Escaping/Exiting Tables Editing Mode

Searched “exiting tables,” “escape table editing mode” “can’t exit tables” – did not find this.

Ugh! Tables are kind of whack in Scrivener, I must say. Very difficult for me to edit them to the extent/with the ease that I’m accustomed. (WhatEVER!)

Here’s the upshot, tho…I’ve created a table or two, and I want to continue to type my manuscript AFTER the table. But, every time I try to continue typing OUTSIDE the table, Scrivener simply continues to expand the last cell. I can’t click OUTSIDE the darn table. Any suggestions for this?

The workaround is that I’ve had to create some dummy text, add a few extra lines, copy the table and then paste it into the new ‘space’ I provided (bookended by dummy text), then continue the manuscript, selecting the dummy text following the newly-moved table.

In fact, it’d be kinda cool if the table highlighted or something, to show it was selected, so it could be dragged/moved easily within the body of text around it.

:bulb: Alternatively, I just thought of this – DUH. Perhaps making it its own document/section within the Binder is the better solution… so the flow around it would be secondary… (I just tried this, btw… that’s a good ‘fix’/approach). Did I mention, “DUH”?

See the many threads on the failings of the Apple table engine … but I don’t remember anyone mentioning your problem, which is probably why your search found nothing.

I think you’ve come up with a good work-around though.

:slight_smile:

Mark