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Title: Table with no visible lines between rows or columns
Post by: Denis ROUQUIER on April 12, 2026, 06:57:43 PM
How can I have a table in Scribus, with no visible lines between columns and rows ?
(Scribus 1.6.5 on windows 11)
Title: Re: Table with no visible lines between rows or columns
Post by: AdmFubar on April 12, 2026, 07:22:38 PM
In 1.6.x there isnt a way to adjust the color of the lines between the table cells. Scribus 1.7.x has the ability to adjust them, currently not is a straight forward manner. 

The cell line visibility can be adjusted in 1.7.x via the line tool. Select the line tool and  open the properties window, look doe the line option drop down. and click the mask button. Then adjust the slider to make it transparent.

However, this seems to be a global setting and will make all your lines transparent. (at least I'm pretty sure it does.) This issue was noted and is being worked on, I believe there is an update for this. Not sure of it availability.

Title: Re: Table with no visible lines between rows or columns
Post by: utnik on April 12, 2026, 07:59:04 PM
hi denis

tables in scribus show still a bit strange things. but you can hide the lines in two steps:

utnik
Title: Re: Table with no visible lines between rows or columns
Post by: AdmFubar on April 12, 2026, 11:14:41 PM
Quote from: utnik on April 12, 2026, 07:59:04 PMhi denis

tables in scribus show still a bit strange things. but you can hide the lines in two steps:
  • select the table (with a single click), then go to 'table properties' (f3) → 'borders', select the 'solid line' and set the line color to 'none'. (this will hide the border on the left side and at he bottom of the table.)

  • double click in a cell, then select all the cells and go to 'table properties' → 'borders' again, this time changing the color of the 'solid line' will affect the rest of the lines.

utnik
first bullet point; in what version of scribus is this set of options available? i'm looking for this in 1.7.1 and dont see borders option.

second bullet; same question as above...
Title: Re: Table with no visible lines between rows or columns
Post by: utnik on April 12, 2026, 11:45:24 PM
hi admfubar

Quote from: AdmFubar on April 12, 2026, 11:14:41 PM...in what version of scribus is this set of options available? i'm looking for this in 1.7.1 and dont see borders option.

i just checked. it's available under 'table properties' in scribus 1.6.5 and 1.7.2.

utnik
Title: Re: Table with no visible lines between rows or columns
Post by: AdmFubar on April 13, 2026, 04:51:20 AM
ok found it again... however in 1.6, and 1.7.1 it still suffers from the 1 point line width issue. (the color (none) isnt applied if the the line width is 1 point)

Also, anyone notice something odd about this table in the attached image?


ScribusTables01.jpg

tables really need some love in scribus.. I'm sure the developers are working on the issue..
Title: Re: Table with no visible lines between rows or columns
Post by: utnik on April 13, 2026, 05:45:54 AM
hi admfubar

i don't know what you're doing. i don't change the line width if i don't need a line. keeping it at one point and changing the color to 'none' works.

utnik
Title: Re: Table with no visible lines between rows or columns
Post by: Denis ROUQUIER on April 13, 2026, 10:34:03 AM
Thank you everybody for the fast answer.  It works. The only thing I had forgotten was to switch to "preview" mode, where the table appears with no visble lines between rows and columns, while in the "edit" mode the lines are still there !!