Am 22.02.2025 um 23:07 schrieb Mohammad Hossein Bateni:
> Hello,
>
> Are natural tables still the recommended table mechanism in ConTeXt?
> How can I get the order of cells in each row reversed (going from right
> to left)?

It depends on your use but I tend to use either tabulate or extreme
tables but whether you use extreme tables or natural tables is in many
cases just a personal preference.


> [...]
>
> I expect the second table to completely mirror the first one. Though the
> cell contents (as well as the caption) are reversed, the order of cells
> in the row are the same as in the first table.
>
> For columns, we have a /direction/ key, but I couldn't find anything
> like that for natural tables.

The column order is fixed on purpose and to change it Hans has to add an
option for this, e.g. direction=reverse which isn't supported by any
table type except the oldest \starttable environment.

Wolfgang

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