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My tables look awful! How do I fix.
March 11, 2024 at
02:49 PM
Putting together a deal that needs a table, and using bbcode for the first time (actually, bbcode generated in an Excel spreadsheet).
My table looks awful - it's all washed out, like light grey on white, barely readable.
Here's a screenshot of my table:
And here's a screenshot of my generated code, modified and cropped to make it more readable (if I paste it, it turns into a table...)
Any ideas?
My table looks awful - it's all washed out, like light grey on white, barely readable.
Here's a screenshot of my table:
And here's a screenshot of my generated code, modified and cropped to make it more readable (if I paste it, it turns into a table...)
Any ideas?
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My table looks awful - it's all washed out, like light grey on white, barely readable.
Here's a screenshot of my table:
Attachment 15125865
And here's a screenshot of my generated code, modified and cropped to make it more readable (if I paste it, it turns into a table...)
Attachment 15125868
Any ideas?
Thank you, shutting off midnight mode makes it look ok for me.
Can I make it look okay for other people using midnight theme?
Can I make it look okay for other people using midnight theme?
You would need to wrap the entire table in font color tags and then wrap each link in additional font color tags.
For example, to achieve this (switch back to midnight to see how it would look)
you would format it like this
[*COLOR="Black"][*TABLE]A|B|C
D|E|F
[*URL="slickdeals.net"][*COLOR="RED"]GHI[/COLOR][/URL]|JKL|MNO[/TABLE][/COLOR]
(remove the asterisks)
You would need to wrap the entire table in font color tags and then wrap each link in additional font color tags.
For example, to achieve this (switch back to midnight to see how it would look)
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO
you would format it like this
[*COLOR="Black"][*TABLE]A|B|C
D|E|F
[*URL="slickdeals.net"][*COLOR="RED"]GHI|JKL|MNO[/TABLE]
(remove the asterisks)
Using color, I got it to look decent in all desktops themes:
A little loud, but it's legible.
But, the table doesn't show up at all in the Android app:
No idea why...
I might have to dump the table, but a table is really nice for this kind of information, and I'm feeling a little committed after building the spreadsheet to make the table.
Unfortunately, the best solution may be just to post the information as a screenshot and then link the individual products in a list. If you do go that route, you may want to attach the screenshot to the first comment and not as one of the pictures in the OP - app users won't be able to click and zoom in if it's in OP, but they should be able to if you attach it to a comment.
Alternately, you could post the table in the OP with a note that says "If you can't view the table below, please see the first comment for a screenshot" and attach it there. You may want to include the list there as well to make it easier for folks to click on.
Sorry that this is such a pain but thank you for working so hard on it.