Grids or Tables in posts

[sgohsixthree]

Is this something that can be considered? Is it enabled and I missed it? For the sake of organizing info-heavy posts it could prove handy. I've tried a few things and nothing seems to work. Perhaps it's a limitation of BB code. Thought I would ask.

Thanks for everything.

 

[Jordan]

It would be useful, yes, but the technical limitations of BB code and the constraints of modern web design (the majority of our visitors are on a mobile device) makes user-generated tables in posts impractical.

 

[sgohsixthree]

That's sort of what I was figuring. Thanks for the reply. 👍

 

[Lameonade]

I see the ease-of-access advantage having native table support, but a very good alternative is to use Google's spreadsheet editor, which can be hyperlinked. This also means that the data can be updated without having to edit a post on GTPlanet, or re-link the spreadsheet. 👍

 

[sgohsixthree]

I see the ease-of-access advantage having native table support, but a very good alternative is to use Google's spreadsheet editor, which can be hyperlinked. This also means that the data can be updated without having to edit a post on GTPlanet, or re-link the spreadsheet. 👍

I've experimented with embedding larger Google Sheets, but they were very clunky on mobile devices. Using that as a way to organize smaller amounts of data is interesting though. I'll have to see what I can get without too much, or any scrolling or awkward resizing on mobile.

 

[Lameonade]

I've experimented with embedding larger Google Sheets, but they were very clunky on mobile devices. Using that as a way to organize smaller amounts of data is interesting though. I'll have to see what I can get without too much, or any scrolling or awkward resizing on mobile.

Ah, forgot about those darned touchscreen devices. They are truly a pain when editing a spreadsheet. Especially on smaller, low-resolution displays, too. The only somewhat positive mobile spreadsheet experience I've had is with Excel on a mid-range Windows Phone. Although I'm not sure if Microsoft has web document hosting like Google does these days.