Template talk:Unicode blocks

From three to two subtables

To simplify, I have folded the two Supplementary subtables with five planes into one subtable:

Part 1 Basic (BMP): 156 rows. Part 2 Supplementary (SMP...PUA-B): 64. The numbers allow this I think.[1].-DePiep (talk) 10:44, 9 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Table structure

The splitup, currently into 2 subtables, is not helpful. The table has a structure difficult to get across to readers (even experienced; I've read cmts over the times that this one is not easy to get). The splitup was done to reduce massiveness [2] ES: Table too long split bmp/smp/ssp. (this edit created three subtables, not two left)-DePiep (talk) 10:47, 9 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

To make the table into a simple plain structure, I suggest to change it into one table, all 224 rows into one. I'd like to hear if that would be "too long" (the split up motivation), especially compared with the simplicity of overview. -DePiep (talk) 10:47, 9 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I can add that when the table is split, searching can be misleading for the eye (forgetting to open the second table) or automated on the page (no hits when a table is folded). While I am familiar with this template, this happened to me buggingly often. -DePiep (talk) 13:47, 9 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm OK with making it a single table, ~~but there needs to be a way of indicating what plane each block belongs to ... new column on the left with abbrevaiated plane name ("BMP", "SMP", etc.) ?~~ Also suggest removing the "Notes" column and put the C0/C1 notes in a footnote. BabelStone (talk) 18:38, 9 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Can we make collapsing an optional parameter?

Can we have a parameter that specifies whether the table should be collapsed or not, passed through when transcluding the template? This way the template could be shown uncollapsed in the Unicode blocks article where it makes no sense to have it collapsed, but shown collapsed in the Unicode character property page where readers may not want to see all the blocks. Same for Template:ISO 15924 script codes and Unicode. BabelStone (talk) 18:46, 9 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]