Working With Tables

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[Context: HL Kit … Basic Concepts and Terminology … Manipulation of Visual Elements]

Overview

Table portals behave in significantly different ways from other types of portals. Since you will be using tables extensively in your data files, it's critical that you become familiar with the nuances of working with tables.

Topics

The topics below explain the most important differences that you need to be aware of.


Tables Use Templates

template for showing template for choosing

Sequencing Through Sort Sets

Adding Items to Tables

actually two separate tables - one for display and one for selection candidate tagexpr add template add item script titlebar script description script

Table Headers and Footers

header title script header template footer template

Tables Always Auto-Size

Controlling Table Rows and Columns

columns attribute maxrows and maxcolumns via scripts

Keying on Items Within Tables

itemcount itemsshown