Joomla! Documentation™

Tables are a very important way of presenting information and data within Articles. The following describes how to modify the basic elements of tables within an Article. For more information about inserting a table in an article please read: Inserting a table into an Article.

1. Open the Article for editing either by:
   • Click the Content > Article Manager menu item to go to the Article Manager, select the Article and click the Edit toolbar button.
   • Clicking the Add New Article button in the Control Panel.
   • If logged in to the Front-end, you have appropriate permissions and are viewing the Article you wish to edit: Click the Edit toolbar button.
2. Locate the table you wish to modify and follow the instructions below as required.

Insert a new row

• Select a cell in a row above or below where you wish to insert a new row.
• Click the Insert row before or Insert row after editor toolbar button.

Delete a row

• Select a cell in the row you wish to delete.
• Click the Delete row editor toolbar button.

Insert a new column

• Select a cell in a column adjacent to where you wish to create a new column.
• Click the Insert column before or Insert column after editor toolbar button.

Delete a column

• Select a cell in the column you wish to delete.
• Click the Remove column editor toolbar button.

Merge a range of cells

• Click and highlight a range of cells you wish to merge. This can be done vertically or horizontally.
• Click the Merge table cells editor toolbar button.

Split merged cells

• You may only split previously merged cells. This is different from most word processing applications and is because of the structure of HTML tables.
• Click the cell you wish to split.
• Click the Split merged table cells editor toolbar button.

Note: When a cell is split it will return to the format it was in before being merged. For example: a 3 row, 3 column table contains a merged cell spanning 3 columns, when this merged cell is split it will return to 3 cells.