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Gherkin Options

Options available for pretty printing the Gherkin output suitable for using in an executable specification.

In Cell Padding​

The In Cell Padding option determines if the values in the table will have padding to make them more readable.

Options are:

  • None
  • Left
  • Right
  • Both

None​

|Country|Population|World Share|
|China|1,439,323,776|18.47 %|
|India|1,380,004,385|17.70 %|
|United States|331,002,651|4.25 %|

Left​

| Country| Population| World Share|
| China| 1,439,323,776| 18.47 %|
| India| 1,380,004,385| 17.70 %|
| United States| 331,002,651| 4.25 %|
|Country |Population |World Share |
|China |1,439,323,776 |18.47 % |
|India |1,380,004,385 |17.70 % |
|United States |331,002,651 |4.25 % |

Both​

| Country | Population | World Share |
| China | 1,439,323,776 | 18.47 % |
| India | 1,380,004,385 | 17.70 % |
| United States | 331,002,651 | 4.25 % |

Pretty Print​

Pretty Print will format the cells in the table so they fit the widest value in the column.

|Country      |Population   |World Share|
|China        |1,439,323,776|18.47 %    |
|India        |1,380,004,385|17.70 %    |
|United States|331,002,651  |4.25 %     |

Show Headers​

Show Headers is the configuration that controls if the Headers are shown in the table or not.

|China|1,439,323,776|18.47 %|
|India|1,380,004,385|17.70 %|
|United States|331,002,651|4.25 %|

Left Indent​

Left Indent is the string that will be displayed to the left of each column, in the example below I added three spaces into the text field .

   |China|1,439,323,776|18.47 %|
   |India|1,380,004,385|17.70 %|
   |United States|331,002,651|4.25 %|

Combine the Options​

It is possible to combine the options to achieve the desired results.

e.g. adding 2 spaces, in front, with padding on both sides, showing headers and pretty printing:

  | Country       | Population    | World Share |
  | China         | 1,439,323,776 | 18.47 %     |
  | India         | 1,380,004,385 | 17.70 %     |
  | United States | 331,002,651   | 4.25 %      |