The purpose is of this template is for generating simple tables in locations where standard table markup is either not possible, without significant use of the {{!}} magic word (e.g., with a {{sidebar}} template), or cumbersome (due to the repetitive use of specification of the same style statement in each row). This template should not be used to replace standard table markup in articles. This template is meant to be complementary to {{infobox}} or {{sidebar}}, and not a replacement for {{infobox}} or {{sidebar}}.
A simpler method to include a table in a template that does not directly support table markup is to create the table in a sub-template using standard markup and transclude it.
Table caption above table. The caption is optional.
|title=Caption: example table
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cols
Number of columns in the table.
|cols=4
2
fullwidth
If set (to anything, "on", "true", "yes", etc.), ensures table spans entire width available.
(Effect is to remove border-spacing and add width:100% to the table's styling.)
Width of each column (or include "width:...;" in colstyle).
|colwidth=6.0em |colwidth=25%
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colstyle
CSS styling prepended to the cell style for each column.
|colstyle=background:transparent;
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rowstyle
CSS styling applied to each row.
|rowstyle=text-align:center;
vertical-align:top;
leftright
If set (to anything, "on", "true", "yes", etc.) is equivalent to |col1align=left and |col2align=right
|leftright=on
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rightleft
If set (to anything, "on", "true", "yes", etc.) is equivalent to |col1align=right and |col2align=left
|rightleft=on
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colCwidth
CSS width property of cell in column C (or include "width:...;" in colCstyle).
|col2width=9.0em |col3width=35%
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colCclass
Classes added to cell in column C.
|col1class=hlist
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colCalign
CSS text-align property (left / right / center) of cell in column C's cell contents (or include "text-align:...;" in colCstyle).
|col4align=right
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colCnowrap
If set (to anything, "on", "true", "yes", etc.) adds "white-space:nowrap;" to the CSS style of cell in column C (i.e., to prevent lines within its cells from wrapping; or include "nowrap" in colCclass or "white-space:nowrap;" in colCstyle).
|col5nowrap=on
colCstyle
CSS style appended to cell in column C.
|col4style=font-style:italic;
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colCheader
If set (to any value), changes cells in column C to table headers (headings).
|col1header=on
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rowRclass
Classes applied to row R.
|row10class=hlist
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rowRstyle
CSS styling applied to row R.
|row2style=font-weight:bold;
rowRheader
If set (to any value), changes cells in row R to table headers (headings).
|row1header=on
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classR.C
Classes applied to cell in row R, column C. Overrides any other class attributions (rowRclass, colCclass).
|class1.2=adr
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styleR.C
CSS styling applied to cell in row R, column C. Overrides any more general styling (leftright, colCalign, rowRstyle, etc).
|style5.3=text-align:right;
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Unnamed parameters
Each unnamed parameter is taken to be the next cell in the table, starting at the table's top left corner and working left to right from top to bottom.