This is a random table I want to typeset in Typst. You can see the content order by the selection. What is the simplest possible way to recreate this in Typst?
#How to create tables sorted in a special order?
prime totem
lime coral
Because tables are populated ltr then ttb, I think you have to transpose the rows into columns with array.zip(), like this:
?r ```
#let items = "ABCDEFGHIJKL".clusters()
#let columns = items.chunks(4)
#let rows = array.zip(..columns).join()
#table(columns: 3, ..rows)
sly laurel
lime coral
A little closer to your table:
?r ```
#let items = (
"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNPQSTUZ".clusters()
.enumerate().map(((i, v)) => ([#(i + 1)], v))
)
#let columns = items.chunks(5)
#let rows = array.zip(..columns).flatten()
#table(columns: 8, align: (right, left)*4, ..rows)
sick crescent
that was what I was working towards, just with the steps broken out a little more
?r
#let pairs = (
("1", "Acker"), ("2", "Black"), ("3", "Cruz"), ("4", "Dallas"),
("5", "Engel"), ("6", "Fox"), ("7", "Gee"), ("8", "Haak"),
("9", "Iyer"), ("10", "Joshi"), ("11", "Kask"), ("12", "Lee"),
("13", "Moss"), ("14", "Nash"), ("15", "Park"))
#table(columns: 6,
align: (right, left)*3,
..array.zip(..pairs.chunks(5)).flatten()
)
sick crescent
if the numbers and names aren't already paired in whatever input format you've got them with, you just need another chunks
?r
#let pairs = (
"1", "Acker", "2", "Black", "3", "Cruz", "4", "Dallas",
"5", "Engel", "6", "Fox", "7", "Gee", "8", "Haak",
"9", "Iyer", "10", "Joshi", "11", "Kask", "12", "Lee",
"13", "Moss", "14", "Nash", "15", "Park"
)
#table(columns: 6,
align: (right, left)*3,
..array.zip(..pairs.chunks(2).chunks(5)).flatten()
)
prime totem
None of these solutions preserve the selection order, which might lead to accessibility concerns.
I think there might be a hacky way to preserve the selection order with columns?
silk phoenix
None of these solutions preserve the selection order, which might lead to access...
What do you mean? You mean the argument order?
That doesn't matter, since the internal layout algorithm will layout per row
prime totem
I mean, if you select the text with mouse and copy it elsewhere, the copied content should be in the correct order.
silk phoenix
I'm not sure that's possible with built-in tables
You'll have to roll out your own thing
prime totem
Can tables be split into multiple columns with columns?
silk phoenix
You'll have to roll out your own thing
One way could be to have a stack of stacks :
#stack(dir: ltr, col1, col2, col3, ...)
where colN = stack(dir: ttb, ..cols.at(N - 1))
silk phoenix
Can tables be split into multiple columns with `columns`?
The columns parameter only specifies the amount of columns in the table
And their respective sizes
prime totem
I mean something like columns(grid(...)).
silk phoenix
I mean something like `columns(grid(...))`.
?r #set page(height: 150pt) #columns(2, grid(columns: 2, ..(([a],) * 30).enumerate().join().map(x => [#x])))
silk phoenix
Perhaps this?
prime totem
Yes, this one.
Looks like I have to calculate the height of the table by myself...
?r
#let random-table(column-count: 2, ..items) = context {
let entries-enum = enum(
numbering: "1",
body-indent: 1em,
..items.pos()
)
block(
height: (measure(entries-enum).height + par.leading) / column-count - par.leading,
columns(column-count, gutter: 3pt, entries-enum)
)
}
#random-table(
column-count: 4,
"Acker", "Black", "Cruz", "Dallas", "Engel",
"Fox", "Gee", "Haak", "Iyer", "Joshi",
"Kask", "Lee", "Moss", "Nash", "Park",
"Qadir", "Singh", "Tran", "Ueda", "Zheng",
)