table tag

A table tag references an IndexedCollection in the context hierarchy and creates an HTML Table element containing the collection's contents.

Mandatory attributes: dataNameForList

Table 1. TableTag attributes
Attribute Description Default value
dataNameFor List Name of the IndexedCollection in the context hierarchy. The inner data element can be a KeyedCollection or an Indexed Collection containing a data field. If the inner element is a KeyedCollection, the table has a row for each element in the collection.
border Size of the border of the table null
cellspacing Amount of space between table cells null
cellpadding Amount of space between each table cell and the cell's contents null
width Width of the table null
cellBGColor Background color of the cells null
cellBGColor2 Second background color. If this is enabled, the rows in the table alternate between this color and the cellBGColor. null
showCaption Whether the table displays a caption. If it does, the table uses the description of the IndexedCollection for the caption value. yes
showHeaders Whether the table displays header cells yes
headers Which cells are header cells. This is a list with the format of "{header1, header2, ...}". The contents of the list are used as keys to access a resource bundle. null
headerBGColor Background color of the header cells null
headerAlignment Alignment of the text in the header cells null
headerFontFace Typeface of the text in the header cells null
headerFontSize Size of the text in the header cells null
headerFontColor Color of the text in the header cells null
fontFace Typeface of the table text and caption null
fontSize Size of the table text and caption null
fontColor Color of the table text and caption null
start First element in the Collection to be displayed null
end Last element in the Collection to be displayed null
colSizes Width of each column. This is a list with the format of "{col1, col2, ...}". null
colAlignments Alignment of the text in each column. This is a list with the format of "{col1, col2, ...}". null
skipCols Whether to skip displaying a column. This is a list with the format of "{col1, col2, ...}". null
style Style for the table null
custom Adds attributes to the input element. The following is the format of this attribute:

custom="att1Name=\"att1Value\

"att2Name=\"att2Value\"..."
null

The following is an example of using TableTag:

<H1>Using the Table Tag</H1>
<btt:table dataNameForList="phonesList" cellBGColor="#AAAAFF" showCaption="no" 
    cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"/><br>
<btt:table dataNameForList="phonesList" skipCols="0" style="grey" showCaption="no"/><br>
<btt:table dataNameForList="phonesList" headerBGColor="#AAEEAA" headerFontFace="Arial" 
    headers="{Type,Name,Available,Area Code,Number,Ext.}" border="1" 
    colSizes="{40,100,80,40,100,40}" cellBGColor="#EEAAAA" cellBGColor2="#AAAAEE" 
    colAlignments="{center,left,center,right,right,right}" start="1" end="2"/><br>
<btt:table dataNameForList="table" headerBGColor="#AAAAAA" 
    headers="{ ,Meals,Hotels,Transport,Subtotals}" cellBGColor="#AAEEAA" 
    cellBGColor2="#EEEEAA" start="0" end="3"/>