# HTML Table Helper?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/html-table-helper/52994>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 23, 2005, 12:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/html-table-helper/52994 "2005-11-23T12:31:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 12:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/html-table-helper/52994/1 "2005-11-23T12:31:23Z")

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Anybody know of a helper that could be used like so?

\<%= html\_table @items, :cols=\>4 %\>

Where items is just a simple array, and the helper outputs a table of  
the items, in four columns  
(bonus would be if it could iterate the items horizontally or vertically

- e.g. items would be  
alphabetized horizontally, or vertically). I looked in the API and the  
3rd party helpers/plugins  
but am not sure if anything there would fit the bill. The sortable  
tables (like movtable) are  
probably way more than I need.

thanks  
csn

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**Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 4:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/html-table-helper/52994/2 "2005-11-23T16:57:34Z")

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Hi csn,

I miss that helper too! Shall we write it ?  
That reminds me sth like the old phpMyEdit(3.5) isn’t it ??

rgds,  
Andre

cool\_screen\_name90001 wrote:

> Anybody know of a helper that could be used like so?
> 
> \<%= html\_table @items, :cols=\>4 %\>
> 
> Where items is just a simple array, and the helper outputs a table of  
> the items, in four columns  
> (bonus would be if it could iterate the items horizontally or vertically
> 
> - e.g. items would be  
> alphabetized horizontally, or vertically). I looked in the API and the  
> 3rd party helpers/plugins  
> but am not sure if anything there would fit the bill. The sortable  
> tables (like movtable) are  
> probably way more than I need.
> 
> thanks  
> csn
> 
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