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This template enables row hover highlighting via wikitable class modifiers mw-datatable and hover-highlight.

In addition to adding row highlights, mw-datatable also changes the background of the cells to white. To only add a highlight, use hover-highlight.

Using {{row hover highlight}}

Basic usage:

Wikitext <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" highlight="1-2">

1	2	3
1-1	2-1	3-1
1-2	2-2	3-2

</syntaxhighlight>

Rendered result

1	2	3
1-1	2-1	3-1
1-2	2-2	3-2

class=mw-datatable can be used in combination with class=wikitable, in which case the non-header cells will have a white background.

Wikitext <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" highlight="1-2">

1	2	3
1-1	2-1	3-1
1-2	2-2	3-2

</syntaxhighlight>

Rendered result

1	2	3
1-1	2-1	3-1
1-2	2-2	3-2

To keep the light gray background from class=wikitable, use class=hover-highlight:

Wikitext <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" highlight="1-2">

1	2	3
1-1	2-1	3-1
1-2	2-2	3-2

</syntaxhighlight>

Rendered result

1	2	3
1-1	2-1	3-1
1-2	2-2	3-2

Using {{mw-datatable}} for white background

If you want a white background for data cells, then this may be easier to remember since the template and class name are the same.

Wikitext <syntaxhighlight lang=wikitext highlight="1-2">

1	2	3
1-1	2-1	3-1
1-2	2-2	3-2

</syntaxhighlight>

Rendered result

1	2	3
1-1	2-1	3-1
1-2	2-2	3-2

See also

• Help:Table/Advanced § Highlight rows on hover
• {{shy}} – Can be used to help narrow columns by adding a soft hyphen to a word to allow it to wrap.

More template styles for tables:

• {{sticky header}} - makes column headers stick to the top of the page while scrolling through table data.
• {{sort under}} - moves the sorting arrows under the headers.
• {{static row numbers}} - adds a column of row numbers to a table.
• {{table alignment}} - aligns the cells in a column, or a whole table.