Using Tables

Confluence tables allow you to present important information and discuss it with your team. Use familiar table formatting options –resizing columns, coloring cells, rows and columns, and sorting the table by clicking the column headers – to view the information the way you like it.

Insert a table

To create a table:

Hit the Table button in the toolbar
Click a cell in the drop-down to set the number of columns and rows in your table

Screenshot: Insert a table with 3 rows and 3 columns

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Edit your table

To resize table columns, just click and drag the column's border. To make other changes to your table, click inside it to reveal the table toolbar.

Here's a summary of the table tools:

Column width modes

Responsive – The table will expand as you add content, and you can drag to resize the columns. It'll also resize itself to fit the page-viewer's window size (within reason).
Fixed width – Drag column borders to set width. Columns appear at your set size, regardless of content and window size.

Rows

Insert rows before or after the current row
Delete the current row
Cut, copy and paste the current row
Mark a row as a header row (shaded with bold text)

Columns

Insert columns before or after the current column
Delete the current column
Cut, copy and paste the current column
Mark a column as a header column (shaded with bold text)

Cells

Merge selected cells
Split selected cells
Change cell color

Table

Delete table
Add a numbering column to automatically number each row

Shortcut keys

Windows	Action	Mac OS X
Ctrl+Shift+c	Copy the current table row, or the selected rows.	Cmd+Shift+c
Ctrl+Shift+i	Insert a table. (Opens the Insert Table dialog.)	Cmd+Shift+i
Ctrl+Shift+v	Paste the table rows from your clipboard, placing them above the current row.	Cmd+Shift+v
Ctrl+Shift+x	Cut the current table row, or the selected rows.	Cmd+Shift+x
Alt+Up Arrow	Add a row above the current row.	Alt+Up Arrow
Alt+Down Arrow	Add a row below the current row.	Alt+Down Arrow

For more editor keyboard shortcuts, see Keyboard shortcuts.

Sort the table in view mode

When viewing a table on a page, you can sort it by clicking the sort icons in the header row.

Screenshot: A colorful, sortable table

Sticky table headers in view mode

In some instances table header rows will stick to the top when you're viewing a page, making those really long tables easier to read. There are a few exceptions, though. Table headers aren't sticky when your table:

Is inside a page layout, inside another table, or inside a macro.
Has no header row or there are cells in the top row that aren't marked as headers.
Has a header column, instead of a header row, and scrolls horizontally.
Contains another table, that has its own header row.

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