Editing tables in markdown is a somewhat frustrating experience. I recently found this editor-independent library that aids in that process by automatically formatting, and changing cells with the tab key as you would expect in a spreadsheet program. [image] GitHub - susisu/mte-kernel: tex…

Yes it has. It’s called Advanced Tables. Should be pretty close to the top of the list in the Community Plugins browser. When using the plugin you can add columns and rows from the toolbar: [image] [image]

Mind if I move this to… [image] Better tables (than markdown tables) Plugins ideas I know this probably breaks markdown compatibility but never the less… Often it’s very powerful to be able to use a bit more advanced tables to structure and display more complex informatio…

I actually think it’s different. I interpret that thread as asking for a non-standard syntax to add more capabilities to tables. While I do not disagree that there might be something interesting there, this thread is not changing markdown syntax for tables. Instead it is adding a powerful aid in wri…

Echo what @tgrosinger said, and want to add another vote to this feature. I currently use sublimetext for my knowledge repo (though I’m experimenting with obsidian and am rooting for its success) and I use this plugin ( https://packagecontrol.io/packages/Table%20Editor ) - it’s all standard markdown …

I think this topic can be closed. A plugin to bring this to Obsidian is in the works! [image] Advanced Tables Plugin Share & showcase Here’s the beginnings of a plugin to bring the fantastic mte-kernel for markdown table editing to Obsidian. This plugin will automatically…

We’ll hold off 'til it’s out, but thanks for the flag!

Has the Table Editor Plugin been released? When ot using the plugin, how do you insert a new row in-between 2 existing rows? Same questions for a column in-between 2 existing colums?

Yep, it’s called Advanced Tables in the community plugins. Not sure about your other questions but I imagine they’re answered in the plugin’s docs: GitHub - tgrosinger/advanced-tables-obsidian: Improved table navigation, formatting, and manipulation in Obsidian.md

What if I want to have a 2 column table with the left column having a light grey background, to make it very visual about the BEFORE (first column on grey or red background ) and AFTER (on light green background)?

If that’s possible in markdown at all, would require some tricky inline custom CSS, or it may be impossible without pasting in an HTML table you’ve edited in another app.

In other words, I should forget about it and stop thinking Obsidian can work on layout the same way OneNote can, right? No worries.

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I think this topic can be closed. A plugin to bring this to Obsidian is in the works!