The purpose of tables can be:
▪to structure information
▪to arrange information
▪to visualize relationships
Avoid anything that doesn’t help achieve these purposes. In particular, use as few lines as possible to avoid unnecessary clutter (siehe auch Use clear and simple design).
Alle Abschnitte ein- / ausblenden
▪In a printed document, all tables are static.
See Static tables design.
▪In online help, you can have static tables as well, but some authoring tools and JavaScript libraries also enable you to create dynamic tables.
See Dynamic tables design.).
Dynamic tables can:
▪be sortable
▪expand to show additional information
▪highlight particular information when readers hold the mouse pointer over a table cell |
