Class TableElement

Represents the base class for all table elements in the content model.

Inheritance
System.Object
ContentElement
ParentElement
TableElement
Table
TableCell
TableRow
Implements
IronSoftware.Abstractions.Word.IWordDocumentObject
IronSoftware.Abstractions.IDocumentObject
System.ICloneable
IronSoftware.Abstractions.IParent<IronSoftware.Abstractions.Word.IWordDocumentObjectCollection, IronSoftware.Abstractions.Word.IWordDocumentObject>
Inherited Members
Namespace: IronWord.Models.Abstract
Assembly: IronWord.dll
Syntax
public abstract class TableElement : ParentElement

Sharing fill, border, and content-extraction behavior across the parts of a Word table in C# is the role of TableElement. It is the base the table-structure nodes descend from, so a table, its rows, and its cells all expose the same appearance and extraction members. A developer meets it through one of those concrete nodes rather than on its own.

The types that extend it are Table, TableCell, and TableRow, obtained when you build a table or read one from a document. BackgroundColor sets the fill behind the element as a Color, and Borders carries a TableBorders describing the lines around it, so styling a whole table or a single cell uses the same two properties. ExtractImages and ExtractShapes return the ImageContent and ShapeContent nodes nested inside the element, which is how you pull embedded graphics out of a table region. Because the type is abstract, it is never constructed directly.

using IronWord.Models;

TableCell cell = new TableCell();
cell.BackgroundColor = Color.LightGray;

The add table how-to builds and styles tables, and the extract images how-to pulls graphics out of a document.

Constructors

TableElement()

Declaration
protected TableElement()

Properties

BackgroundColor

Gets or sets the background color of the table element.

Declaration
public Color BackgroundColor { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
Color

Borders

Gets or sets the border styles for the table element.

Declaration
public TableBorders Borders { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
TableBorders

Methods

ExtractImages()

Extract all images from this container.

Declaration
public List<ImageContent> ExtractImages()
Returns
Type Description
System.Collections.Generic.List<ImageContent>

ExtractShapes()

Extract all shapes from this container.

Declaration
public List<ShapeContent> ExtractShapes()
Returns
Type Description
System.Collections.Generic.List<ShapeContent>

Implements

IronSoftware.Abstractions.Word.IWordDocumentObject
IronSoftware.Abstractions.IDocumentObject
System.ICloneable
IronSoftware.Abstractions.IParent<, >

Inherited members

AddChild(IWordDocumentObject[])
InsertChildToIndex(Int32, IWordDocumentObject[])
Remove()
RemoveChildren(IWordDocumentObject[])
RemoveAllChildren()
ExtractElements<T>()
GetChildByIndex<T>(Int32)
Clone()
CloneObject()
LogObjectTree()
Texts
Tables
Children
Replace(IWordDocumentObject)
GetIndex<T>()
Parent
Status