Markdown tables

In Silverfin it is possible to create tables in your template to structure your text and data by using either Markdown or HTML.

Markdown tables in Silverfin

Name	Use	Symbol
Table	Used to put text in a table	`\|--------\|-------`
Table borders	Used to add table borders	`^topline^` / `^^double top line^^` / `_bottom line_` / `__double bottom line__` / `] vertical line left` / `Vertical line right [`
Alignment of text	Used to align text on a page or in a table	`\|--------` (left align) `\|:--------:`(centered) `\|--------:`(right align)
Stripnewlines	It removes any newline characters (line breaks) from a string. The tag newline must be used when a break within stripnewlines is needed	`{% stripnewlines %} Line 1 Item 1 Line 1 Item 2 {% newline %} Line 2 {% newline %} Line 3 {% endstripnewlines %}`
Indentation	Used to add indenting to markdown on a page or in a table	\|->indented \|--> indented more

Markdown table

{% stripnewlines %}
| title | title {% newline %}
|--------|------- {% newline %}
| content | content {% newline %}
| content | content {% newline %}
{% endstripnewlines %}

Output

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{% newline %}
Be careful when using the newline tag. As when it is used twice a new table will be created.
An example can be found on our community

Markdown table borders

top line

{% stripnewlines %}
| title | title {% newline %}
|--------|------- {% newline %}
| content | content {% newline %}
|^Total^|^Total^ {% newline %}
{% endstripnewlines %}

Output

double top line

{% stripnewlines %}
| title | title {% newline %}
|--------|------- {% newline %}
| content | content {% newline %}
|^^Total^^|^^Total^^{% newline %}
{% endstripnewlines %}

Output

bottom line

{% stripnewlines %}
| title | title {% newline %}
|--------|------- {% newline %}
| content | content {% newline %}
|_Total_|_Total_{% newline %}
{% endstripnewlines %}

Output

double bottom line

{% stripnewlines %}
| title | title {% newline %}
|--------|------- {% newline %}
| content | content {% newline %}
|__Total__|__Total__{% newline %}
{% endstripnewlines %}

Output

vertical line (left)

{% stripnewlines %}
|--------|------- {% newline %}
|] content |] content {% newline %}
|**Total**|**Total**{% newline %}
{% endstripnewlines %}

Output

vertical line (right)

{% stripnewlines %}
|--------|------- {% newline %}
| content [| content [{% newline %}
|**Total**|**Total**{% newline %}
{% endstripnewlines %}

Output

The community provides a useful example of different table structures you can use.

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Export
In export, tables with 9 or more columns will be shown in landscape automatically (unless defined otherwise in the styles section in Silverfin).

Markdown alignment of text

You have the flexibility to choose how your text is aligned within markdown tables; left, centred or right.

{% stripnewlines %}
| title | title | title {% newline %}
|--------|:-------:|-------:# {% newline %}
| content | content| content {% newline %}
{% endstripnewlines %}

Output

Markdown indentation

Indentation can be used to format information in your table.

{% stripnewlines %}
|--------
|--------#
{% newline %}
|->indented | not indented {% newline %}
|--> indented more| not indented
{% endstripnewlines %}

Output