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
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
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| Rows
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| Columns
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| Cells
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| Table
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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.