted
(Displays as underline in most browsers) 
<ins>Inserted</ins>

or

<u> Underline</u>

Inserted

or

Underline

Deleted
(Displays as strikethrough in most browsers) 
<s>Struck out</s>

or

<del> Deleted</del>

Struck out

or

Deleted

Fixed width text 
<code> Source code</code>

or

<code> Fixed width text</code>

Source code

or

Fixed width text

Blockquotes 
Text before
<blockquote> Blockquote</blockquote>
Text after

Text before

Blockquote

Text after

Comment 
<!-- This is a comment -->
Comments are visible only 
in the edit zone.

Comments are visible only in the edit zone.

Completely preformatted text 
<pre>
Text is '''preformatted''' and 
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done</pre>

Text is '''preformatted''' and 
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done
Customized preformatted text 
<pre style="color: red">
Text is '''preformatted''' 
with a style and 
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done
</pre>

Text is '''preformatted''' 
with a style and 
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done

continued:

Description You type You get
Default preformatted text has a CSS attribute (white-space: pre-wrap;) to wrap the text according to available width 
<pre>
This long sentence is used to demonstrate text wrapping. This additional sentence makes the text even longer. This additional sentence makes the text even longer.
</pre>

This long sentence is used to demonstrate text wrapping. This additional sentence makes the text even longer. This additional sentence makes the text even longer.
Customized preformatted text with disabled text wrapping 
<pre style="white-space: pre;">
This long sentence is used to demonstrate text wrapping. This additional sentence makes the text even longer. This additional sentence makes the text even longer.
</pre>

This long sentence is used to demonstrate text wrapping. This additional sentence makes the text even longer. This additional sentence makes the text even longer.

Inserting symbols

Symbols and other special characters not available on your keyboard can be inserted in a multitude of ways. Many Operating Systems and browsers allow you to insert special characters through a menu option or Operating System panel. Additionally, you can use the WikiEditor to insert them into the edit screen.

As a last resort, you can use a special sequence of characters. Those sequences are called HTML entities. For example, the following sequence (entity) &rarr; when inserted will be shown as right arrow HTML symbol → and &mdash; when inserted will be shown as an em dash HTML symbol —.

HTML symbol entities
Á á Â â ´ Æ æ À à ℵ Α α & ∧ ∠ Å å ≈ Ã ã Ä ä „ Β β ¦ • ∩ Ç ç ¸ ¢
Χ χ ˆ ♣ ≅ © ↵ ∪ ¤ † ‡ ↓ ⇓ ° Δ δ ♦ ÷ É é Ê ê È è ∅     Ε ε ≡ Η η
Ð ð Ë ë € ∃ ƒ ∀ ½ ¼ ¾ ⁄ Γ γ ≥ > ↔ ⇔ ♥ … Í í Î î ¡ Ì ì ℑ ∞ ∫ Ι ι
¿ ∈ Ï ï Κ κ Λ λ 〈 « ← ⇐ ⌈ “ ≤ ⌊ ∗ ◊ ‎ ‹ ‘ < ¯ — µ · − Μ μ ∇   –
≠ ∋ ¬ ∉ ⊄ Ñ ñ Ν ν Ó ó Ô ô Œ œ Ò ò ‾ Ω ω Ο ο ⊕ ∨ ª º Ø ø Õ õ ⊗ Ö
ö ∂ ‰ ⊥ Φ φ Π π ϖ ± £ ′ ″ ∏ ∝ Ψ ψ " √ 〉 » → ⇒ ⌉ ” ℜ ® ⌋ Ρ ρ ‏
› ’ ‚ Š š ⋅ § ­ Σ σ ς ∼ ♠ ⊂ ⊆ ∑ ⊃ ¹ ² ³ ⊇ ß Τ τ ∴ Θ θ ϑ   Þ þ ˜
× ™ Ú ú ↑ ⇑ Û û Ù ù ¨ ϒ Υ υ Ü ü ℘ Ξ ξ Ý ý ¥ ÿ Ÿ Ζ ζ ‍ ‌
Description You type You get
Copyright symbol &copy;
©
Greek delta letter symbol &delta;
δ
Euro currency symbol &euro;
€

See the list of all HTML entities on the Wikipedia article List of HTML entities. Additionally, MediaWiki supports two non-standard entity reference sequences: &רלמ; and &رلم; which are both considered equivalent to &rlm; which is a right-to-left mark. (Used when combining right to left languages with left to right languages in the same page.)

HTML tags and symbol entities displayed themselves (with and without interpreting them)

&amp;euro;
 → &euro;
<span style="color: red; text-decoration: line-through;"> Typo to be corrected</span>
 → Typo to be corrected

Nowiki for HTML

<nowiki /> can prohibit (HTML) tags:

  • <<nowiki />pre>  → <pre>

But not & symbol escapes:

  • &<nowiki />amp;  → &

To print & symbol escapes as text, use "&amp;" to replace the "&" character (eg. type "&amp;nbsp;", which results in "&nbsp;").


Tables may be created in wiki pages.


As a general rule, it is best to avoid using a table unless you need one.


Table markup often complicates page editing.[1]

Wiki Table Markup

{| table start, required
|+ table caption, optional; only between table start and table row
|- table row, optional on first row—wiki engine assumes the first row
! table header cell, optional. Consecutive table header cells may be added on same line separated by double marks (!!) or start on new lines, each with its own single mark (!).
| table data cell, optional. Consecutive table data cells may be added on same line separated by double marks (||) or start on new lines, each with its own single mark (|).
|} 9 table end, required


  • The above marks must start on a new line except the double || and !! for optionally adding consecutive cells to a line. However, blank spaces at the beginning of a line are ignored.
  • HTML attributes. Each mark, except table end, optionally accepts one or more HTML attributes. Attributes must be on the same line as the mark. Separate attributes from each other with a single space.


    • Cells and caption (| or ||, ! or !!, and |+) hold content. So separate any attributes from content with a single pipe (|). Cell content may follow on same line or on following lines.


    • Table and row marks ({| and |-) do not directly hold content. Do not add pipe (|) after their optional attributes. If you erroneously add a pipe after attributes for the table mark or row mark the parser will delete it and your final attribute if it was touching the erroneous pipe!


  • Content may (a) follow its cell mark on the same line after any optional HTML attributes or (b) on lines below the cell mark. Content that uses wiki markup that itself needs to start on a new line, such as lists, headings, or nested tables, must be on its own new line.


    • Pipe character as content.

To insert a pipe (|) character into a table, use the <nowiki>|</nowiki> escaping markup.

Basics

The following table lacks borders and good spacing but shows the simplest wiki markup table structure.


You type You get 
{|
| Orange
| Apple
|-
| Bread
| Pie
|-
| Butter
| Ice cream 
|}
Orange Apple
Bread Pie
Butter Ice cream


The cells in the same row can be listed on one line separated by || (two pipe symbols).


If the text in the cell should contain a line break, use <tvar|br><br/> instead.


You type You get 
{|
| Orange||Apple||more
|-
| Bread||Pie||more
|-
| Butter||Ice<br/>cream||and<br/>more
|}
Orange Apple more
Bread Pie more
Butter Ice
cream		 and
more


Extra spaces within cells in the wiki markup, as in the wiki markup below, do not affect the actual table rendering.


You type You get 
{|
|   Orange || Apple || more
|-
|    Bread || Pie || more
|-
|    Butter || Ice cream || and more
|}
Orange Apple more
Bread Pie more
Butter Ice cream and more


You can have longer text or more complex wiki syntax inside table cells, too:


You type You get 
{|
|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, 
consetetur sadipscing elitr, 
sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt
ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, 
sed diam voluptua. 

At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores
et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren,
no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum
dolor sit amet. 
|
* Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
* consetetur sadipscing elitr
* sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt
|}
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,

consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua.

At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.

  • Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
  • consetetur sadipscing elitr
  • sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt


Table headers

Table headers can be created by using "!" (exclamation mark) instead of "|" (pipe symbol).


Headers usually show up bold and centered by default.


You type You get 
{|
! style="text-align:left;"|  Item
!  Amount
!  Cost
|-
| Orange
|10
|7.00
|-
| Bread
|4
|3.00
|-
| Butter
|1
|5.00
|-
! Total
|
|15.00
|}
Item Amount Cost
Orange 10 7.00
Bread 4 3.00
Butter 1 5.00
Total 15.00


Note: When using attributes as in the heading 'Item' a vertical bar '|' is used for separation.


Not an exclamation character '!'.

Caption

A table caption can be added to the top of any table as follows.


You type You get 
{|
|+ Food complements
|-
| Orange
| Apple
|-
| Bread
| Pie
|-
| Butter
| Ice cream 
|}
Food complements
Orange Apple
Bread Pie
Butter Ice cream


class="wikitable"

Basic styling (light gray background, borders, padding and align left) can be achieved by adding class="wikitable".


You type You get 
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Food complements
|-
| Orange
| Apple
|-
| Bread
| Pie
|-
| Butter
| Ice cream 
|}
Food complements
Orange Apple
Bread Pie
Butter Ice cream


HTML colspan and rowspan

You can use HTML colspan and rowspan attributes on cells for advanced layout.


You type You get 
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="6"| Shopping List
|-
|rowspan="2"| Bread & Butter
| Pie
| Buns
| Danish
|colspan="2"| Croissant
|-
| Cheese
|colspan="2"| Ice cream
| Butter
| Yogurt
|}
Shopping List
Bread & Butter Pie Buns Danish Croissant
Cheese Ice cream Butter Yogurt

HTML attributes

You can add HTML attributes to tables.


For the authoritative source on these, see [<tvar|url>https://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/tables.html the W3C's HTML Specification page on tables].

Attributes on tables

Placing attributes after the table start tag ({|) applies attributes to the entire table.

You type You get 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; color: green;"
| Orange
| Apple
|12,333.00
|-
| Bread
| Pie
|500.00
|-
| Butter
| Ice cream
|1.00
|}
Orange Apple 12,333.00
Bread Pie 500.00
Butter Ice cream 1.00


Attributes on cells

You can put attributes on individual cells.


For example, numbers may look better aligned right.

You type You get 
{| class="wikitable"
|  Orange
|  Apple
| style="text-align:right;" | 12,333.00
|-
|  Bread
|  Pie
| style="text-align:right;" | 500.00
|-
|  Butter
|  Ice cream
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.00
|}
Orange Apple 12,333.00
Bread Pie 500.00
Butter Ice cream 1.00


You can also use cell attributes when you are listing multiple cells on a single line.


Note that the cells are separated by ||, and within each cell the attribute(s) and value are separated by |.

You type You get 
{| class="wikitable"
|  Orange ||  Apple     || style="text-align:right;" | 12,333.00
|-
|  Bread ||  Pie       || style="text-align:right;" | 500.00
|-
|  Butter ||  Ice cream || style="text-align:right;" | 1.00
|}
Orange Apple 12,333.00
Bread Pie 500.00
Butter Ice cream 1.00


Attributes on rows

You can put attributes on individual rows, too.


You type You get 
{| class="wikitable"
|  Orange
|  Apple
| style="text-align:right;"| 12,333.00
|-
|  Bread
|  Pie
| style="text-align:right;"| 500.00
|- style="font-style: italic; color: green;"
|  Butter
|  Ice cream
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.00
|}
Orange Apple 12,333.00
Bread Pie 500.00
Butter Ice cream 1.00


Simple one-pixel table border

An example of a one-pixel table border:


You type You get 
{| border="1" style="border-collapse:collapse"
|  Orange
|  Apple
|-
|  Bread
|  Pie
|}
Orange Apple
Bread Pie


Border width

If "border-width:" has only one number, it is for all four border sides:

You type You get 
{|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 20px"
|
 Hello
|}

Hello


If "border-width:" has more than one number, the four numbers are for top, right, bottom, left (REMEMBER this order):

You type You get 
{|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 10px 20px 100px 0"
|
 Hello
|}

Hello


When there are fewer than 4 values, the value for left takes its default from the value for right, the value for bottom takes its default from the value for top, and the value for right takes its default from the value for top.


Another method to define the widths of the four sides of a cell is to use "border-left", "border-right", "border-top" and "border-bottom":

You type You get 
{|style="border-left:solid 10px black;border-right:solid 20px black;border-top:solid 30px black;border-bottom:solid 40px black;" align="center" 
|
 Hello
|}

Hello

Template:Note


With HTML attributes and CSS styles

CSS style attributes can be added with or without other HTML attributes.

You type You get 
{| class="wikitable" style="color:green; background-color:#ffffcc;" cellpadding="10"
| Orange
| Apple
|-
| Bread
| Pie
|-
| Butter
| Ice cream 
|}
Orange Apple
Bread Pie
Butter Ice cream


Attributes

Attributes can be added to the caption and headers as follows.


You type You get 
{| class="wikitable"
|+ style="caption-side:bottom; color:#e76700;"| ''Food complements''
|-
| Orange
| Apple
|-
| Bread
| Pie
|-
| Butter
| Ice cream 
|}
Food complements
Orange Apple
Bread Pie
Butter Ice cream


Column width

Column width can be added as follows.


You type: 

{| style="color: black; background-color: #ffffcc; width: 85%;"
| colspan="2" |  This column width is 85% of the screen width (and has a background color)
|-
| style="width: 30%; background-color: white;"|
 '''This column is 30% counted from 85% of the screen width'''
| style="width: 70%; background-color: orange;"|
 '''This column is 70% counted from 85% of the screen width (and has a background color)'''
|}


You get:

This column width is 85% of the screen width (and has a background color)
This column is 30% counted from 85% of the screen width This column is 70% counted from 85% of the screen width (and has a background color)


Accessibility of table header cells

Table header cells do not explicitly specify which table data cells they apply to (those on their right on the same row, or those below them on the same column).


When the table is rendered in a visual 2D environment, this is usually easy to infer.


However when tables are rendered on non-visual media, you can help the browser to determine which table header cell applies to the description of any selected cell (in order to repeat its content in some accessibility helper) using a scope="row" or scope="col" attribute on table header cells.


In most cases with simple tables, you'll use scope="col" on all header cells of the first row, and scope="row" on the first cell of the following rows:


You type You get 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col"|  Item
! scope="col"|  Quantity
! scope="col"|  Price
|-
! scope="row"|  Bread
| 0.3 kg
| $0.65
|-
! scope="row"|  Butter
| 0.125 kg
| $1.25
|-
! scope="row" colspan="2"|  Total
| $1.90
|}
Item Quantity Price
Bread 0.3 kg $0.65
Butter 0.125 kg $1.25
Total $1.90


Alignment

Table alignment

Table alignment is achieved by using CSS.


The table alignment is controlled by margins.


A fixed margin on one side will make the table to be aligned to that side, if on the opposite side the margin is defined as auto.


To have a table center aligned, you should set both margins to auto


For example, a right-aligned table:

You type You get 
{| class="wikitable" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: 0px;"
|  Orange
|  Apple
|-
|  Bread
|  Pie
|-
|  Butter
|  Ice cream 
|}
Orange Apple
Bread Pie
Butter Ice cream


And a center-aligned table:

You type You get 
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto;"
|  Orange
|  Apple
|-
|  Bread
|  Pie
|-
|  Butter
|  Ice cream 
|}
Orange Apple
Bread Pie
Butter Ice cream


Table floating around text

If you align a table to the right or the left side of the page, the text that comes after the table starts at the end of it, leaving an empty space around the table.


You can make the text to be wrapped around the table by making the table to float around the text instead of just aligning it.


This can be achieved using the float CSS attribute, which can specify where the table floats to the right side or to the left.


When using float, margins doesn't control table alignment and can be used to specify the margin between the table and the surrounding text.

You type You get 
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin-left: 10px;"
|  Orange
|  Apple
|-
|  Bread
|  Pie
|-
|  Butter
|  Ice cream 
|}

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing 
elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut 
laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi 
enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation 
ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea 
commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor 
in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, 
vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero 
eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit 
praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te 
feugait nulla facilisi.
Orange Apple
Bread Pie
Butter Ice cream

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi.


Cell contents alignment

The alignment of cell contents can be controlled with 2 different CSS properties: text-align and vertical-align.


text-align can be specified at the table, row or individual cells, while vertical-align only can be specified at individual rows or cells.

You type You get 
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| style="height:100px; width:100px; text-align:left;" | A
| style="height:100px; width:100px; text-align:center;" | B
| style="height:100px; width:100px; text-align:right;" | C
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"
| style="height:100px; width:100px; text-align:left;" | D
| style="height:100px; width:100px; text-align:center;" | E
| style="height:100px; width:100px; text-align:right;" | F
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
| style="height:100px; width:100px; text-align:left;" | G
| style="height:100px; width:100px; text-align:center;" | H
| style="height:100px; width:100px; text-align:right;" | I
|}
A B C
D E F
G H I


Caveats

Negative numbers

If you start a cell on a new line with a negative number with a minus sign (or a parameter that evaluates to a negative number), your table can get broken, because the characters |- will be parsed as the wiki markup for table row, not table cell.


To avoid this, insert a space before the value (| -6) or use in-line cell markup (|| -6).

CSS vs attributes

Table borders specified through CSS rather than the border attribute will render incorrectly in a small subset of text browsers.

Common attributes for columns, column groups and row groups

The MediaWiki syntax for tables currently offers no support for specifying common attributes for columns (with the HTML element <tvar|col><col />), column groups (HTML element <tvar|colgroup><colgroup></colgroup>) and row groups (HTML elements <tvar|thead><thead></thead>, <tvar|tbody><tbody></tbody> and <tvar|tfoot><tfoot></tfoot>).


Those standard HTML elements are not accepted even in their HTML or XHTML syntax.


All the rows and cells (header or data) of the table are rendered within a single implicit row group (HTML element <tbody></tbody>) without any attributes or styles.

See also

  • ↑ Tables can be created using either HTML table elements directly, or using wikicode formatting to define the table. HTML table elements and their use are well described on various web pages and will not be discussed here. The benefit of wikicode is that the table is constructed of character symbols which tend to make it easier to perceive the table structure in the article editing view compared to HTML table elements.
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