Unable to edit type in cells

  • Resolved Fionder

    (@fionder)


    2 years ago

    I am using tables to list documents in an extranet I created for a client. I have just gone into it to add some new documents and find I can’t edit text in any of the cells. I can type directly into the cell, which is OK as long as I don’t make any errors or have to leave the page for any reason, but one column includes a link to download the document and therefore involves HTML, which means I leave the table to copy the link. When I return to the table and click into the cell to paste in the URL it deletes everything that is already in the cell. I found the only way round was to create the code in Notepad and to copy and paste that in in its entirety.

    I have not included a link as the website is login only, but can send you the link privately with a login.

    Here is the Debug and Version info:

    · Website: https://www.geaftextranet.co.uk
    · TablePress: 2.0.4
    · TablePress (DB): 53
    · TablePress table scheme: 3
    · Plan: Free
    · Plugin installed: 2021/02/25 18:35:08
    · WordPress: 6.1.1
    · Multisite: no
    · PHP: 8.1.14
    · mysqli Extension: true
    · mySQL (Server): 10.4.26-MariaDB-log
    · mySQL (Client): mysqlnd 8.1.14
    · ZIP support: yes
    · UTF-8 conversion: yes
    · WP Memory Limit: 40M
    · Server Memory Limit: 256M
    · WP_DEBUG: false
    · WP_POST_REVISIONS: true

    • This topic was modified 2 years ago by Fionder.
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  • Plugin Author Tobias B?thge

    (@tobiasbg)

    Hi,

    thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.

    I see what you mean, and I understand that this is a bit confusing. In fact, TablePress works very similarly to common spreadsheet software, like Excel, here: For editing existing cell content, please first double-click into the cell. You will then see the blinking cursor, which you can move to the desired place in the cell (via the mouse or the keyboard), so that you can edit or amend the existing text in the cells.

    Is that what you meant?

    Regards,
    Tobias

    Thread Starter Fionder

    (@fionder)

    Hi Tobias

    Thanks for your reply and apologies for the slow response.

    I realise now that this is required when working in a WordPress site that is in the Gutenberg editor. For various reasons, most of the websites I have created use the Classic editor, and in that you only need to click once in the cell to be able to edit it. This is why I was confused when this didn’t work in a site that I was working on that uses the Gutenberg editor.

    Many thanks for your help.

    Plugin Author Tobias B?thge

    (@tobiasbg)

    Hi,

    this is actually not related to Gutenberg or the Classic Editor… But yes, it needs to clicks to enter a cell in TablePress now.

    Best wishes,
    Tobias

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