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Customize the Style Edit Table Style

With the Tables tool, you can modify the style of an existing table. You can make a table sortable, add a Header or Footer row, or apply Canvas table styles.

Note: These instructions have been updated to include information for the June 1, 2018 Design Tools release.

Note: The Tables tool does not create new tables.

Interface

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Table controls

June 1, 2018 Updates

Table interface

The following list describes the Table tool options:

Head Row: Makes the first row of the table a heading row
Head Column: Turns the first cell in each row into a heading cell with appropriate scope attribute
Foot Row: Makes the last row of the table a footer row
Sortable: Allow users to sort the contents of the table by clicking on a column heading. This will also turn the first row into a table heading.
Table Caption: Add a caption to the current table
Canvas Table Styles: Applies styles from the Canvas style guide to the current table.
Legacy Canvas Table Styles: Applies an older set of Canvas table styles to the current table (Canvas may choose to remove these styles at some future date).
Clear All Widths: Clear the width from the table and all cells within the table
Column Widths: Each column of a table will have a row in this section where the width of that column can be set using either pixels or percents

Edit Table Style

To edit a table style, follow these steps:

Open the page for editing.
Launch the Design Tools.
On the Design Tools menu, click Customize the Style.
1. If you have Intermediate or Advanced tools turned on, open Current Element Style
In the rich content editor, select the table.
On the Table Header/Footer/Style panel, make your changes.
On the content page, click Save.

Tip: If your cursor is in a table in the rich content editor, you can click the Jump to Current Element Style panel button in the jump menu to jump right to the Current Element Style panel and/or the Current Element Style section.