Tables

Tables allow you to combine a tabular layout with structured views to display data clearly.

Collections vs Tables

 ⁠⁠Collections (Databases)⁠  are one of the most important organizational features in Slite. Collections allow you to organize documents in simple databases that you can reuse throughout your workspace. They're essentially embeddable lists of documents with metadata linked to them.
Tables are parts of your documents, but do not impact the structure of your workspace.
When you are in doubt whether to create a collection or a table, simply ask if it should organize documents or not. If not, use a table!

Creating a table

You can insert a table in any doc by:
  • Typing /table
  • Inserting a new line and adding a Table from the toolbar
  • Using the keyboard shortcut: cmd + option + s (Mac) or  ctlr + alt + s (PC)
  • For a simpler layout table without any headers shown at first (see below), you can also use: cmd + option + t (Mac) or ctlr + alt + t (PC)
  • Note that tables without headers can only contain text.
  • At any time you can bring back the headers by clicking the three-dot menu at the beginning of the table block and toggling on “Show Headers”.

Interacting with cells

You can right-click on any cell to bring up a contextual menu.

Dragging and dropping columns & rows

You can move your columns and rows (when the table is not sorted) to organize your data within the tables.

Column types

Each column has predefined types so you can format your data as you wish.
  • Rich Text - supports most kinds of rich text formatting such as bullets or other basic editor features
  • Checkbox
  • Single tag
  • Multi tags
  • Number - calculations in tables are not available at this time
  • People - @ mention of users
  • Doc links
  • Link (for external, non-Slite links)
  • Date (picker)
Currently, it is not possible to merge cells within a table.

Sorting

Sort your columns alphabetically or chronologically.
When you sort a column, the other columns will be sorted accordingly.

Filtering

You can filter columns to show only the info you need right now. The filters available will depend on the column type.
When you filter a column, the other columns will be filtered accordingly.

It is possible to filter several columns at the same time.

Copying and exporting

If you'd like to copy the contents of a table and work with it elsewhere, you can do so by exporting a .CSV file via the three-dot menu.
From the same list you can also choose "Copy this table" if you'd like to copy it on another Slite document.