Quick Table button provides a user interface for adding html tables into the content.

It has a very simple interface that allows easy creation of tables of any size by a single mouse click.

A demo is available for testing.

Here is the button code:

js:
//6.x users may use BUE.quickPop.open('<table ...', 'fadeIn');
editor.dialog.open('Quick Table', '<table id="bue-quick-table" style="width: auto; height: auto;"> <tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> <tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> <tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr> </table>');

quickTableX = -1, quickTableY = -1;

quickTableTd = function () {
  $(
this).css(
  {
width: '16px', height: '16px', border: '1px solid #ddd', padding: '5px', backgroundColor: 'white', cursor: 'pointer'}
  ).
html('&nbsp;').mouseover(quickTableTdOver).click(quickTableTdClick);
};

quickTableTdOver = function () {
  var
row = this.parentNode, table = row.parentNode, X = this.cellIndex, Y = row.rowIndex;

  if (
X == row.cells.length - 1) {
    for (var
i = table.rows.length; i; i--) quickTableTd.apply(table.rows[i-1].insertCell(X+1));
  }
  if (
Y == table.rows.length - 1) {
    var
_row = table.insertRow(Y+1);
    for (var
i = 0, t = row.cells.length; i < t; i++) quickTableTd.apply(_row.insertCell(i));
  }
 
  var
aX = X < quickTableX ? [quickTableX, X, quickTableY, 'white'] : [X, quickTableX, Y, 'blue'];
  var
aY = Y < quickTableY ? [quickTableY, Y, quickTableX, 'white'] : [Y, quickTableY, X, 'blue'];
  for (var
i = aX[0]; i > aX[1]; i--) for (var j = aX[2]; j > -1; j--) {
   
table.rows[j].cells[i].style.backgroundColor = aX[3];
  }
  for (var
i = aY[0]; i > aY[1]; i--) for (var j = aY[2]; j > -1; j--) {
   
table.rows[i].cells[j].style.backgroundColor = aY[3];
  }
 
 
quickTableX = X, quickTableY = Y;
};

quickTableTdClick = function () {
  var
cells = '', rows = '';
  for (var
i = quickTableX; i > -1 ; i--) {
   
cells += '  <td></td>\n';
  }
  for (var
i = quickTableY; i > -1 ; i--) {
   
rows += '\n<tr>\n'+ cells +'</tr>';
  }
 
//use BUE instead of editor in 6.x
 
editor.dialog.close();
 
editor.active.replaceSelection('<table>'+ rows +'\n</table>', 'end');
};

$(
'#bue-quick-table td').each(quickTableTd);
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