I'm unable to follow this instruction. The second cell won't be selected together with the first one. I try different ways, but I can only select one cell at a time. Even if I want to apply a style or color to the row, I have to select each cell one after another.
I guess this might have been broken with the recent major UI & functionality update. I recall I was able to select multiple cells before it.
Try left clicking the cell, then letting go. Then click and drag the mouse to the next cell while holding down the left mouse button. When you release the button, a window should pop up. Click the box icon in the lower left corner and choose merge.
Thank you for the detailed steps, David! It worked for me. I'm not sure if I was doing it wrong all the time or if this was fixed only with another UI update. There is no visual indication that two cells are selected.
Glad it worked! You're right: there's no way of knowing if the cells have been selected until you right click and see the pop-up. The developers must love keeping users in suspense.
Now if only they would give us some options to format tables so we could use them for things like, I don't know, math maybe?
SO GLAD I came across this thread! I thought I wasn't selecting multiple cells but following your steps David, it worked. Talk about frustrating!
Lisa, I'm glad it worked for you. I like using Rise more than the desktop-based Lectora programs, but it would be nice to have more control over certain design elements, like tables.
David, I meant to post this to you, regarding not being able to see the selected cells. Most users see the blue border when selected, the css is coming from the 3rd party editor is a bit odd. I provide a suggested change to the css:
Thank you so much Phil! I'm a total novice when it comes to inspecting code, but you're right, mine had the 1px double for selecting cells! I toyed with it for a moment and it now works perfect using the box-shadow! Thanks again!
You can check out my colleague's response here which contains a nice recording on how to merge cells in Rise 360. I also noticed that highlighting cells in a table and then merging them seems erratic in Rise 360. We'll continue tracking the behavior and report back to our engineering team if needed!
Gotcha- I can see the borders right now in edit mode, so you're a good person to test with. Can you adjust your zoom level in your browser- like go to 110 or 120%. Because the 1px double line makes no sense, I have a feeling it will display differently based on sub-pixel rendering ability of various monitor settings.
90, 100, 110, 120%: all have the same result - no blue lines.
I have used the same laptop and ultrawide 34" external monitor for 3 years, and in the past I was able to see the blue lines without any problems. Nothing has changed on my side at all. I can still merge cells based on guesswork.
Weird, and I should have noted in the video- if you have used border:0 to turn off the gray table cell borders, that will also disable the selected blue border style. Which is another reason an alternate selected cell style should be used by Rise, like the box-shadow property.
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Hi Chantel,
Yes, it's possible to merge table cells.
Click inside one of the cells that need to be merged.
Drag to select the other cells that need to be merged.
In the table toolbar, select the bottom left icon, and then choose Merge Cells from the drop-down.
I'm unable to follow this instruction. The second cell won't be selected together with the first one. I try different ways, but I can only select one cell at a time. Even if I want to apply a style or color to the row, I have to select each cell one after another.
I guess this might have been broken with the recent major UI & functionality update. I recall I was able to select multiple cells before it.
Try left clicking the cell, then letting go. Then click and drag the mouse to the next cell while holding down the left mouse button. When you release the button, a window should pop up. Click the box icon in the lower left corner and choose merge.
Thank you for the detailed steps, David! It worked for me. I'm not sure if I was doing it wrong all the time or if this was fixed only with another UI update. There is no visual indication that two cells are selected.
Glad it worked! You're right: there's no way of knowing if the cells have been selected until you right click and see the pop-up. The developers must love keeping users in suspense.
Now if only they would give us some options to format tables so we could use them for things like, I don't know, math maybe?
SO GLAD I came across this thread! I thought I wasn't selecting multiple cells but following your steps David, it worked. Talk about frustrating!
I'm glad you were able to find the answer you were looking for, Lisa!
Feel free to open a support case here in the future should you have other questions or concerns!
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Lisa, I'm glad it worked for you. I like using Rise more than the desktop-based Lectora programs, but it would be nice to have more control over certain design elements, like tables.
David, I meant to post this to you, regarding not being able to see the selected cells. Most users see the blue border when selected, the css is coming from the 3rd party editor is a bit odd. I provide a suggested change to the css:
Phil, thanks for the video and the explanation.
Thank you so much Phil! I'm a total novice when it comes to inspecting code, but you're right, mine had the 1px double for selecting cells! I toyed with it for a moment and it now works perfect using the box-shadow! Thanks again!
Lisa
I'm trying to follow these steps but I can't see the Merge option in the menu.
I checked CSS and I don't even have table td.fr-selected-cell.
Anyone who could give me a hand with this please?
I dont want to use an image, as it's not compatible with screen readers
Thanks!
Hi Sandra,
Happy to help!
You can check out my colleague's response here which contains a nice recording on how to merge cells in Rise 360. I also noticed that highlighting cells in a table and then merging them seems erratic in Rise 360. We'll continue tracking the behavior and report back to our engineering team if needed!
There is currently no visual state change to indicate which table cells are selected.
Karl, can you not see these thin blue lines? I explain the issue and a possible fix for the Rise team in the video above.
Hi Phil,
I use tables often so I know what the blue lines look like, but they are currently not showing up at all.
I'm aware of your fix.
Gotcha- I can see the borders right now in edit mode, so you're a good person to test with. Can you adjust your zoom level in your browser- like go to 110 or 120%. Because the 1px double line makes no sense, I have a feeling it will display differently based on sub-pixel rendering ability of various monitor settings.
90, 100, 110, 120%: all have the same result - no blue lines.
I have used the same laptop and ultrawide 34" external monitor for 3 years, and in the past I was able to see the blue lines without any problems. Nothing has changed on my side at all. I can still merge cells based on guesswork.
Weird, and I should have noted in the video- if you have used border:0 to turn off the gray table cell borders, that will also disable the selected blue border style. Which is another reason an alternate selected cell style should be used by Rise, like the box-shadow property.