Solved possible to use joomla editor instead of component one?

dsrpmedia wrote:  thanks for the suggestion, a lengthy workaround, but it almost works.however, when I paste the table code into the source area in kunena, then unclick the source to show the styling it is just showing the code - not converting the code to tables. ( see screenshots)what is the point of the code dbutton if the htrml is being stripped out in the editor?is there a setting I missed thsat would allow for code in the editor?

That's html codes but you need bbcodes. Maybe therefore the user purezn means it works with the JCE Editor Pro.
Example of bbcode tables: Here is the output of this code:

Column 1	Column 2
123	456
123	456

inserting the article almost works - but I need to be able to put content into the tables of the cells - when I insert this way it is not editble

You can edit anytime in this table, but only in the backend. If you edit this article, you see this changes also in the forum. I don't know satisfying solutions for tables, because they are also not optimal for mobile view if they contain too many columns.

Maybe this page is helpfull for you:  BBCode table generator  If you generate a table with this tool you get the BBCode output, and you can copy and paste this code.

thanks Rich, I will try this a little later today

unfortunately the BB Code output does not work either - it generates a table
 
 - but the code itself is what is shown in the editing area before submitted,. If only the table was displayed in the editing area before being submitted this would have worked perfectly

You see the result of the table directly and if you click on Generate you get the right code along with the content.

 

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Row 1, Column 1	Row 1, Column 2	Row 1, Column 3
Row 2, Column 1	Row 2, Column 2	Row 2, Column 3

If you want to edit a table you must do it with the source mode, because the editor not recognize tables.