LaTeX Table View

A very simple table editor is included in TeXlipse, and it can be activated from Window > Show View > Other > Texlipse > LaTeX Table View.

Even though (La)TeX is a very good typesetting system (editing text is easy), editing and modifying LaTeX tables is a bit cumbersome (for instance, adding a column in the middle of a large table is very tedious). The purpose of the LaTeX Table View is to make table editing a bit easier.

Using the LaTeX Table View

Once a cell has been chosen to be edited, you can navigate trough the cells pressing ctrl + ARROW_KEYs. Right clicking the view gives a popup menu with the following operations:

A few examples:
13
abc
exports as
1 & 3 \\
a & b & c \\
,
1&3
abc
exports as
1 & & 3 \\
a & b & c \\
and
\multicolumn{2}{c}{1 and 2}3
abc
exports as
\multicolumn{2}{c}{1 and 2} & 3 \\
a & b & c \\
.

  • Flip rows and columns, example:
    123
    456
    becomes
    14
    25
    36
  • Mirror columns, example:
    123
    456
    becomes
    321
    654
  • Mirror rows, example:
    123
    456
    becomes
    456
    123
  • Tips

    1. You can modify columns by first flipping rows and columns and then adding/deleting/inserting rows. After you are ready, then flip the rows and columns again.

    2. Use CTRL+KEYPAD_8,_2,_4 and _4 (with numlock on) to calculate the sum of all cells in the same row/column, starting from the cell next to the current. If the cell is not a number, it is ignored. Examples:
      123last
      first560.5
      123
      CTRL+KEYPAD_4
      123last
      first56110.5
      123
      and
      123last
      first6150.5
      123
      CTRL+KEYPAD_6
      123last
      22.556110.5
      123