Asciidoc: Span Cell over Rows and Columns

Fri, 27 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

== Table cell span

.Cell spans columns
|===
| Name | Description

| Asciidoctor

| Awesome way to write documentation

// This cell spans 2 columns, indicated
// by the number before the + sign.
// The + sign
// tells Asciidoctor to span this
// cell over multiple columns.
2+| The statements above say it all

|===

.Cell spans rows
|===
| Name | Description

// This cell spans 2 rows,

// because the number after
// the dot (.) specifies the number
// of rows to span. The + sign
// tells Asciidoctor to span this
// cell over multiple rows.
.2+| Asciidoctor
| Awesome way to write documentation

| Works on the JVM

|===

.Cell spans both rows and columns
|===
| Col1 | Col2 | Col 3

// We can combine the numbers for
// row and column span within one
// cell specifier.
// The number before the dot (.)
// is the number of columns to span,
// the number after the dot (.)
// is the number of rows to span.
2.2+| Cell spans 2 cols, 2 rows
| Row 1, Col 3
| Row 2, Col 3

|===

Asciidoc Table Cell Span

![[table-cell-span.png]]

References:

¹Awesome Asciidoctor: Span Cell over Rows and Columns

Awesome Asciidoctor: Span Cell over Rows and Columns ↩︎

Documentation | Luis Cacho

Asciidoc: Span Cell over Rows and Columns