Formatting Text with the eZ Publish Online Editor

Lists

Lists are a useful way to present material in a structured fashion. The operations are almost identical for ordered and unordered lists. The List area of the OE toolbar contains four buttons for managing lists. The Numbered list button enables you to create numbered (ordered) lists, while the Bullet list button enables you to create bullet (unordered) lists. The Decrease indent and Increase indent buttons allow you to change the level of indentation for list items when those items are current or selected.

To create a new list, start with a new empty paragraph and click the Numbered list / Ordered list button. The empty paragraph will be transformed to an empty list item of the selected type. Write text for the first list item and press the "Enter" key to create another empty list item. Continue adding new list items as required. To end a list, press the "Enter" key inside an empty list item.

To convert between the two list types, select all list items and click the button for the other list type. You can also transform a single paragraph or a sequence of existing paragraphs into a list by selecting the text fragment and clicking one of the list buttons.

Tables

The Tables area of the OE toolbar contains seven buttons used to create and manipulate tables in different ways. All table buttons except for the Create table button become active when a table cell is selected.

To create a new table, position the cursor at a location where you wish to insert a table. Click the Create table button. You can also right-click and select "Insert table" from the context-sensitive pop-up menu. You will see a modal dialog called "Insert table". Specify the number of rows and columns, the table width (either 0-100% or the number of pixels) and the table border size (in pixels). Then, click the OK button. The table will appear in the OE text area. If the table border is 0, the table will be displayed in the Online Editor with borders for easier visualization. At this point, you can insert the desired content into the table cells.

Customizing the table works just like in other WYSIWYG text editing tools that support tables. You use the buttons for actions like inserting or deleting rows or columns and splitting or merging cells. You can also select actions, such as creating table headers, from the pop-up menu.