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1. lutzacca
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   Hi Tobias,

   I am working to put a table/bibliography of a research group together on our web page. It's a pretty simple table, but because it includes all the components of a scientific bibliography, there are abstracts included which are typically much longer than all the other fields. I wonder if there is a way to condense/shorten these fields for visualization purposes which can be expanded by scrolling over/highlighting the particular cell.

   Any help would be appreciated!

   http://andesresearch.org/?page_id=13

   ~ Dave

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-table-reloaded/

2. TobiasBg
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   Hi Dave,

   you might want to consider something like http://datatables.net/release-datatables/examples/api/row_details.html , which is done with the DataTables JavaScript library (independent from WP-Table Reloaded).
   Unfortunately, I can't help with integrating it right now, but there should be some more information/instructions here in the forums somewhere.

   Regards,
   Tobias

3. TobiasBg
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   Hi,

   here are three links that I found related to this, and that should help:
   http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-table-reloaded-showhide-table-rows
   http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-table-reloaded-details-column-and-more
   http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-table-reloaded-wide-table-scroll-option

   Best wishes,
   Tobias

4. lutzacca
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   Hi Tobias,

   I've been trying to implement the datatables js file, but found a more sensible solution. Instead of having the long abstract column be in a 'details' column, i've just added a column with a link straight to the publication source so that people can go right to the paper itself.

   Since I don't have a background in js, i'll just have to make due with this workaround.

   Thanks for your suggestions,

   ~ Dave

5. TobiasBg
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   Hi,

   yes, that's probably the best solution then. It will also result in less work when adding a new publication, as you won't have to copy (and possibly reformat) the abstract.

   Best wishes,
   Tobias

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