Migrating databoxes from MediaWiki

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Migrating databoxes from MediaWiki #3

Open gjost opened 8 months ago

gjost commented 8 months ago

Wagtail has a built-in TableBlock module which uses handsontable.

Pros

built in to Wagtail
easy to configure
easy to edit, you can drop in existing tabular data and it adds columns
data format is simple: just list of rows which consist of a list of values

Cons

No formatting in table cells
No HTML in table cells

gjost commented 8 months ago

There's also a built-in TypedTableBlock module

Pros

Built in
Allows building tables from Wagtail blocks (i.e. each cell is a Block)

Cons

Restricted table format: only horizontal headers

gjost commented 8 months ago

Looks like it's possible to hack Handsontable/TableBlock to allow HTML in cells, though it is said to be a security risk and users are advised to "escape any HTML code that could be used for XSS attacks".

Custom HTML in cells and headers: https://examples.handsontable.com/demo/renderers_html.html

gjost commented 6 months ago

Instead of using spreadsheet-style tables, use Wagtail Block to make customized DatablockCamp/DatablockBook/etc objects. Blocks lets you customize templates too.