Tables!

**brocsman** · 09 September 2016, 08:53 PM

I know no-one uses tables any more, but I find them very convenient, especially to display photos. It seems they are not a feature of Xara, unless I'm missing something. I'd be grateful for any suggestions about how to create a similar effect using the tools we have. Maybe I need to know how to use and edit a 'smart photo grid'.
Thanks in advance.

**Acorn** · 10 September 2016, 03:49 PM

Originally Posted by brocsman

I know no-one uses tables any more, but I find them very convenient, especially to display photos. It seems they are not a feature of Xara, unless I'm missing something. I'd be grateful for any suggestions about how to create a similar effect using the tools we have. Maybe I need to know how to use and edit a 'smart photo grid'.
Thanks in advance.

People do use table, when it requires tabular information.There is still a table widget.
Yes, you probably should learn something about the smart photogrid as you can set up a table of photos in almost any configuration.

Acorn

**brocsman** · 06 February 2017, 01:10 PM

I think I'm going round in circles. I'm back on the same subject but with a different reason. I want to insert a simple table into a page, 8 columns with 4 rows, cells containing links numbered from 1 to 32. The table widget seems only to allow a static data display, unless I'm missing something. Not photos this time, numbered links to a series of documents.

**Acorn** · 06 February 2017, 07:36 PM

Originally Posted by brocsman

I think I'm going round in circles. I'm back on the same subject but with a different reason. I want to insert a simple table into a page, 8 columns with 4 rows, cells containing links numbered from 1 to 32. The table widget seems only to allow a static data display, unless I'm missing something. Not photos this time, numbered links to a series of documents.

To may links work in the Xara Table widget, you have to use HTML.

In a cell, you would put <a href="linkUrl">2</a> for the number 2 with a link going to an address, linkUrl.

Acorn

**Egg Bramhill** · 07 February 2017, 02:01 AM

Or you could use Acorns 'push' table he posted in another thread recently.

**brocsman** · 07 February 2017, 08:59 AM

Thanks both. Will give it a try. Can you style a table without writing HTML?

**Graphissste** · 07 February 2017, 09:31 AM

Smart Photo Grids are really cool. You can also layout your images in columns and rows, the soft group them together like in the Static Photo Groups. This way you keep you pop-ups and mouse over actions.

**brocsman** · 07 February 2017, 06:52 PM

Originally Posted by Graphissste

Smart Photo Grids are really cool. You can also layout your images in columns and rows, the soft group them together like in the Static Photo Groups. This way you keep you pop-ups and mouse over actions.

Thanks, but I'm just looking for a way to store some numbered links. No images involved.

**brocsman** · 08 February 2017, 06:15 PM

Originally Posted by Egg Bramhill

Or you could use Acorns 'push' table he posted in another thread recently.

I've been trying to sort out another problem, so hadn't followed this link until just now, and that looks grerat, but how do I format it? As a recent Xara user I still don't know my way around properly. Is there a way to view and edit html without dumping the file? And if I do, can I import it again to work in Xara?

Thanks all.

Les