# Tables in Plain Text Editor **URL:** \ **Category:** ℹ️ Support\ **Tags:** files-markdown-app\ **Created:** [July 18, 2021, 6:23am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/tables-in-plain-text-editor/120390 "2021-07-18T06:23:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![edschi](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/edschi/32/36324_2.png) [@edschi](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/edschi)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2021, 6:23am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/tables-in-plain-text-editor/120390/1 "2021-07-18T06:23:06Z")
Is there a way to get tables to work in Plain Text Editor? I create them offline in MacDown, but ones the .md is on Nextcloud, the tables are all plain text. ---
**Author:** ![j-ed](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/j-ed/32/7281_2.png) [@j-ed](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/j-ed)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2021, 11:29am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/tables-in-plain-text-editor/120390/2 "2021-07-18T11:29:21Z")
I don’t know “MacDown” but have you compared files you’ve created directly from within Nextcloud and the external created one? It might be possible that a different encoding or syntax is applied somehow. ---
**Author:** ![edschi](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/edschi/32/36324_2.png) [@edschi](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/edschi)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/tables-in-plain-text-editor/120390/3 "2021-07-18T14:15:08Z")
I created the .md file directly on Nextcloud and tried to make a table accoriding to the official Markdown specifications. Since I failed, I took the file offline, created the tables in a split-screen editor. Back on Nextcloud, the tables are plain text. It looks more like the Plain Text Edtior is ignoring the syntax. Notes can handle tables well. ---
**Author:** ![j-ed](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/j-ed/32/7281_2.png) [@j-ed](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/j-ed)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2021, 2:28pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/tables-in-plain-text-editor/120390/4 "2021-07-18T14:28:07Z")
Afail the Plain Text Editor is indeed an editor which only displays plain text. If you want to use and see MarkDown documents it is necessary to install the Notes or the Mardown Editor app. ---
**Author:** ![edschi](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/edschi/32/36324_2.png) [@edschi](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/edschi)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2021, 8:03pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/tables-in-plain-text-editor/120390/5 "2021-07-18T20:03:52Z")
Thanks j-ed, I did download the Markdown Editor, yet .md files always open in the Plain Text Editor. Just figured out the way to open a file in the split view, that proves that I did not make any formatting errors. If a normal users opens the file by double-clicking, it will open in the normal **Plain Text Editor** a.k.a **Text** and will look like a mess. It would be amazing, if Plain Text Editor would accept markdown rules, since the files end with .md and one would expect them to handle simple Markdown. Notes are only editable in Edit mode, in preview mode, they are read only. Anyhow, I would rather be able to use tables in .md files. I hope tables will be implement in the near future, since they are a basic element of a text document and helpful in a variety of files. ---
**Author:** ![nommazv](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/nommazv/32/44726_2.png) [@nommazv](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/nommazv)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2023, 9:13am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/tables-in-plain-text-editor/120390/6 "2023-07-30T09:13:59Z")
Actually markdown editor supports all the syntax in wysiwig form and is beautful editor. But it has to have table support. How can we encourage it as the community? ---
**Author:** ![bb77](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/bb77/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@bb77](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/bb77)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2023, 12:08pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/tables-in-plain-text-editor/120390/7 "2023-07-30T12:08:05Z")
> [@nommazv](#): > > But it has to have table support. How can we encourage it as the community? Not sure what you are missing. Both editors ([Markdown Editor](https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/files_markdown) and the default Nextcloud Text app) can create and render tables: # Markdown Editor: ![Bildschirmfoto vom 2023-07-30 14-07-03](https://help.nextcloud.com/uploads/default/original/3X/e/9/e9bafe24e6098a07a8dbd448529f14306aaaddb1.png) # Nextcloud Text: ![Bildschirmfoto vom 2023-07-30 14-06-42](https://help.nextcloud.com/uploads/default/original/3X/b/8/b8894b2de2acc5fba2dc37f1a470766bb9dcbbfd.png) ---
**Author:** ![wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/wwe/32/72963_2.png) [@wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/wwe)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/tables-in-plain-text-editor/120390/8 "2024-12-14T15:48:34Z")