Enable tables in editor?

[+x=usr(1536)]

Just curious: would it be possible to have tables as an option in the editor, and, if so, could it be enabled?  It would really help with formatting certain kinds of data.

[carlsson]

You can kind of do this already if you know your way around with HTML or have some editor. Create a layout with desired number of columns and rows, load it into a browser. Copy the contents and paste into the forum editor. Then you can fill in content into the cells, though not change the number.

 

Sure, proper table generation would be handy if the software supports it.

[carlsson]

Example

 

Category	AB	CD	EF	GH	IJ	KL	MN
To do	something	something else	you get the point	Atari	SNES	add space	poor
Doing	?		<- those are cows	some color	yay	?	man's
Have done	well	you	get	the	idea	now	table
Won't do	anything	for	love	but I	won't	do	that

 

Remember to put text below

[+x=usr(1536)]

Points taken, and I did give that a shot before posting the request.  You hit the nail on the head with the main reason that it was requested: the inability to add and/or remove rows once they're pasted in, as well as a lack of control over width, colour, etc.

 

I can live without the dividing lines if the data is formatted in a way that's able to be followed, but this is what happens on (most) rich text cut-and-pastes:

 

Data about the planets of our solar system (Planetary facts taken from Nasa's Planetary Fact Sheet - Metric).

		Name	Mass (1024kg)	Diameter (km)	Density (kg/m3)	Gravity (m/s2)	Length of day (hours)	Distance from Sun (106km)	Mean temperature (°C)	Number of moons	Notes
Terrestrial planets		Mercury	0.330	4,879	5427	3.7	4222.6	57.9	167	0	Closest to the Sun
		Venus	4.87	12,104	5243	8.9	2802.0	108.2	464	0
		Earth	5.97	12,756	5514	9.8	24.0	149.6	15	1	Our world
		Mars	0.642	6,792	3933	3.7	24.7	227.9	-65	2	The red planet
Jovian planets	Gas giants	Jupiter	1898	142,984	1326	23.1	9.9	778.6	-110	67	The largest planet
		Saturn	568	120,536	687	9.0	10.7	1433.5	-140	62
	Ice giants	Uranus	86.8	51,118	1271	8.7	17.2	2872.5	-195	27
		Neptune	102	49,528	1638	11.0	16.1	4495.1	-200	14
Dwarf planets		Pluto	0.0146	2,370	2095	0.7	153.3	5906.4	-225	5	Declassified as a planet in 2006, but this remains controversial.