Kotatsu - a simple html table generator
It's been a long time since I've used Dreamweaver for web development. I only find myself missing it when I need to create a table, especially when I want to have all cells in a particular column have a class. (I'm well aware of <colgroup>, I just don't subscribe.)
So I created a tool to help create a table and throw in column classes quickly. I gave it a name so I can put it out there and let others use it, too.
It's called kotatsu.
Comments (17)
Nacho said:
Cool. Thanx.
# April 26, 2008 7:18 AM
Michi said:
Cool! Might be handy for me here and there...
What's the meaning of "kotatsu" ? some kind of abbreviation?
# April 27, 2008 1:03 PM
Chris Heilmann said:
Nice, but these are not tables. Tables are data constructs and need a summary, a caption and TH elements with scope attributes to be accessible and useful. All of these are also splendid hooks for styling which I've proven with the CSS table gallery: http://icant.co.uk/csstablegallery/
# April 28, 2008 8:39 AM
CSS Guy said:
@Michi,
'Kotatsu' is a Japanese word for a specialized type of table. The html tables that the tool creates aren't quite as special as real kotatsus (for one, they don't give off any heat). But I thought the name was cool, so there you have it.
@Chris,
Completely agree. Those elements are easily inserted by hand. I built the tool to do the parts that I couldn't do as quickly by hand.
# April 28, 2008 8:45 AM
Jennifer said:
Awesome! Thanks, you jQuery master, you.
# April 30, 2008 7:07 AM
Felipe Ruiz said:
Why You don't use <thead> and <tfoot> on Kotatsu? Is not a good practice?
# May 1, 2008 10:57 AM
CSS Guy said:
@Felipe
It's a great practice. For me, thead and tfoot are usually one row long, so it's just as easy for me to include it by hand.
# May 1, 2008 11:07 AM
michelangelo said:
In the past I have used excel to add repetitive elements or attributes to tables or lists. You have to go through a text editor to clear all the gunk before pasting it into html, but otherwise It is surprisingly effective, and you can use summary, caption, th, etc.
# May 1, 2008 12:38 PM
CSS Guy said:
@michelangelo:
That sounds pretty cool! If you demo that anywhere, please send a link.
# May 1, 2008 1:01 PM
John Faulds said:
Wouldn't it be better if the generated output was all lowercase?
# May 3, 2008 6:31 PM
Josh Keegan Gross said:
What do you use now that you don't use Dreamweaver?
# May 9, 2008 12:21 PM
CSS Guy said:
@John:
Is it not lowercase? Seems to do that here (os x ff2).
@Josh:
BBEdit. When on windows - just homesite.
# May 9, 2008 12:40 PM
Chris said:
Thanks! This is an awesome tool! A quick way to remove rows and columns would be amazing as well.
Thanks again!
# May 22, 2008 3:20 PM
Matthew 'Web Design' Adams said:
Cool Post. Is it bad that i had to pause to think about the human test question?
# June 9, 2008 5:51 AM
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# June 16, 2008 12:40 AM
Tio Luke said:
Simple and easy to use are might be the factors make this tool great. For me, it is useful. Thanks for sharing.
# July 4, 2008 6:34 AM
emad said:
good work
# July 4, 2008 1:38 PM