If you are using a WYSIWYG editor there are big chances that you want to insert tables. Tables are a great feature to represent data/information in an organized way and it is important to choose a WYSIWYG editor that makes creating/editing tables very easy, this will save your time and let you enjoy the working process.
Before choosing a WYSIWYG editor, you should check if it supports inserting tables, because some editors like Quill, Trix, and ProseMirror doesn’t support inserting tables by default, this will lead you to figure a way to add your own table implementation using a custom code or to migrate to another WYSIWYG editor that supports table feature.
Summary:
From the above we can conclude that Froala, TinyMCE, and CKEditor are the most advanced editors to handle tables, to make it easy to compare between them we list their features in a tabular view below:
Froala | TinyMCE | CKEditor | |
|---|---|---|---|
Paste copied table from the web | |||
Change Row height Holding & drag | |||
Change Row Width and height fields | |||
Change Column width Holding & drag | |||
Change Column Width and height fields | |||
Table header Set row as header | |||
Table header Insert a new row as a header | |||
Table header Set Column as header | |||
Table header Set Cell as a header | |||
Table footer | |||
Sort table | |||
Cell border options | |||
Ability to use custom CSS class on a table | |||
Ability to use custom CSS class on a cell of a table | |||
Drag table to a new position | |||
Insert paragraphs before and after table option | |||
Set cell background color | |||
Delete Table Using Keyboard | |||
Delete Table Has a delete table button |
Froala or TinyMCE
The above table shows that Froala and TinyMCE have a hard competition on the best editor for handling tables.
Froala is much better when it comes to user experience. It has a simple interface, puts all features in one place making it easy to find, in a clean and elegant design.
On the other hand, TinyMCE has a classic, old-fashioned design, it is full of features but this could leave the user, especially inexperienced users, confused about what to change, on the other hand Froala focuses on the most important features and enables using CSS classes to change table or cell styles, using classes gives you full control of styling table and cells, makes the user interface better, and it is better for SEO if you are using Froala to create a webpage
Conclusion:
If you are looking for the best editor for handling tables, Froala has all the required options that gives you full control of editing tables, all displayed in a nice popup with the best icons to represent each feature, making it much easier to edit a table with a click of buttons .
If you are using another editor, it is easy to migrate to Froala, we have a migration guide that will help you to migrate from any of the above editors in simple steps.