UITableLayout

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A UITableLayout lays out sibling UI elements as rows in a table. Child UI elements (the table cells) of these rows are then arranged in columns (within rows). Each cell within a row has the same height, and each cell within a column has the same width. The hierarchy in the explorer should look like this (Frames are yellow rows; TextLabels are cells).

Hierarchy of UI elements used with a UITableLayout UITableLayout result

By changing the UIGridStyleLayout.FillDirection, sibling UI elements can act as columns instead.

When applied, a UITableLayout will take control of sibling and cell elements' GuiObject.Size and GuiObject.Position. Changing these in the Properties window is still possible will not produce any effect.

Dimensions of the cells in the resulting table are controlled by the parent UI element's dimensions. Unless UITableLayout.FillEmptySpaceColumns or UITableLayout.FillEmptySpaceRows is enabled, the cell dimensions will be that of the parent UI element (and thus tables with more than one cell extend outside of their parent).

Cells will continue to respect UISizeConstraint objects within them. In other words, setting UISizeConstraint.MinSize on UISizeConstraints within the header cells can determine the size of the rest of the cells. If UISizeConstraint.MaxSize restricts a cell's size from filling the allotted space (i.e. another row/column is wider than it), it will align to the top-left.

Code Samples

Build UI Table

local frame = script.Parent
-- Table data
local headerWidth = { 200, 80, 80 }
local headers = {
"Name",
"Job",
"Cash",
}
local data = {
{ "Bob", "Waiter", 100 },
{ "Lisa", "Police", 200 },
{ "George", "-", 50 },
}
-- First, build the table layout
local uiTableLayout = Instance.new("UITableLayout")
uiTableLayout.FillDirection = Enum.FillDirection.Vertical
uiTableLayout.HorizontalAlignment = Enum.HorizontalAlignment.Center
uiTableLayout.VerticalAlignment = Enum.VerticalAlignment.Center
uiTableLayout.FillEmptySpaceColumns = false
uiTableLayout.FillEmptySpaceRows = false
uiTableLayout.Padding = UDim2.new(0, 5, 0, 5)
uiTableLayout.SortOrder = Enum.SortOrder.LayoutOrder
frame.Size = UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, 40) -- The Size of the parent frame is the cell size
uiTableLayout.Parent = frame
-- Next, create column headers
local headerFrame = Instance.new("Frame")
headerFrame.Name = "Headers"
headerFrame.Parent = frame
for i = 1, #headers do
local headerText = headers[i]
local headerCell = Instance.new("TextLabel")
headerCell.Text = headerText
headerCell.Name = headerText
headerCell.LayoutOrder = i
headerCell.Size = UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, 24)
headerCell.Parent = headerFrame
local headerSize = Instance.new("UISizeConstraint")
headerSize.MinSize = Vector2.new(headerWidth[i], 0)
headerSize.Parent = headerCell
end
-- Finally, add data rows by iterating over each row and the columns in that row
for index, value in ipairs(data) do
local rowData = value
local rowFrame = Instance.new("Frame")
rowFrame.Name = "Row" .. index
rowFrame.Parent = frame
for col = 1, #value do
local cellData = rowData[col]
local cell = Instance.new("TextLabel")
cell.Text = cellData
cell.Name = headers[col]
cell.TextXAlignment = Enum.TextXAlignment.Left
if tonumber(cellData) then -- If this cell is a number, right-align it instead
cell.TextXAlignment = Enum.TextXAlignment.Right
end
cell.ClipsDescendants = true
cell.Size = UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, 24)
cell.Parent = rowFrame
end
end

Summary

Properties

  • Determines whether cells are sized such that they occupy the horizontal space of the parent UI element.

  • Determines whether cells are sized such that they occupy the vertical space of the parent UI element.

  • Determines whether sibling UI elements are treated as rows or columns.

  • read parallel

    Determines the empty space between cells.

Properties inherited from UIGridStyleLayout

Properties

FillEmptySpaceColumns

read parallel

FillEmptySpaceColumns determines whether cells' X size are set such that the entire horizontal space of the parent UI element is used. Enabling this is useful for making sure your table takes up a more easily predictable amount of horizontal space (the X-axis size of the parent UI element). It is still possible that a UISizeConstraint applied to cells will cause underflow/overflow.

When enabling this property, the column widths will be approximately equal to the parent's GuiBase2d.AbsoluteSize.X component divided by the number of columns (not accounting for padding or other factors).

Code Samples

Build UI Table

local frame = script.Parent
-- Table data
local headerWidth = { 200, 80, 80 }
local headers = {
"Name",
"Job",
"Cash",
}
local data = {
{ "Bob", "Waiter", 100 },
{ "Lisa", "Police", 200 },
{ "George", "-", 50 },
}
-- First, build the table layout
local uiTableLayout = Instance.new("UITableLayout")
uiTableLayout.FillDirection = Enum.FillDirection.Vertical
uiTableLayout.HorizontalAlignment = Enum.HorizontalAlignment.Center
uiTableLayout.VerticalAlignment = Enum.VerticalAlignment.Center
uiTableLayout.FillEmptySpaceColumns = false
uiTableLayout.FillEmptySpaceRows = false
uiTableLayout.Padding = UDim2.new(0, 5, 0, 5)
uiTableLayout.SortOrder = Enum.SortOrder.LayoutOrder
frame.Size = UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, 40) -- The Size of the parent frame is the cell size
uiTableLayout.Parent = frame
-- Next, create column headers
local headerFrame = Instance.new("Frame")
headerFrame.Name = "Headers"
headerFrame.Parent = frame
for i = 1, #headers do
local headerText = headers[i]
local headerCell = Instance.new("TextLabel")
headerCell.Text = headerText
headerCell.Name = headerText
headerCell.LayoutOrder = i
headerCell.Size = UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, 24)
headerCell.Parent = headerFrame
local headerSize = Instance.new("UISizeConstraint")
headerSize.MinSize = Vector2.new(headerWidth[i], 0)
headerSize.Parent = headerCell
end
-- Finally, add data rows by iterating over each row and the columns in that row
for index, value in ipairs(data) do
local rowData = value
local rowFrame = Instance.new("Frame")
rowFrame.Name = "Row" .. index
rowFrame.Parent = frame
for col = 1, #value do
local cellData = rowData[col]
local cell = Instance.new("TextLabel")
cell.Text = cellData
cell.Name = headers[col]
cell.TextXAlignment = Enum.TextXAlignment.Left
if tonumber(cellData) then -- If this cell is a number, right-align it instead
cell.TextXAlignment = Enum.TextXAlignment.Right
end
cell.ClipsDescendants = true
cell.Size = UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, 24)
cell.Parent = rowFrame
end
end

FillEmptySpaceRows

read parallel

FillEmptySpaceRows determines whether cells' Y size are set such that the entire vertical space of the parent UI element is used. Enabling this is useful for making sure your table takes up a more easily predictable amount of vertical space (the Y-axis size of the parent UI element). It is still possible that a UISizeConstraint applied to cells will cause underflow/overflow.

When enabling this property, the row heights will be approximately equal to the parent's GuiBase2d.AbsoluteSize.Y component divided by the number of rows (not accounting for padding or other factors).

Code Samples

Build UI Table

local frame = script.Parent
-- Table data
local headerWidth = { 200, 80, 80 }
local headers = {
"Name",
"Job",
"Cash",
}
local data = {
{ "Bob", "Waiter", 100 },
{ "Lisa", "Police", 200 },
{ "George", "-", 50 },
}
-- First, build the table layout
local uiTableLayout = Instance.new("UITableLayout")
uiTableLayout.FillDirection = Enum.FillDirection.Vertical
uiTableLayout.HorizontalAlignment = Enum.HorizontalAlignment.Center
uiTableLayout.VerticalAlignment = Enum.VerticalAlignment.Center
uiTableLayout.FillEmptySpaceColumns = false
uiTableLayout.FillEmptySpaceRows = false
uiTableLayout.Padding = UDim2.new(0, 5, 0, 5)
uiTableLayout.SortOrder = Enum.SortOrder.LayoutOrder
frame.Size = UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, 40) -- The Size of the parent frame is the cell size
uiTableLayout.Parent = frame
-- Next, create column headers
local headerFrame = Instance.new("Frame")
headerFrame.Name = "Headers"
headerFrame.Parent = frame
for i = 1, #headers do
local headerText = headers[i]
local headerCell = Instance.new("TextLabel")
headerCell.Text = headerText
headerCell.Name = headerText
headerCell.LayoutOrder = i
headerCell.Size = UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, 24)
headerCell.Parent = headerFrame
local headerSize = Instance.new("UISizeConstraint")
headerSize.MinSize = Vector2.new(headerWidth[i], 0)
headerSize.Parent = headerCell
end
-- Finally, add data rows by iterating over each row and the columns in that row
for index, value in ipairs(data) do
local rowData = value
local rowFrame = Instance.new("Frame")
rowFrame.Name = "Row" .. index
rowFrame.Parent = frame
for col = 1, #value do
local cellData = rowData[col]
local cell = Instance.new("TextLabel")
cell.Text = cellData
cell.Name = headers[col]
cell.TextXAlignment = Enum.TextXAlignment.Left
if tonumber(cellData) then -- If this cell is a number, right-align it instead
cell.TextXAlignment = Enum.TextXAlignment.Right
end
cell.ClipsDescendants = true
cell.Size = UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, 24)
cell.Parent = rowFrame
end
end
read parallel

MajorAxis determines whether sibling UI elements are treated as rows or columns. Below, the left uses a Enum.TableMajorAxis of RowMajor, and the right uses ColumnMajor.

Row major

Note: it seems that this property isn't making noticeable changes, and rather its behavior is determined by UIGridStyleLayout.FillDirection instead.

Code Samples

Build UI Table

local frame = script.Parent
-- Table data
local headerWidth = { 200, 80, 80 }
local headers = {
"Name",
"Job",
"Cash",
}
local data = {
{ "Bob", "Waiter", 100 },
{ "Lisa", "Police", 200 },
{ "George", "-", 50 },
}
-- First, build the table layout
local uiTableLayout = Instance.new("UITableLayout")
uiTableLayout.FillDirection = Enum.FillDirection.Vertical
uiTableLayout.HorizontalAlignment = Enum.HorizontalAlignment.Center
uiTableLayout.VerticalAlignment = Enum.VerticalAlignment.Center
uiTableLayout.FillEmptySpaceColumns = false
uiTableLayout.FillEmptySpaceRows = false
uiTableLayout.Padding = UDim2.new(0, 5, 0, 5)
uiTableLayout.SortOrder = Enum.SortOrder.LayoutOrder
frame.Size = UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, 40) -- The Size of the parent frame is the cell size
uiTableLayout.Parent = frame
-- Next, create column headers
local headerFrame = Instance.new("Frame")
headerFrame.Name = "Headers"
headerFrame.Parent = frame
for i = 1, #headers do
local headerText = headers[i]
local headerCell = Instance.new("TextLabel")
headerCell.Text = headerText
headerCell.Name = headerText
headerCell.LayoutOrder = i
headerCell.Size = UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, 24)
headerCell.Parent = headerFrame
local headerSize = Instance.new("UISizeConstraint")
headerSize.MinSize = Vector2.new(headerWidth[i], 0)
headerSize.Parent = headerCell
end
-- Finally, add data rows by iterating over each row and the columns in that row
for index, value in ipairs(data) do
local rowData = value
local rowFrame = Instance.new("Frame")
rowFrame.Name = "Row" .. index
rowFrame.Parent = frame
for col = 1, #value do
local cellData = rowData[col]
local cell = Instance.new("TextLabel")
cell.Text = cellData
cell.Name = headers[col]
cell.TextXAlignment = Enum.TextXAlignment.Left
if tonumber(cellData) then -- If this cell is a number, right-align it instead
cell.TextXAlignment = Enum.TextXAlignment.Right
end
cell.ClipsDescendants = true
cell.Size = UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, 24)
cell.Parent = rowFrame
end
end

Padding

read parallel

Padding will position elements with extra space between them. This can be done using Scale or Offset components of UDim2. Negative values can bring elements closer together. When non-zero, the sibling UI elements may be visible between the cells contained within them. In the image below, you can see the padding of 5 pixels applied between the cells (and the sibling UI elements acting as rows in yellow).

UITableLayout with padding between cells

Code Samples

Build UI Table

local frame = script.Parent
-- Table data
local headerWidth = { 200, 80, 80 }
local headers = {
"Name",
"Job",
"Cash",
}
local data = {
{ "Bob", "Waiter", 100 },
{ "Lisa", "Police", 200 },
{ "George", "-", 50 },
}
-- First, build the table layout
local uiTableLayout = Instance.new("UITableLayout")
uiTableLayout.FillDirection = Enum.FillDirection.Vertical
uiTableLayout.HorizontalAlignment = Enum.HorizontalAlignment.Center
uiTableLayout.VerticalAlignment = Enum.VerticalAlignment.Center
uiTableLayout.FillEmptySpaceColumns = false
uiTableLayout.FillEmptySpaceRows = false
uiTableLayout.Padding = UDim2.new(0, 5, 0, 5)
uiTableLayout.SortOrder = Enum.SortOrder.LayoutOrder
frame.Size = UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, 40) -- The Size of the parent frame is the cell size
uiTableLayout.Parent = frame
-- Next, create column headers
local headerFrame = Instance.new("Frame")
headerFrame.Name = "Headers"
headerFrame.Parent = frame
for i = 1, #headers do
local headerText = headers[i]
local headerCell = Instance.new("TextLabel")
headerCell.Text = headerText
headerCell.Name = headerText
headerCell.LayoutOrder = i
headerCell.Size = UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, 24)
headerCell.Parent = headerFrame
local headerSize = Instance.new("UISizeConstraint")
headerSize.MinSize = Vector2.new(headerWidth[i], 0)
headerSize.Parent = headerCell
end
-- Finally, add data rows by iterating over each row and the columns in that row
for index, value in ipairs(data) do
local rowData = value
local rowFrame = Instance.new("Frame")
rowFrame.Name = "Row" .. index
rowFrame.Parent = frame
for col = 1, #value do
local cellData = rowData[col]
local cell = Instance.new("TextLabel")
cell.Text = cellData
cell.Name = headers[col]
cell.TextXAlignment = Enum.TextXAlignment.Left
if tonumber(cellData) then -- If this cell is a number, right-align it instead
cell.TextXAlignment = Enum.TextXAlignment.Right
end
cell.ClipsDescendants = true
cell.Size = UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, 24)
cell.Parent = rowFrame
end
end

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