When editing tables, it is a mess

[lobaluna]

I already had tables in one page. When I try to edit content, the space where I can visualize all the columns is so narrow that I have to use horizontal scrollbars to move between elements ans columns. On the classic editor, this is not an issue.

[tofumatt]

Can you please post a screenshot of the issue? Maybe a post comparing the classic table editor and the Gutenberg table editor so we can see what's missing?

[afercia]

I guess the problem is that, while the Classic Editor takes all the available width, the Gutenberg content area has a max-width?

[lobaluna]

Yes, that's it, Andrea.Tables are cut and it's very hard to see  beyond, and using the cursor is difficult. Thanks for pointing that out. El domingo, 26 de agosto de 2018 11:50:39 a. m. CDT, Andrea Fercia <[email protected]> escribió: I guess the problem is that, while the Classic Editor takes all the available width, the Gutenberg content area has a max-width? — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or mute the thread.

[talldan]

I've made a PR #9801 which should help matters a small amount. Users will be able to specify a width and height for tables, and I've also slightly improved the handling of overflowing content.

Unfortunately, I don't think there's much more that can be done beyond that—at the moment the table has to fit within a block's editor area. There are some other issues that discuss the width of blocks which I'd defer to:

• Block width (content width) needs to be resizeable #1483
• content_width and new block widths #5650

I've set this issue to close once #9801 is merged, but let me know if you think any more can be done.

[tellthemachines]

The editor content width is set to be the same as the content width on the front end, as the goal is ultimately to achieve complete identity between the editor and the front end. Any table that is wider than the content area will scroll horizontally, rather than trying to squish all the columns into a narrow window which, for a large table, would make it unusable.

What isn't working too well is keyboard navigation with the arrow keys: it's impossible to move focus with the left and right arrow keys to a cell that's hidden from view. It's also not possible to navigate table cells vertically with the up/down keys. Issue #14675 is tracking arrow keyboard navigation on the table block, so I am going to close this one and add further information to the one above.