Template talk:Table cell templates

To help centralise discussions and keep related topics together, most table-cell template talk pages redirect here.

Centralized talk page archives

On 5 September 2022, it was proposed that this page be moved from Template:N/a to Template:N/A. The result of the discussion was not moved.

Templates

This template (like all templates) is within the scope of WikiProject Templates, a group dedicated to improving the maintenance of Wikipedia's templates. This particular template is especially important to the project because it is used in the maintenance of other templates. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.TemplatesWikipedia:WikiProject TemplatesTemplate:WikiProject TemplatesTemplates articles

Archives

Archive 1

Archive 2

Archive 3

This page has archives. Sections older than 60 days may be automatically archived by when more than 4 sections are present.

Issue with Dark mode.

When using Dark Mode, the {{Not yet}} template retains its light color.

The {{N/a}} template, however, changes color to match the mode.

If this is the wrong location, please let me know. Redacted II (talk) 01:43, 30 July 2024 (UTC) Courtesy links added, no content change. Primefac (talk) 13:17, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sohom Datta, is this just a case of adding the var for dark mode as you did here? Primefac (talk) 13:20, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It took a bit more messing around, but the template should be fixed :) Sohom (talk) 13:44, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Redacted II (talk) 14:01, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Noticing this particularly with {{TBA}}. Is the plan a generic fix, individual template fixes, or wait for dark mode to fix itself? (— 𝐬𝐝𝐒𝐝𝐬 — - talk) 16:34, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dark mode fixes with skin-invert

I think it would be a good idea to add the class skin-invert to all the templates that lack it (currently only one or two have it).
Here's an example with {{yes}} and {{no}}:

Example without skin-invert
Foobar	Foo	Bar
Barfoo	Yes	No

Example with skin-invert
Foobar	Foo	Bar
Barfoo	Yes	No

Here's a screenshot in dark mode:

Pinging Jonesey95 because you've been active in this area. — Qwerfjkl talk 17:49, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I posted about this issue a few months ago (somewhere; I can't put my finger to it right now) when the dark mode was just starting to emit Linter errors. I was hoping for a systematic fix so that we didn't need to edit every one of these templates and hope to get it right. I am still hoping for such a fix, maybe a shared CSS file so that if we get it wrong, we don't have to go back and fix all of them again. – Jonesey95 (talk) 19:25, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template not working well with sticky header templates

This template, transcluded by multiple other templates, or rather background colors aren't working well with {{sticky table start}} and {{sticky table end}}, both of which were recently created. It also may not work well with {{sticky header}}. Would separate "styles.css" subpage or a separate module fix the issues with those templates? George Ho (talk) 07:28, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

George Ho. Can you link to some example tables in articles, sandboxes, your user pages, etc.?

Jroberson108. I happened upon this talk page while trying to make colored table column headers screen reader accessible. Per:

Template talk:Sticky table start#Disable scroll window. And: Enable sticky headers

--Timeshifter (talk) 20:21, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, either pending or never mind for now. As I just found out, either {{won}} itself is the sole issue, or I didn't know how to properly use the {{won}} yet, not {{sticky table start}} yet. Indeed, '''{{won|place=1st}}''' doesn't render cell formatting properly. I tried other methods, so then I realized that the style parameter works for cell-formatting. Here's one sandbox version, but it's more about (improperly using) the {{won}} itself. I'll provide a more substantial example than this if I can. George Ho (talk) 21:13, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@George Ho and Timeshifter: On Template:Table_cell_templates/doc#Templates, I replaced the surrounding div with the template and made row1 sticky then previewed it. I tried this with both sticky templates. The background colors still showed, even for {{won}}. Jroberson108 (talk) 21:19, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See this version. I went ahead and made the top table header sticky for the table of templates. I don't have the time to make the side sticky work correctly since there are so many rowspans. Someone else can do that if they want. See how here:

Template:Sticky table start

As Jroberson108 said I also don't see any background colors being removed by the sticky template. At least in Firefox on a Win 10 Pro PC. --Timeshifter (talk) 22:51, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Links in N/A are unreadable in dark mode

It is requested that an edit be made to the template-protected template at Template:N/a.
(edit · history · last · links · sandbox · edit sandbox · sandbox history · sandbox last edit · sandbox diff · test cases · transclusion count · protection log)

This template must be followed by a complete and specific description of the request, so that an editor unfamiliar with the subject matter could complete the requested edit immediately.

Edit requests to template-protected pages should only be used for edits that are either uncontroversial or supported by consensus. If the proposed edit might be controversial, discuss it on the protected page's talk page before using this template. Consider making changes first to the template's sandbox and test them thoroughly here before submitting an edit request. To request that a page be protected or unprotected, make a protection request. When the request has been completed or denied, please add the |answered=yes parameter to deactivate the template.

Currently, links in {{N/A}} are unreadable in dark mode, as the presence of the inline background property causes ext.wikimediamessages.styles/theme night.less to match the custom inline-style-color selector, which causes the color property to be set to var(--color-base-fixed, #202122).

I propose converting {{N/A}} to use TemplateStyles now that T360562 and T361934 are fixed. — ExE Boss (talk) 16:00, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ExE Boss Huh, did you link to the wrong template {{N/A}} seems fine to me in dark mode. Can you give me a small testcase to reproduce what you are talking about. Sohom (talk) 17:14, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]