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Note: For vertical alignment of text see: Help:Table#Vertical alignment in cells. If there is no global text alignment set in the top line of the table wikitext, then all text is left aligned, except for header cells which are default center aligned.
This template adds a scrollable container around a table and its classes can be used to make the table's rows stick to the top or the columns stick to the left side of the container as the table's data is scrolled in and out of view.
MediaWiki’s wikitable class (class="wikitable") is designed for straightforward table formatting and enforces certain global styles that make removing borders between adjacent cells challenging even if custom CSS styles attempt to eliminate these borders. Specifically, the class includes:
Does not work on the MonoBook skin when the browser width is 550 pixels or less due to the body.skin--responsive .monobook-body {overflow: auto;} style that can't be overridden. On Android phones, table headers aren't top-sticky if at least one table using this template is wider than the screen, which is more likely in portrait orientation. The ...
For more complex table structures, Visual editor offers cell-merging operations; see details here.. In addition, it is usually possible to add or import a table that exists elsewhere (e.g., in a spreadsheet, on another website) directly into the visual editor by:
To demonstrate specificity Inheritance Inheritance is a key feature in CSS; it relies on the ancestor-descendant relationship to operate. Inheritance is the mechanism by which properties are applied not only to a specified element but also to its descendants. Inheritance relies on the document tree, which is the hierarchy of XHTML elements in a page based on nesting. Descendant elements may ...
Note: This method is a hack which does not work with all Wikipedia skins. For example, users of the Classic skin will have the links at the top of the page covered up by the title.
Page layouts (using multiple columns, positioning elements, adding borders, etc.) should be done via CSS, not tables, whenever possible. Images and other embedded media should be positioned using standard image syntax. There are several templates available that will create preformatted multi-column layouts: see Help:Columns.