Please implement a proper table on the forum

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Myoth

16 Oct 2018, 18:24

The one on the wiki is very easy to use and intuitive, but the one on the forum is just so bad, I spent time trying to figure out how to convert normal BBcode tables to DT's BBcode, and I figured it out in the end, which leads me to : why is it using proprietary stuff ?

This is how easy it is to make a table using whichever site you can find that will generate a table for you in BBcode :

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[table]
[tr]
	[th]Item name[/th]
	[th]Pictures[/th]
	[th]Price[/th]
[/tr]
[tr]
	[td]Item #1[/td]
	[td]Picture 1[/td]
	[td]Price X[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
	[td]Item #2[/td]
	[td]Picture 2[/td]
	[td]Price Y[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]
This is what is needed to make the same table on Deskthority :

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[table border=1 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100% height=50px] [tr]  [td align=center valign=middle bordercolor=#666666 bgcolor=#ffffff]Item name[/td]  [td align=center valign=middle bordercolor=#666666 bgcolor=#ffffff]Pictures[/td]  [td align=center valign=middle bordercolor=#666666 bgcolor=#ffffff]Price[/td] [/tr] [tr]  [td align=center valign=middle bordercolor=#666666 bgcolor=#ffffff]Item #1[/td]  [td align=center valign=middle bordercolor=#666666 bgcolor=#ffffff]Picture 1[/td]  [td align=center valign=middle bordercolor=#666666 bgcolor=#ffffff]Price X[/td] [/tr] [tr]  [td align=center valign=middle bordercolor=#666666 bgcolor=#ffffff]Item #2[/td]  [td align=center valign=middle bordercolor=#666666 bgcolor=#ffffff]Picture 2[/td]  [td align=center valign=middle bordercolor=#666666 bgcolor=#ffffff]Price Y[/td] [/tr][/table]
This is horrible, horrifying, abnormal, you name it. So please, I beg of you, admins and whatnot, please implement a way to make easy tables, or jus simplify the current, just do something. And if you can't or that I'm asking for the moon, please explain why.

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Noobmaen

19 Mar 2019, 20:13

bump

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matt3o
-[°_°]-

27 Apr 2019, 20:26

Sorry this was in the wrong section so it slipped my radar.

We can't break backward compatibility, so I have to check how and if this is actually feasible, but I agree the current method is a bit too much verbose.

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