WorkCanvas table element

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Feature

A table is a great way to organize your content and visually represent all information in a concise and visually pleasing way. Building a customizable table on your canvas has never been easier 🙌

Add a table

To add a table to you canvas, click on the three dots at the bottom of your tool bar and select the "table icon" from the menu that appears.

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After clicking on the icon, a grid will appear for you to select the number of rows and columns you would like for your table. Once you've selected your rows and columns, click anywhere on your canvas to insert the table.

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By clicking on the "Show templates" button beneath the grid selection, you can choose from a selection of premade table templates to add to your canvas.

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Note: To resize your table click on the table and drag one of the corners to make the table larger or smaller.

Customize your table

Now that your table has been added to your canvas, you can begin customizing the table to suit your visual and organizational needs!

Name your table

Click on the text-box in the top left-hand corner of the table to provide the table with a name, to help you keep track of different tables on your canvas.

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Add and remove rows and columns

You can add additional rows and columns to your table by clicking on the "+" icons around the table, or the blue "bars" to the right and bottom of the table.

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To delete a row or column, hover over the cells in the row or column, and click on the "=" icon that appears between the two "+" icons. This will select the entire row or column. You can then select the "trashcan" icon on the menu that appears.

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Tip: As a keyboard shortcut, you can also select the row or column and use you backspace key delete it.

Color your table

You can choose to color your entire table with a single color, or customize your rows, columns, and single cells with different colors.

To color the entire table with a single color, click on the table and choose a color from the color picker that appears in the menu bar.

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To color an entire row or column, use the "=" icon that appears between the two "+" icons to select that row or column. Once selected you can use the color picker in the menu that appears to choose which color you would like to use.

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You can also choose different colors for each individual cell in your table. Click on the cell and choose a color from the color picker in the menu bar.

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Tip: You can use the "+" icon in the color picker to access a larger variety of colors to choose from. You can also use the slider at the top of the color picker to choose the opacity of the color.