Add Table
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Description
This add-on is only about inserting a table. It is not designed for editing an existing table. You need a different tool for this. The add-on extended editor for field (for tables, search&replace, ...) might be useful for editing an existing table.
# Config
The shortcut (default is "Ctrl+0") to insert a table and some styling defaults can be changed using the add-on configuration dialog of 2.1: Tools>Add-ons, select the add-on "Add Table" and click on "Config".
# Use
You can insert a table in two ways:
1. If you do not select any text, upon clicking the "Create a table button" (or pressing the shortcut) you will be presented with a dialog window asking you to specify some table properties (like number of rows, number of columns, alignment, styling). The dialog to insert tables looks like this:
2. If you have text selected you can usually convert a table (in a markdown-like format) into a full html table.
# Versions
- 2022-12-21 remember dialog size, increase default dialog size. These changes are relevant for the bigger UI elements from Anki 2.1.55), remove unused code
- 2022-04-12 better text alignment detection in markdown (thanks @madmaximux)
- 2021-12-06 make it work on Anki 2.1.50+ with pyqt6 only
- 2021-11-21 no more startup message for new install (after 16 months)
- 2021-07-10 test version for 2.1.45
- 2020-07-25 better night mode compatibility
- 2020-04-27 classes for all defaults, better naming
- 2020-04-23 config.schema.json, function gc is more robust
- 2019-11-06 option to center table, fix for one line selection
- 2019-20-20 interoperability
- 2019-10-08 2.1 only, gui option for vertical alignment, set alignment in style, code cleanup
- 2019-02-24 Fix for UnicodeEncodeError in Anki 2.0 by khonkhortisan
- 2019-01-24 handle leading/trailing pipes and escaped pipes, fix shortcut for 2.0
- 2018-11-19 additional options in table creation dialog
- 2018-11-03 initial release
# Credits
This add-on and parts of this description are a partial fork of the great add-on Power Format Pack (Copyright 2014-2017 Stefan van den Akker) because it won't be ported to 2.1 (as of 2018-11). I extracted the table function into a standalone version for 2.1 and made additions so that you can better customize the table inserted.
# limitations, known bugs
Short selections of text, mostly if the last line doesn't contain real content but just empty fields (like '|| |') usually gives unexpected/wrong results.
Since early 2020 Anki removes most table properties when you copy a table from one field into another. a workaround is to copy the html source code from the source code window from the old field into the source code window of the other field. Or you could have a look at editor: paste raw unfiltered full html.
# bugs, errors, feedback
Please do not use reviews for bug reports or support requests. I don't get notified of your reviews, and properly troubleshooting an issue through them is nearly impossible (formatting is limited and I can't reply multiple times). If you find a bug let me know in the official anki support forum, on github.
2. If you have text selected you can usually convert a table (in a markdown-like format) into a full html table.
header1 | header2
-|-
elem1 | elem2
These will create a list with two columns and two rows. The -|- part is optional, but can be used to align the column to the left (:-), right (-:) or to the center (:-:). You can skip this line completely, but do make sure you add a pipe character | between elements to designate a border.
Limitations:
- This method is intended for one time use only. The original md-table is not saved so it can't be undone later. If you care about undoing use one of the markdown add-ons.
- The code in my add-on for transforming markdown tables is simple so that it doesn't convert all valid markdown tables. So it will fail sometimes. A fix for this is already on my todo list but it will take some time until this add-on is updated. If you need this look for another add-on.
# Versions
- 2022-12-21 remember dialog size, increase default dialog size. These changes are relevant for the bigger UI elements from Anki 2.1.55), remove unused code
- 2022-04-12 better text alignment detection in markdown (thanks @madmaximux)
- 2021-12-06 make it work on Anki 2.1.50+ with pyqt6 only
- 2021-11-21 no more startup message for new install (after 16 months)
- 2021-07-10 test version for 2.1.45
- 2020-07-25 better night mode compatibility
- 2020-04-27 classes for all defaults, better naming
- 2020-04-23 config.schema.json, function gc is more robust
- 2019-11-06 option to center table, fix for one line selection
- 2019-20-20 interoperability
- 2019-10-08 2.1 only, gui option for vertical alignment, set alignment in style, code cleanup
- 2019-02-24 Fix for UnicodeEncodeError in Anki 2.0 by khonkhortisan
- 2019-01-24 handle leading/trailing pipes and escaped pipes, fix shortcut for 2.0
- 2018-11-19 additional options in table creation dialog
- 2018-11-03 initial release
# Credits
This add-on and parts of this description are a partial fork of the great add-on Power Format Pack (Copyright 2014-2017 Stefan van den Akker) because it won't be ported to 2.1 (as of 2018-11). I extracted the table function into a standalone version for 2.1 and made additions so that you can better customize the table inserted.
# limitations, known bugs
Short selections of text, mostly if the last line doesn't contain real content but just empty fields (like '|| |') usually gives unexpected/wrong results.
Since early 2020 Anki removes most table properties when you copy a table from one field into another. a workaround is to copy the html source code from the source code window from the old field into the source code window of the other field. Or you could have a look at editor: paste raw unfiltered full html.
# bugs, errors, feedback
Please do not use reviews for bug reports or support requests. I don't get notified of your reviews, and properly troubleshooting an issue through them is nearly impossible (formatting is limited and I can't reply multiple times). If you find a bug let me know in the official anki support forum, on github.
Download
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Supported Anki versions:
- 2.1.0-2.1.23 (Updated 2021-12-06)
- 2.1.24-2.1.44 (Updated 2021-12-06)
- 2.1.45-2.1.55+ (Updated 2022-12-21)
To download this add-on, please copy and paste the following code into Anki 2.1:
1237621971
If you were linked to this page from the internet, please open Anki on your computer, go to the Tools->Add-ons menu item, then click on Get Add-ons and paste in the code.
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Reviews
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You rock! This add on works great and should be used by everyone!
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Simple and useful
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Very useful,thank you!
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Exactly what I needed! Wish I had known about this earlier.
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good， convenient！
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awesome ！！！！！1
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So useful for learning French verbs
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very useful
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Something I've always wanted with anki was tables and this add on provides and more!
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easy for using
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Well done
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Very helpful！Thank you！
But can you add the ability to add rows down or to the right? and the ability of “undo" and "merge" like excel 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
But can you add the ability to add rows down or to the right? and the ability of “undo" and "merge" like excel 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Comment from author
to edit existing tables (e.g. to add/delete/merge rows or columns) use the add-on "extended editor for field (for tables, search&replace, ...)", https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/805891399
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good
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works in anki app I managed to install in my chromebook
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very useful
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666
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Thanks for the Add-on it's really useful
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Amazing! Thank you!
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Thank you!
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It's working.
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Nice, this is what I want. Special thanks to author.
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This is great. I used to have to make tables in html or latex. This is so much easier!
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in love with this
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So helpful. Thanks!
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Basically perfect. Works with the latest version of Anki. Use this.
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Works very fine and is compatible with other addons! :) thank you!
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beautiful
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Just what I needed! Works perfectly!
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Thanks. :)
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Markdown conversion to table is very useful - an additional improvement would be to use the HTML rather than just the plain text of the selection, notably to allow images in the markdown to be included when converting to table.
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Has never let me down. Great addon that has helped my workflow immensely. Thanks!
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Good!!
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Amazing, and easy to use
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Thanks for this useful addon
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Como puedo hacer para poner color en los encabezados? - seria genial configurar esos aspectos de la tabla!!!!
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Good
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Very helpful
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Very usefull!
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Wonderful addon! Fast and simple!
A little request: would it be possible to add the option to not use header rows?
A little request: would it be possible to add the option to not use header rows?
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Helpful. Before finding this, I used to paste a table from other applications. I don't have to do that anymore
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Amazing
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Great!! Save my life! =D
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Must have addon
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Works fine
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GJ
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must have! i use for side by side images, also i use to to add columns to the reverse side of cards for organization of complex subjects.
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Very convenient
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Works well!
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I've been trying to get a table into Anki and this add-on works well. No more to say.
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I use them in many, many cards! Extremely useful. My old method was to go to an html table creator website and copypaste the html.
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Well done
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This is a god send 5/5
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Extremely useful, especially in conbination with cloze overlapper. i use it for grammar tables and such
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this add-on is awesome. thanks so much!
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love it! Version 2.1.36
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Simple and easy to use
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So easy to use. Great addon
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Wow, I'm on 2.1.15 for compat reasons with other plugins, and this table concept is just great and very quick. Thank you!
Note1: I've not tried to understand why or correct the issue because of this following workaround, but if you want to use images within your selection, don't do it as they are removed/ignored. So just create your table with the other elements, have your row for the images ready with a line like this | dd|dd |dd | and make your table. Then afterwards, just select the "dd" and fill in the fields with your image. You select the dd rather than deleting it so the image is put at the right place in the html (you can see the invisible tags while viewing your entry in html Ctrl-Shif-X to understand, but avoid editing this because it's easy to mangle things up - if you do, just exit editing and find the card you were editing via the browser to remove the offending bit).
Note2: To create a single row table: I use tables sometimes just to put 2 bits of text side-by-side. If you make a table say
case1 | case2
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it will create a table with a header row and an empty body. So you just have to alter that style of table so it doesn't make the text bold.
( "HEAD_STYLING": " style='{0} padding: 2px; border: 2px solid; font-weight:normal;' ",)
Note1: I've not tried to understand why or correct the issue because of this following workaround, but if you want to use images within your selection, don't do it as they are removed/ignored. So just create your table with the other elements, have your row for the images ready with a line like this | dd|dd |dd | and make your table. Then afterwards, just select the "dd" and fill in the fields with your image. You select the dd rather than deleting it so the image is put at the right place in the html (you can see the invisible tags while viewing your entry in html Ctrl-Shif-X to understand, but avoid editing this because it's easy to mangle things up - if you do, just exit editing and find the card you were editing via the browser to remove the offending bit).
Note2: To create a single row table: I use tables sometimes just to put 2 bits of text side-by-side. If you make a table say
case1 | case2
|
it will create a table with a header row and an empty body. So you just have to alter that style of table so it doesn't make the text bold.
( "HEAD_STYLING": " style='{0} padding: 2px; border: 2px solid; font-weight:normal;' ",)
Comment from author
about your note1: I think the fundamental problem is that I use some short custom code to transform markdown code. Instead I should probably switch to a proper external markdown library in the long run which would solve all kinds of rare problems, see https://github.com/ijgnd/anki__editor_add_table/issues/9
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Is it possible to add my own css to the class?
Comment from author before post was edited
Thanks for your bug report.
I just uploaded an update (for Anki 2.1 only). Please update your add-ons, restart Anki and try again. Do you still get an error message? If so: Is it the same error message or is it different? Under what circumstances does the error occur, i.e. what text do you have selected? Maybe it's easier to continue this conversation on reddit(I'm u/ijgnord) or on https://github.com/ijgnd/anki__editor_add_table/issues. On reddit and github we can exchange multiple messages in contrast to this review section where I can only update my message which quickly gets confusing.
I also updated the description and added a section "known limitations" which includes this sentence: Short selections of text, mostly if the last line doesn't contain real content but just empty fields (like '|| |') usually gives unexpected/wrong results. At some point in the future I'll look into this ...
I just uploaded an update (for Anki 2.1 only). Please update your add-ons, restart Anki and try again. Do you still get an error message? If so: Is it the same error message or is it different? Under what circumstances does the error occur, i.e. what text do you have selected? Maybe it's easier to continue this conversation on reddit(I'm u/ijgnord) or on https://github.com/ijgnd/anki__editor_add_table/issues. On reddit and github we can exchange multiple messages in contrast to this review section where I can only update my message which quickly gets confusing.
I also updated the description and added a section "known limitations" which includes this sentence: Short selections of text, mostly if the last line doesn't contain real content but just empty fields (like '|| |') usually gives unexpected/wrong results. At some point in the future I'll look into this ...
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Good add-on！Thank you！
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Muito útil. Sugestão, simples: um botão com pausa.
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Really nice and convenient! But please make a version for Anki 2.1.23, thank you so much and stay safe!
Jk you have it already didn't notice hahahah
Jk you have it already didn't notice hahahah
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请问一下，我想新增一行表格应该按键盘上的哪个键啊？
Comment from author
the default shortcut is "Ctrl+0".
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Simple and functional. This is exactly what I was looking for. I wish you could paste tables from word or docs into Anki, but that might be better for another addon.
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1. There is a bug that I write `` in the table ,it not work well:
| Name | Description |
| ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------- |
| `AND`, `&&` | Logical AND |
| `NOT`, `!` | Negates value |
| `OR`, `||` | Logical OR |
| `XOR` | Logical XOR |
2. It can't turn to original format when I turn codes to table...
| Name | Description |
| ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------- |
| `AND`, `&&` | Logical AND |
| `NOT`, `!` | Negates value |
| `OR`, `||` | Logical OR |
| `XOR` | Logical XOR |
2. It can't turn to original format when I turn codes to table...
Comment from author
1. The add-on handles backticks. It just doesn't ignore vertical bars that are inside backticks. My add-on could be improved to handle those but so far I haven't missed this feature and downvotes don't motivate me to add new features. My add-on doesn't promise this feature and some popular markdown parsers also don't ignore vertical bars inside backticks, see how github.com handles your code on https://github.com/ijgnd/anki__editor_add_table/issues/7
2. I can undo with Ctrl+Z.
2. I can undo with Ctrl+Z.
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Very helpful.
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Excellent tables
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never again shall i have to type <table><tbody><tr>..........................
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So easy to use and very effective!
Thank you!
Thank you!
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Really useful, thanks
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good work, thanks
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很好用
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Good Job
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Great add-on, especially since the last few updates!
Is it possible to change the style of previously created tables without recreating them one by one? My tables used to have centered text, but now I want the text to be left-aligned.
Is it possible to change the style of previously created tables without recreating them one by one? My tables used to have centered text, but now I want the text to be left-aligned.
Comment from author
maybe with css which would style all your tables which you add into each styling section of each note type? I would google for "css table left align".
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ready
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I really like the tables but is there an option to align the table in the center ?
Comment from author
I just published an update (only for Anki 2.1) that added an option "center table". Please update your add-ons and test it and let me know if it works for you.
If it does not: Let's continue our conversation on reddit or github where we can properly exchange messages (instead of editing just one message in this review section).
If it does not: Let's continue our conversation on reddit or github where we can properly exchange messages (instead of editing just one message in this review section).
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easy usr
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works great
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lovely!
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Useful and awesome！
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I really do enjoy it for the same reasons everyone else here does!
Thank you for your effort!
I only have one little thing that's annyoing me and I'm just reposting this here to increase the chances of it being recognized:
https://anki.tenderapp.com/discussions/add-ons/37719-add-table-addon-vertical-aligning
Thank you for your effort!
I only have one little thing that's annyoing me and I'm just reposting this here to increase the chances of it being recognized:
https://anki.tenderapp.com/discussions/add-ons/37719-add-table-addon-vertical-aligning
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amazing！！！
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Thanks for this useful addon
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This is great. A useful addition would be to make the separator configurable. A lot of tabulated data I copy from the web is separated with tabs, so I need to convert them to a pipe before pasting into anki.
Comment from author
Thanks for the kind words. This would be a useful feature. Maybe in a future version. At the moment I use for Search&ReplaceAll in a field in the Add window the add-on https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1043915942
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This is so useful, thanks a ton!
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Marvelous！
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really good
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works fine, thanks a lot
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easy to use
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Best
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nice, simple resource
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Works well when inserting simple/fast tables.
For more fancy ones I use an online website.
For more fancy ones I use an online website.
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very useful addon. thanks.
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just a suggestion for possibly future updates: assuming there's a table of two rows, I wish doing ctrl+0 on a third row -which was not part of that table- would add it to it as a third row. That way, we could easily create our tables cumulatively/row-by-row (instead of having to create them all at once).
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just a suggestion for possibly future updates: assuming there's a table of two rows, I wish doing ctrl+0 on a third row -which was not part of that table- would add it to it as a third row. That way, we could easily create our tables cumulatively/row-by-row (instead of having to create them all at once).
Comment from author
your suggested feature would be very useful. maybe relevant: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/805891399
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I really missed power format pack's table function. This one brings it back, thanks! :)
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Great - but can this please support ankidroid? Only issue is that tables have black text during night mode which makes it impossible to see anything. Otherwise is amazing
Comment from author
thanks for your kind words and pointing me to the night mode problem. I don't use the built-in night mode from 2.1. I will have to look into this. There's a popular add-on named night-mode, https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1496166067, that works slightly differently. This add-on seems to change the fonts of tables, too.
add-ons in general do not work on mobile (ankidroid, ankimobile).
add-ons in general do not work on mobile (ankidroid, ankimobile).
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Great job!
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Good! Thank you
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Testing but looks great! thanks