Markdown output will now use the global alignment setting to right align and center align cell values.
I read a blog post from Github about how they determine which features of browsers to use, maintain backwards compatibility and architect the system for cross-browser and multiple version support.
I noticed that they had a Markdown table using the alignment settings for pretty printed output.
I thought it looked pretty good so I amended the layout algorithms for Markdown output to support the alignment.
Default Pretty Printing Markdown Tables
Which means by default the pretty printed Markdown tables in AnyWayData.com look like:
|A Column|B Column|C Column|
|--------|--------|--------|
|a |a b |a b c |
|a |a b |a b c |
|a |a b |a b c |
Left Aligned Cells Pretty Printing Markdown Table
When the Column Align property is set to left align, then the alignment : is added to the table:
|A Column|B Column|C Column|
|:-------|:-------|:-------|
|a |a b |a b c |
|a |a b |a b c |
|a |a b |a b c |
Center Aligned Cells Pretty Printing Markdown Table
When the Column Align property is set to center align, then the alignment :---: is added to the table:
|A Column|B Column|C Column|
|:------:|:------:|:------:|
| a | a b | a b c |
| a | a b | a b c |
| a | a b | a b c |
Right Aligned Cells Pretty Printing Markdown Table
When the Column Align property is set to right align, then the alignment ---: is added to the table:
|A Column|B Column|C Column|
|-------:|-------:|-------:|
| a| a b| a b c|
| a| a b| a b c|
| a| a b| a b c|
Pretty Printing Markdown Tables
This seems to be a much 'prettier' way of representing the pretty-printed tables and when we add functionality in the future to control alignment on a column by column basis then this functionality will carry through.