markdown-table-editor

Markdown table editor/formatter

Quick guide

Set editor's grammar to GitHub Markdown or Markdown.
Input a pipe | and some content (cursor position is indicated by _).
```
| foo_
```
(If you are using language-markdown, don't forget a space after the pipe.)
Hit tab to move to the next cell.
```
| foo | _
| --- |
```
Continue typing.
```
| foo | bar | _
| --- | --- |
```

Hit enter to move to the next row.

| foo | bar |
| --- | --- |
| _   |     |

Continue typing...

| foo | bar |
| --- | --- |
| baz | _   |

Hit esc to finish editing table.

| foo | bar |
| --- | --- |
| baz |     |
_

Features

Format tables
Move the cursor from cell to cell
Alter column's alignment
Insert and delete rows and columns

Commands

Name	Description	Keybinding
Next Cell	Move to the next cell	`tab`
Previous Cell	Move to the previous cell	`shift` + `tab`
Next Row	Move to the next row	`enter`
Escape	Escape from the table	`escape`
Format	Just format the table
Align Left	Left-align the column
Align Right	Right-align the column
Align Center	Center-align the column
Align Default	Remove the column's alignment
Select Cell	Select the cell content
Move Left	Move to the left cell
Move Right	Move to the right cell
Move Up	Move to the upper cell
Move Down	Move to the lower cell
Insert Row	Insert an empty row
Delete Row	Delete the row
Move Row Up	Move the row up
Move Row Down	Move the row down
Insert Column	Insert an empty column
Delete Column	Delete the column
Move Column Left	Move the column left
Move Column Right	Move the column right
Switch Format Type	Switch "Format Type" config

NOTE: To input a newline purposely in a table, press shift + enter (or some equivalent) instead.

You can execute commands from the command palette (Windows, Linux: ctrl + shift + p / macOS: cmd + shift + p) or from the Packages menu.

It will be more convenient if you add keybindings to your keymap.cson. These are the ones which I use, FYI:

'atom-text-editor:not(.mini):not(.autocomplete-active).markdown-table-editor-active':
  'cmd-left'           : 'markdown-table-editor:move-left'
  'cmd-right'          : 'markdown-table-editor:move-right'
  'cmd-up'             : 'markdown-table-editor:move-up'
  'cmd-down'           : 'markdown-table-editor:move-down'
  'shift-cmd-left'     : 'markdown-table-editor:align-left'
  'shift-cmd-right'    : 'markdown-table-editor:align-right'
  'shift-cmd-up'       : 'markdown-table-editor:align-center'
  'shift-cmd-down'     : 'markdown-table-editor:align-default'
  'alt-shift-cmd-left' : 'markdown-table-editor:move-column-left'
  'alt-shift-cmd-right': 'markdown-table-editor:move-column-right'
  'alt-shift-cmd-up'   : 'markdown-table-editor:move-row-up'
  'alt-shift-cmd-down' : 'markdown-table-editor:move-row-down'
  'cmd-k cmd-i'        : 'markdown-table-editor:insert-row'
  'cmd-k alt-cmd-i'    : 'markdown-table-editor:delete-row'
  'cmd-k cmd-j'        : 'markdown-table-editor:insert-column'
  'cmd-k alt-cmd-j'    : 'markdown-table-editor:delete-column'

matthewdordal/markdown-table-editor

markdown-table-editor

Quick guide

Features

Commands