Table borders?

[penutbutur]

Whenever I try to create a table on my forums, the border never appears. It'll show that I have a border in the preview, but when I post it the border just disappears.

Why is this happening and how can I fix it?

[Retread]

Sept 15, 2018 8:46:34 GMT -8 penutbutur said:

Whenever I try to create a table on my forums, the border never appears. It'll show that I have a border in the preview, but when I post it the border just disappears.

Why is this happening and how can I fix it?

Hi penutbutur

When you create a table with the table button a popup will appear that allows you to select how many rows and columns, etc. There's a checkbox at the bottom that allows you to add a border. You need to click that box if you want a border. The display in the preview will have faint gray lines to indicate where the cell boundaries are if you haven't ticked the box but that's not a border and won't be displayed in a post.

Two examples. First without border, then with.

Row 1 column 1	Row 1 column 2
Row 2 column 1	Row 2 column 2

Row 1 column 1	Row 1 column 2
Row 2 column 1	Row 2 column 2

SPOILER: Click to show

[penutbutur]

Sept 15, 2018 11:45:59 GMT -8 Retread said:

Sept 15, 2018 8:46:34 GMT -8 penutbutur said:

Whenever I try to create a table on my forums, the border never appears. It'll show that I have a border in the preview, but when I post it the border just disappears.

Why is this happening and how can I fix it?

Hi penutbutur

When you create a table with the table button a popup will appear that allows you to select how many rows and columns, etc. There's a checkbox at the bottom that allows you to add a border. You need to click that box if you want a border. The display in the preview will have faint gray lines to indicate where the cell boundaries are if you haven't ticked the box but that's not a border and won't be displayed in a post.

Two examples. First without border, then with.

Row 1 column 1	Row 1 column 2
Row 2 column 1	Row 2 column 2

Row 1 column 1	Row 1 column 2
Row 2 column 1	Row 2 column 2

SPOILER: Click to show

Hey retread, I'm aware of that button but whenever I have that button checked, the border still doesn't show. Could it be because of the colors I have chosen on my theme? If so, how do I fix that?

[Todge]

I don't know if you're interested, but there's a plugin that helps make posting tables easier..

[Retread]

Sept 15, 2018 13:13:40 GMT -8 penutbutur said:

Hey retread, I'm aware of that button but whenever I have that button checked, the border still doesn't show. Could it be because of the colors I have chosen on my theme? If so, how do I fix that?

Could be. Is the background color for your posts black or a very dark color?

The preferred fix would be to change the color applied to the border to a color that contrasts with the background color in your posts. But I don't know if we can access what's being applied by the popup.

You could add something to the bottom of your style sheet like this:


.posts .post .message table td {
   border: 1px solid @container_text_color_1;
}

source

That would force all un-bordered table cells to have a border with the same color as the text. But if you tick the box to apply a border it would be in black.

The plugin suggested by Todge might be a better choice as it would give you more options.

[Violette]

Sept 15, 2018 8:46:34 GMT -8 penutbutur said:

Whenever I try to create a table on my forums, the border never appears. It'll show that I have a border in the preview, but when I post it the border just disappears.

Why is this happening and how can I fix it?

Oops, nevermind, Retread has already covered what I was about to post.