5.2. Table Styles

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5.2.1. The style Attribute

The look of a table is controlled by the style attribute. For example:

!block table; style="rows"
Name   Phone
Bill   123 4567
Joe    789 1234
Mary   584 3333
!endblock

The result is:

Name	Phone
Bill	123 4567
Joe	789 1234
Mary	584 3333

The other styles available are shown below.

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5.2.2. columns

Name	Phone
Bill	123 4567
Joe	789 1234
Mary	584 3333

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5.2.3. plain

Name	Phone
Bill	123 4567
Joe	789 1234
Mary	584 3333

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5.2.4. grid

Name	Phone
Bill	123 4567
Joe	789 1234
Mary	584 3333

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5.2.5. shade

Name	Phone
Bill	123 4567
Joe	789 1234
Mary	584 3333

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5.2.6. Changing the Default Table Style

The default style is columns. This can be changed via the DEFAULT_TABLE_STYLE variable. For example:

  !define DEFAULT_TABLE_STYLE "grid"
  # the default table style is now grid ...

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5.2.7. Creating New Table Styles

New table styles can be defined. See Extending SDF in the SDF Guru Guide for details.