hi
I am probably missing something basic ---- but I have been unable to make changes (like adding a new row) to a table from the Visual Editor within the HTML Editor product.

If I click on a table --- some editable items like background color and width show up on the bottom but nothing that allows me to insert a new row.

If I click on the pulldown of the Visual Table Items button, I can see the "Insert Row" option, but it is greyed out. The significant active item in the list is table designer --- but this is for a new table.

what I don't see is a way to edit the structure of an existing table.

Is this supposed to work?

Is the Visual Designer product more featureful than the Visual Editor in the HTML Editor product?

thanks

Hiya blackthorn,

I'm sure someone here will have a better idea of what you may need to do since I don't use the VSD program at all. I just wanted to make sure you are aware that you cannot edit these files in the HTML editor and then back to VSD. VSD won't allow you to import any changes made outside of the program, so if you're planning to do any other editing of this site within VSD then you should work out the issue within VSD. If not then you're ok to go into the HTML Editor without issues.

Having said that, the HTML Editor is a code setup rather than the visual setup that you have with VSD, and I would STRONGLY suggest you don't use the visual editor in the HTML Editor with your VSD site pages as it will definitely mess up the code on you if you swap it back and forth.

And having said that, to edit the tables you'll need to edit the code itself. If you can supply a link or the part of the code that you want to alter (paste it into the forums here) I'm betting someone can help you very quickly. Hard to know exactly what to tell you to do when we don't see the actual page or code. Someone that uses VSD may know offhand though. The reason of course is the code is extremely different between the 2 programs, and if the tables are written as differently as much of the other code is, that could be why it's giving you issues trying to "insert" things. Not sure there, but seems like a viable possibility. I'm no help without seeing things unfortunately, as I don't know how VSD writes it's code for tables. Someday I'll play with that program some just so I can help with it better lol.

Good luck on it, post us something to go by and I'm sure someone will be around to give some guidance on it

In the html editor using the "code editor" tab and find your table. Look for a <tr> (table row) tag and the closing </tr> tag.
Copy that table row code and paste it in below the last </tr> tag

<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

---Like this---
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

add as many table rows as you need.

In the Visual Editor mode make sure you only have a cell selected, not the whole table. The new row should be inserted above the row with the cell you've clicked in.

The Visual Site Designer does not yet have support for tables and modifying them.

Ah thanks Cary, I wasn't aware that VSD was lacking in tables setup, now I know though for future reference

You can insert them using the HTML tool though right? So if he gets his tables setup how he wants them he can put that code into VSD then? Or doesn't that work for it?

Sure thing. The html tool in VSD can do that.

what are we talking about here, HTML editor -or- Visual Site Designer.

I am just now working with the HTML editor visual tab for the first time in 10 years..
Now my question is how to select a table cell or table row.. I have tried all the keyboard stuff I can think of and nothing works.
The help file has no info that I can find.
But the drop down has merge, add row and things like that, but not active.

I believe this is what the original post was about..
In the HTML editor, using the Visual Tab or Visual Editor Tab

How to select a table row, table cell, table cell(s) so the drop down menu for [insert column, row, merge cells, split cells] will be active

For me, clicking in a cell selects it so you can enter content, or use the drop down menu to add columns and rows.