Working with Table Formatting
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Document editor customizes the formatting of table, or table cells such as table width, cell margins, cell spacing, background color, and table alignment. This section describes how to customize these formatting for selected cells, rows, or table in detail.
Cell margins
You can customize the cell margins by using the following sample code.
//To change the left margin
documenteditor.selection.cellFormat.leftMargin=5.4;
//To change the right margin
documenteditor.selection.cellFormat.rightMargin=5.4;
//To change the top margin
documenteditor.selection.cellFormat.topMargin=5.4;
//To change the bottom margin
documenteditor.selection.cellFormat.bottomMargin=5.4;You can also define the default cell margins for a table. If the specific cell margin value is not defined explicitly in the cell formatting, the corresponding value will be retrieved from default cells margin of the table.
//To change the left margin
documenteditor.selection.tableFormat.leftMargin=5.4;
//To change the right margin
documenteditor.selection.tableFormat.rightMargin=5.4;
//To change the top margin
documenteditor.selection.tableFormat.topMargin=5.4;
//To change the bottom margin
documenteditor.selection.tableFormat.bottomMargin=5.4;Background color
You can explicitly set the background color of selected cells using the following sample code.
documenteditor.selection.cellFormat.background='#E0E0E0';Refer to the following sample code to customize the background color of the table.
documenteditor.selection.tableFormat.background='#E0E0E0';Cell spacing
Refer to the following sample code to customize the spacing between each cell in a table.
documenteditor.selection.tableFormat.cellSpacing = 2;Cell vertical alignment
The content is aligned within a table cell to Top, Center, or Bottom. You can customize this property of selected cells.
documenteditor.selection.cellFormat.verticalAlignment= 'Bottom';Table alignment
The tables are aligned in document editor to Left, Right, or Center.
documenteditor.selection.tableFormat.tableAlignment='Center';Cell width
Set the desired width of table cells that will be considered when the table is layouted.
<ejs-documenteditor isReadOnly=false enableEditor=true enableSelection=true id="container"></ejs-documenteditor>
<script>
var documenteditor;
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {
documenteditor = document.getElementById("container").ej2_instances[0];
documenteditor.editor.insertTable(2, 2);
//To change the width of a cell
documenteditor.selection.cellFormat.preferredWidthType = 'Point';
documenteditor.selection.cellFormat.preferredWidth = 100;
});
</script>Table width
You can set the desired width of a table in Point or Percent type.
<ejs-documenteditor isReadOnly=false enableEditor=true enableSelection=true id="container"></ejs-documenteditor>
<script>
var documenteditor;
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {
documenteditor = document.getElementById("container").ej2_instances[0];
documenteditor.editor.insertTable(2, 2);
//To change the width of a cell
documenteditor.selection.cellFormat.preferredWidthType = 'Point';
documenteditor.selection.cellFormat.preferredWidth = 100;
});
</script>Apply borders
Document editor exposes API to customize the borders for table cells by specifying the settings.
<ejs-documenteditor isReadOnly=false enableEditor=true enableSelection=true id="container"></ejs-documenteditor>
<script>
var documenteditor;
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {
documenteditor = document.getElementById("container").ej2_instances[0];
documenteditor.editor.insertTable(2, 2);
//To apply border
var borderSettings = {
type: 'AllBorders',
lineWidth: 12
};
documenteditor.editor.applyBorders(borderSettings);
});
</script>Working with row formatting
Document editor allows various row formatting such as height and repeat header.
Row height
You can customize the height of a table row as Auto, AtLeast, or Exactly.
<ejs-documenteditor isReadOnly=false enableEditor=true enableSelection=true id="container"></ejs-documenteditor>
<script>
var documenteditor;
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {
documenteditor = document.getElementById("container").ej2_instances[0];
documenteditor.editor.insertTable(2, 2);
//To change row height of first row
documenteditor.selection.rowFormat.heightType = 'Exactly';
documenteditor.selection.rowFormat.height = 20;
});
</script>Header row
The header row describes the content of a table. A table can optionally have a header row. Only the first row of a table can be the header row. If the cursor position is at first row of the table, then you can define whether it as header row or not, using the following sample code.
documenteditor.selection.rowFormat.isHeader=true;Allow row break across pages
This property is valid if a table row does not fit in the current page during table layout. It defines whether a table row can be allowed to break. If the value is false, the entire row will be moved to the start of next page. You can modify this property for selected rows using the following sample code.
documenteditor.selection.rowFormat.allowRowBreakAcrossPages=false;Title
Document Editor expose API to get or set the table title of the selected table. Refer to the following sample code to set title.
documenteditor.selection.tableFormat.title = 'Shipping Details';Description
Document Editor expose API to get or set the table description of the selected image. Refer to the following sample code to set description.
documenteditor.selection.tableFormat.description = 'Freight cost and shipping details';