How to set width of table style (RH 2019, new UI)

... and you know where to try it first don't you? 🙂

What you seem to want is a two column table with no rows and no visible borders, correct?

So you create a table using the toolbar icon that has just two columns and one row. It will have a simple black border.

Leave that while you are authoring as it's easier to see what you are doing.

When ready, Select > Table and set the border to transparent.

Does that work?

Hi, Amber and Peter.

I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I've tried all of your suggestions. And the RH preview shows I've done it properly (screenshot):

However, the styling does not appear in the output -- no border, no shading (screenshot):

Here's the code view (screenshot):

Strangely, I wanted to show you my new table style, "side_bar," in code view. However, it doesn't appear in the code view list (screenshot):

But here are the CSS settings of the table style "side_bar" (screenshot):

Notice that the CSS preview looks fine, above.

Your thoughts?  Thank you.

You can get the table style width to work if you do the following:

1. Insert a table.

2. Switch to the General panel

3. Select Table

4. Click the Clear Formatting icon next to the "Type" field.

5. Apply your table style.

This works because Robohelp 2019 New UI hard codes inline widths for each inserted table (I don't know why). 

Freshly inserted table code:

 <table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse:collapse; width:100%">
    <colgroup>
      <col style="width:100.00%" />
    </colgroup>
    <tbody>
      <tr>
        <td> </td>
      </tr>
    </tbody>
  </table>

After Clear Formatting:

  <table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1">
    <colgroup>
      <col/>
    </colgroup>
    <tbody>
      <tr>
        <td> </td>
      </tr>
    </tbody>
  </table>

(You might need to make sure "border-collapse: collapse" is defined for your table style, I haven't tried it out with a multicell table.)

EDIT: I forgot to add - but given you'll have to manually modify each table, you might as well just change the inline width as Peter advised, unless you're committed to clean code. 🙂  

Yes!!  So, not only was I mistakenly doing this in the CSS. But I didn't know about the "Select Table" command, either. 

Thanks much, Peter!

Not in the CSS. Create the table and apply the settings in the Properties of that table. 

Well, I thought I knew what I was doing . . .

When I set the "width" under the Layout tab (screenshot), it doesn't do what I want. I'm trying to narrow the width of the table. (It's a single-cell table.)  How do I do that?

Oh, yes, the test project!  I would've forgotten. 😞

Thanks much, Peter. That's awesome I can just use pixels. If I use % values, what's the concept -- is it a percentage of the whole page? Or of the existing column? 

Use Select Table and in the properties set the widths you want. I tend to use % values but you can use pixels. RoboHelp will adjust all the columns proportionally so you won't lose the responsiveness.

Where's that test project to try it out? 🙂