From: Michael Morin <uzimonkey@...>
Date: 2008-06-30T20:27:05+09:00
Subject: Re: creating tables with internal borders with RedCloth

Stefano Crocco wrote:
> On Monday 30 June 2008, Michael Morin wrote:
>> Stefano Crocco wrote:
>>> I'm having a problem using RedCloth. I know this question is more suited
>>> for a RedCloth mailing list, but the only one I found (the one on the
>>> RedCloth page on rubyforge) is for people who wants to contribute to it,
>>> not for those asking for help. If someone knows of another mailing list,
>>> please let me know.
>>>
>>> My problem is quite simple: I want to use RedCloth and Textile to create
>>> a table with borders around the it and between all cells, as the one
>>> produced by specifying the rules="all" attribute to the html table tag:
>>>
>>> <table rules="all" style="border:1px solid black">
>>> ...
>>> </table>
>>>
>>> I can't find out how to obtain this. The standard Textile syntax for
>>> tables produce a borderless table, while specifying the border style for
>>> the whole table, as shown in the Textile reference
>>> (http://hobix.com/textile/) only puts the border around the whole table.
>>>
>>> I know I can insert the table using html, but before doing so, I'd like
>>> to be sure there isn't a better alternative.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance
>>>
>>> Stefano
>> You want a border around every cell?  If so, try something like this.
>>
>> table(mytable).
>>
>> |10|20|30|40|
>>
>> Then your CSS could look something like this:
>>
>> table.mytable td {
>>    border: 1px solid black;
>> }
> 
> Thanks for your answer, but this is not what I need. It seems I wasn't very 
> clear in explaining my problem. I need a table with a grid separating rows and 
> columns, something like this:
>  _ _ _
> |_|_|_|
> |_|_|_|
> |_|_|_|
> 
> What you suggested puts a border around each cell, but a border which is 
> separated from the border around the neighbour cells (re-reading my original 
> post, I must admit that I seemed to be asking for this. I apologize for having 
> been so confusing.)
> 
> Stefano
> 
> 

The same can be used with some minor tweaks.  Play with the padding and 
spacing of the td tags as well as which edges the borders go on.

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