Editing Help:Table (section)

=== Source mode toolbar ===
<div class=grid>
[[File:WikiEditor-advanced menu-en table.png|frame|none|Vector toolbar – default. Table icon [[File:Vector toolbar insert table button new.png|25px]] is circled.]]
</div>
<div class=grid>
[[File:Toolbar2.PNG|frame|none|Monobook toolbar. Table icon [[File:Button insert table.png]] is on the right end.]]
</div>

To automatically insert a table, click [[File:Vector toolbar insert table button new.png|25px]] or [[File:Button insert table.png]] (Insert a table) on the [[Help:Edit toolbar|edit toolbar]]. In the Vector toolbar the table icon is in the "Advanced" menu. 

The following wikitext is inserted when '''Insert a table''' [[File:Vector toolbar insert table button new.png|25px]] is clicked. 

<syntaxhighlight lang=wikitext class=gridbox>
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Caption text
|-
! Header text !! Header text !! Header text
|-
| Example || Example || Example
|-
| Example || Example || Example
|-
| Example || Example || Example
|}
</syntaxhighlight>

The sample text ("Header text" or "Example") is intended to be replaced with actual data. Row numbers (1-3) and column letters (A-C) have been substituted below to help visualization.

<div class="box">
'''Wikitext'''
<syntaxhighlight lang=wikitext>
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Caption text
|-
! Header A !! Header B !! Header C
|-
| row 1 A || row 1 B || row 1  C
|-
| row 2 A || row 2 B || row 2 C
|-
| row 3 A || row 3 B || row 3 C
|}
</syntaxhighlight>
</div>
<div class="box">
'''Produces:'''
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Caption text
|-
! Header A !! Header B !! Header C
|-
| row 1 A || row 1 B || row 1 C
|-
| row 2 A || row 2 B || row 2 C
|-
| row 3 A || row 3 B || row 3 C
|}
</div>

You can fill in the table while in source mode. Or use the visual editor (VE). To create more complex table structures in source mode with cells that span multiple rows or columns, see {{slink||Colspan and rowspan}}.