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Resolution: Won't Fix
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It would be nice to put line breaks in the table format, but these line breaks wouldn't show up in the rendered page. Perhaps this can be done with the following syntax: The last character on the line is a single \ and there are non-special chars directly before it. For example
|cell 1,1| cell 2,1\ |cell 3,1| |cell 1,2| cell 2,2\ |cell 3,2|
This would be rendered as a 2 row 3 column table. Putting line breaks in the table definition is nice if I'm trying to get the definition cells to line up.
I suppose this is a general need for all of the syntax. Because line breaks mean something to the renderer would be nice to be able to escape them.
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[CONFSERVER-1355] line breaks in table syntax
Answering simonpradier_11661070714 question in case of scriptrunner rest endpoint and passing this with html request it is %0A
I know this is an old ticket, but things may have changed.
Using Jira v8.4.1 it seems the trailing backslash is no longer needed. On a guess - if the table row is not finished (the cells don't match the header), then next line is used to finish the row.
So this:
|cell 1,1| cell 2,1 line 2 |cell 3,1| |cell 1,2| cell 2,2 line 2 |cell 3,2|
Looks like this:
| cell 1,1 | cell 2,1 line 2 |
cell 3,1 |
| cell 1,2 | cell 2,2 line 2 |
cell 3,2 |
Hello i was wondering is it possible to create a table in a single line like so
||data||data \\ |data|data
| data | data |
data | data |
|---|
Im not satisfied with the above result
I would like to have a table with 4 cells but 2 rows not one without using a line break.
I want my entire code on a single line is this possible?
Simon Pradier
added a comment - - edited Hello i was wondering is it possible to create a table in a single line like so
||data||data \\ |data|data
data
data
data
data
Im not satisfied with the above result
I would like to have a table with 4 cells but 2 rows not one without using a line break.
I want my entire code on a single line is this possible? 
Reginald Eli Deinla
added a comment - Just FYI,
works:
|cell 1,1| cell 2,1\\ line 2 |cell 3,1| |cell 1,2| cell 2,2\\ line 2 |cell 3,2|
| cell 1,1 | cell 2,1 line 2 |
cell 3,1 |
| cell 1,2 | cell 2,2 line 2 |
cell 3,2 |
Reginald Eli Deinla
added a comment - Just FYI, works:
|cell 1,1| cell 2,1\\
line 2 |cell 3,1|
|cell 1,2| cell 2,2\\
line 2 |cell 3,2|
cell 1,1
cell 2,1
line 2
cell 3,1
cell 1,2
cell 2,2
line 2
cell 3,2
Daniel Parks
added a comment - Turns out this actually works now:
|cell 1,1| cell 2,1\ line 2 |cell 3,1| |cell 1,2| cell 2,2\ line 2 |cell 3,2|
| cell 1,1 | cell 2,1\ line 2 |
cell 3,1 |
| cell 1,2 | cell 2,2\ line 2 |
cell 3,2 |
Irritating that the \ shows up at the end of the line, though.
Daniel Parks
added a comment - Turns out this actually works now:
|cell 1,1| cell 2,1\
line 2 |cell 3,1|
|cell 1,2| cell 2,2\
line 2 |cell 3,2|
cell 1,1
cell 2,1\
line 2
cell 3,1
cell 1,2
cell 2,2\
line 2
cell 3,2
Irritating that the \ shows up at the end of the line, though. Daniel Parks
added a comment - This is four years old, but I run into it all the time. Thank you for taking the time to file and comment on this issue. Feedback like yours helps us release valuable Confluence features that solve problems for the greater customer base. To that end, we aim to keep our issues up-to-date so that they accurately reflect current customer needs. Because there has been no customer activity on this issue in over 5 years, we have marked it as closed. If you still feel that this issue is still relevant to your needs, please feel free to reopen it.
Sherif
James,
We're collecting user-contributed macros, plugins and scripts in the Confluence Extensions space on http://confluence.atlassian.com/. Once you've finished the macro, it would be great if you could upload it.
http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFEXT
Charles
James Walker
added a comment - I have written a 'bigtable' macro which I use for large tables.
It supports the definition of a table in which the cell content spans many lines.
Works a bit like
{bigtable}Heading 1
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Heading 2
||
This is
the content for r2c1
| width="80%" bgcolor="red"
This is a wide red cell{bigtable}
It's possible to use different row/cell breaks and specify per-cell or per-row HTML attributes.
I've not done a lot of work on polishing it for a release but given the size of the code it wouldn't take long if you are interested.
James Walker
added a comment - I have written a 'bigtable' macro which I use for large tables.
It supports the definition of a table in which the cell content spans many lines.
Works a bit like
{bigtable}
Heading 1
|
Heading 2
||
This is
the content for r2c1
| width="80%" bgcolor="red"
This is a wide red cell{bigtable}
It's possible to use different row/cell breaks and specify per-cell or per-row HTML attributes.
I've not done a lot of work on polishing it for a release but given the size of the code it wouldn't take long if you are interested. 
hello, did you figure out how to make a table in one line?