decaporg / decaporg/decap-cms

Support tables in Markdown

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area: extensions/widgets/markdown kind: feature pinned
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Description

**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**

Tables are a common requirement for markdown documents, but the WYSIWYG interface of the markdown widget doesn't support them.

**Describe the solution you'd like**

To create markdown tables visually in the Markdown Widget.

**Describe alternatives you've considered**

Creating them manually with raw markdown, this won't work for most users.

**Additional context**

Related to #1962

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the Markdown Widget's WYSIWYG interface and the discussion in related issue #1962. Identify how existing controls produce Markdown, then define the table-creation flow and confirm that it produces usable Markdown tables in the editor.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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