MarkEdit-mte

Markdown Table Editor for MarkEdit that leverages markedit-api.

Learn more about mte-kernel.

Installation

Copy dist/markedit-mte.js to ~/Library/Containers/app.cyan.markedit/Data/Documents/scripts/.

You can also run yarn install && yarn build to build and deploy the script.

Quick Guide

1. Input a pipe | and some content (cursor position is indicated by _).

| foo_

2. Hit Tab to move to the next cell.

| foo | _
| --- |

3. Continue typing.

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

4. Hit Enter to move to the next row.

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

5. Continue typing...

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

6. Hit Cmd-Enter to finish editing the table.

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

Commands

Basic Commands

Command	Description	Keymap
Format	Format the current table	Shift-Cmd-f
Format All	Format all tables	Alt-Shift-Cmd-f
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	Cmd-Enter

Move Focus

Command	Description	Keymap
Move Left	Move focus left	Cmd-Left
Move Right	Move focus right	Cmd-Right
Move Up	Move focus up	Cmd-Up
Move Down	Move focus down	Cmd-Down

Alignment

Command	Description	Keymap
Align Left	Align a column left	Shift-Cmd-Left
Align Right	Align a column right	Shift-Cmd-Right
Align Center	Align a column center	Shift-Cmd-Up
Align None	Unset alignment	Shift-Cmd-Down

Row/Column Operations

Command	Description	Keymap
Insert Row	Insert an empty row	Cmd-K Cmd-I
Delete Row	Delete a row	Cmd-L Cmd-I
Insert Column	Insert an empty column	Cmd-K Cmd-J
Delete Column	Delete a column	Cmd-L Cmd-J
Move Row Up	Move a row up	Alt-Shift-Cmd-Up
Move Row Down	Move a row down	Alt-Shift-Cmd-Down
Move Column Left	Move a column left	Alt-Shift-Cmd-Left
Move Column Right	Move a column right	Alt-Shift-Cmd-Right

There is also a "Table Editor" menu item under the "Extensions" submenu in the status bar.