Quick Tip: Merging Cells in Tables
Cell merging is a very easy task using TX Text Control. The method MergeCells of the Table object merges all selected table cells in a table. In order to select the desired table cells, the Select method can be used. Adjacent cells can be merged horizontally, vertically and both: Horizontal: Vertical: Block: The following code shows how to use the Select method to select a block of cells from row 1 to row 2 and column 2 to column 3:
Cell merging is a very easy task using TX Text Control. The method MergeCells of the Table object merges all selected table cells in a table.
In order to select the desired table cells, the Select method can be used. Adjacent cells can be merged horizontally, vertically and both:
Horizontal:
Vertical:
Block:
The following code shows how to use the Select method to select a block of cells from row 1 to row 2 and column 2 to column 3:
textControl1.Tables.Add(3, 6, 10);
Table table = textControl1.Tables.GetItem(10);
table.Select(1, 2, 2, 3);
table.MergeCells();Also See
This post references the following in the documentation:
- TXText
Control. Table Class - TXText
Control. Table. Merge Cells Method - TXText
Control. Table. Select Method
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