Table Creator

About this plugin

Create custom-styled tables which can be easily resized, edited and automatically adjust to content. Control the design of your tables by modifying the components. Update all tables, anytime your design changes. Use the plugin commands to make selecting columns and rows easier.Watch the video to see the plugin in action.Tutorials:Transfer from an existing table designUsing with team libraries (importing templates)Changing font for tablesWorkaround for merging cellsCreating a tableRun the command Create TableFollow the onboarding promptsCustomise your table (see options below)Click Create TableOnce you've created a template, you can customise the look of your tables by changing the template.See the Table Creator Starter Kit for examples of creating more complex tables.Using with librariesOnly works if you are on the Professional plan or above.Create a template in your libraryPublish the templateRun the plugin in the file you wish to use the library withChoose Import TemplateOpen the Assets panel and drag an instance of each template onto the canvasSelect the library from the list of recent filesClick ImportOnce a template has been imported, other people will be able to use the templates with that file as well.If you create or delete any templates since adding the library, you must run the plugin again in the library or import the new templates.Editing textWhile holding down cmd/ctrl double-click the centre of a cell to edit its text.To include other content in a cell, create another variant of the cell in your template. Then you can include other content like icons or form controls. When you create a table, select the cells you want to change and choose the new variant type from the Property Panel in Figma.Selecting cellsHold down cmd/ctrl while hovering over the edge/border of cellHold down shift + cmd/ctrl to select multiple cells (use command below to select all cells in a column or row)Selecting columns and rowSelect one or more cellsRun the command Select Column or Select RowPlugin will select all cells in the current column/rowResize or reorder to your heart's content :)Column and row resizingBy default Column Resizing is enabled. After you have created a table, resize the cells in the first row to control the size of the columns. You can toggle Column Sizing on and off by selecting the table and clicking Toggle Resizing in the Properties Panel, under Plugin.Detached cellsBy default when a table is created the cells remain connected to their main component. To disable this and detached them when the table is created, open the plugin UI window click icon with the three dots and enable Detached Cells.Switching between columns or rowsChange a table from columns or rows or vice versaSelect a tableThen from the Properties Panel under Plugin click Switch Axes.Using with plugin parametersYou can create tables easily using plugin parameters. Using the Quick Actions bar search for "Create Table" and then press tab.Choose the template you want your table to be created fromChoose how many columns and rows you want your table to have, eg 4x10 (4 columns and 10 rows)Choose what size you want your table to be, eg 600xHUGPress enter to create the tableDuplicating tablesWhen you duplicate a table that was created using Column Resizing (default), it contains a local component for the first row. That means when it's duplicated, the copy is intrinsically linked. To get around this you can either reapply column sizing or detach the table and it's rows.Warning: This is quite an intensive process so it can take up to a couple of minutes.Select a tableThen from the Properties Panel under Plugin click Toggle Resizing or Detach Table.Inserting a columnAdding a new column after creating a table can be a little tricky. The plugin has a command which makes this easier. Just select a table or a specific cell and run Insert Column from the Quick Actions menu. Then select whether you want the new column to appear before or after the selected cell and how many columns you want to be inserted.Configuring a templateIf you remove or change any parts of the template you may need to re-configure the template.Choose a template to configure:Run the command Create TableSelect the dropdown at the top of the UI windowMake sure Local Templates is selectedHover over the template you wish to configureClick the pencil iconTo configure parts of the template:Select a layer inside the template on the canvasNow in the plugin window, hover over a part in the list and click the plus iconIf you want to remove a part from the configuration, just click the minus iconSome layers can't be configured as certain parts. When configuring a part, make sure the part is not a group, or vector.Moving table componentsIf you want to move any of the components used by the plugin to another file you can do this by following the guidance from Figma on moving components.Relinking tables to templatesSometimes, a table may lose its connection to a template, preventing it from refreshing properly. This occurs when the table's stored metadata becomes outdated or corrupt. To fix this, select the affected tables and click the link icon next to the template in the template dropdown.Relinking will not swap any instances that exist in the table if they have changes and that will need to be done manually.LimitationsThis plugin won't let you manage your rows as variants. This is tricky to do, it may be something I can add in a future update.Merging cells is not supported. Unfortunately, it's too difficult to enable this reliably.The only way to create columns that hug to their contents is to switch axes to columnsIf you create a table without a header and use Column Resizing the text is replicated in each cell in the columnSupport for hover states on rows is unfortunately not possible because rows are not built using components (that's how the plugin allows you to resize columns). There are workarounds but they don't suit every use case.