Markdown Table Creator

Markdown Table Creator is a Sublime Text plugin that helps you create and reformat Markdown tables quickly.

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Demo video:

MarkdownTableCreator_demo.mov

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Usage
• Examples
• Configuration

Installation

via Package Control

1. Open the Command Palette (Tools > Command Palette)
2. Search for Package Control: Install Package and select it
3. Search for Markdown Table Creator and select it to install

https://packagecontrol.io/packages/Markdown%20Table%20Creator

Manual Installation

1. Open Sublime Text package directory with Sublime Text > Preferences > Browse Packages....
2. Copy the files to User directory.

Usage

Create Markdown table

• Type 1+ header names, separated with | (or configured extra_header_separators)
• Type content data, separated with | (or configured extra_content_separators) (optional)
• Select the text you want to convert to Markdown table
• Select Markdown Table Creator from Command Palette, or hit the defined key binding

Reformat Markdown table

• Make any change in header/content data, alignment, or table structure
• Select the Markdown table
• Select Markdown Table Creator from Command Palette, or hit the defined key binding

Examples

▶ Only header information

Before

City|Country|Population

After

City	Country	Population

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▶ If you defined \ as separator in extra_header_separators such as "extra_header_separators": "\\"

Before

City\Country\Population

After

City	Country	Population

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▶ You can also enter the data alongside the header

Before

City\Country\Population
London|UK|8M
Istanbul|Turkey|12M

After

City	Country	Population
London	UK	8M
Istanbul	Turkey	12M

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▶ You can define the column alignment by putting : to the header

Before

City (Default Left)|:Country (Centered):|Population (Right):
London|UK|8M
Istanbul|Turkey|12M

After

City (Default Left)	Country (Centered)	Population (Right)
London	UK	8M
Istanbul	Turkey	12M

Configuration

Keymap

You can add a keymap with Sublime Text > Preferences > Key Bindings

Example:

{ "keys": ["alt+shift+t"], "command": "markdown_table_creator" }

Customization

{

  // This will be used to align the column when alignment is not specified with ":"
  // Can be "left" / "right" / "center"
  "default_alignment": "left",

  // Each of the characters will be used to separate header line together with "|"
  "extra_header_separators": "",

  // Each of the characters will be used to separate content lines together with "|"
  "extra_content_separators": "",

  // Enabling debug_mode will print errors after the selected text  
  "debug_mode": false,

}