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.

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

This code sample builds a table of 4 rows, the first having headers. It does this using some for-loops and a UITableLayout. The widths of each column are set using UISizeConstraints.

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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Properties

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FillEmptySpaceColumns

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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

boolean
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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

MajorAxis

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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

UDim2
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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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