Appearance settings

Customize the appearance of your table by changing text formatting, spacing, row height, row highlighting, and gridline settings.

Adjust row height#

You can increase or decrease the height of table rows to improve readability or display more data.

To adjust the row height:

1. Select the Format tab.

2. Use the Row Height control to increase or decrease the row height.
   

   

PowerTable immediately updates the row height for the table.

Customize text and header appearance#

The Display tab lets you customize the appearance of table text, headers, and spacing.

To customize the display settings:

1. Select the Format tab.

2. Select Appearance on the toolbar. The Appearance pane opens with the Display tab selected by default.
   

   

Change text and header formatting

You can customize the following text settings:

• Font - Select the font style for the table from the available options in the dropdown.
• Font Size - Adjust the size of the table text.
• Text Color - Change the color of cell values.
• Header Orientation - Display the header text in Horizontal, Vertical, Clockwise, or Counterclockwise orientations.
• Header Text Color - Change the color of the column headers.
• Display Type in Header - Display the configured input type together with the column header.
• Auto-Wrap Header Text - Wrap long header names onto multiple lines instead of truncating them.

Adjust table padding

Specify padding for the Top, Bottom, Left, and Right sides of the table. Padding values range from 0 to 100.

Customize gridlines and row highlighting#

Switch to the Gridlines tab in the Appearance pane to customize the appearance of gridlines and row highlighting.

Configure gridlines

You can customize the following gridline settings:

• Horizontal - Display horizontal gridlines as Solid, Dashed, or Off. You can also customize the gridline color and specify the number of rows to skip between consecutive lines.
• Skip Lines - Specify the spacing between displayed horizontal gridlines.
• Vertical - Display vertical gridlines between columns as Solid or Off. When enabled, you can customize the gridline color.
• Header Border - Display borders for column headers and customize their color.
• Show Outline - Display a separator line below the column headers and customize its color.

Highlight rows

Choose one of the following row highlight options:

• Row Hover - Highlights the row when you move the pointer over it. You can customize the hover text and background colors.
• Row Alternate - Highlights alternate rows in the table. You can customize the colors for odd and even rows.
• Row Alternate Contrast - Applies predefined contrasting colors to alternating rows, with customizable colors.
• Row Alternate Flashy - Applies predefined vibrant colors to alternating rows, with customizable colors.
• Off - Disables row highlighting.

Reset to default styling#

Select Reset to Default Styling to discard all appearance customizations and restore the default styling.

PowerTable restores all appearance settings, including text formatting, table padding, gridlines, row highlighting, and other display customizations, to their default values.