Document Editor · Editing Features

Tables

Insert and format tables, cells and their contents.

Live Table API

Inspect document tables

Move the caret through the sample table. The live model shows its structure and the current cell, then lets you change content, formatting, rows, and columns.

Current contextWaiting for the editor

Move into a table

Table ID—

Nested level—

Rows—

Columns—

Live table map

Select a cell. Shift-click another cell to select a rectangular range for merging.

No table

Move the caret into a table.

Selected cell

No cell selected

—

Cell content

Width—

Characters—

Fill color—

Vertical align—

Cell text Background

Vertical alignment

Change the structure

Operations use the table and selection at the current input position.

Insert another table

Place the caret outside a table and choose its initial dimensions.

Rows × Columns

What this demonstrates

Tables are structured document content

A table contains row, column, and cell collections. Each cell is an addressable text container with its own geometry and formatting, while rows and columns control the larger document structure.

Current table

TXTextControl.tables.getItem

Cell access

Table.cells.getItem / getItemAtInputPosition

Structure

Table.rows / Table.columns

Cell formatting

TableCell.getCellFormat

How it works

TableCollection.getItem returns the table containing the caret. Its rows, columns, and cells properties expose the complete hierarchy without parsing document text.

TableCellCollection.getItemAtInputPosition identifies the current cell. getRow, getColumn, getStart, getWidth, and getText provide its address, geometry, and content. The visual map calls TableCell.select to connect the side panel back to the editor.

TableCell.getCellFormat returns a live TableCellFormat. This demo changes setBackColor and setVerticalAlignment, while TableCell.setText updates the cell's document content.

TableRowCollection.add and TableColumnCollection.add extend the table relative to the current cell. getCanMergeCells is checked before enabling the merge operation for the current selection.