pymdown-multimd-table

A Python-Markdown extension implementing MultiMarkdown 6 extended table syntax, mirroring the feature set of the markdown-it-multimd-table JavaScript plugin.

Features

Standard (always enabled)

Feature	Description
Column spanning	Empty cells \|\| extend the previous cell
Text alignment	:---, :---:, ---: in the separator row
Wrappable columns	---+ in the separator adds class="extend"
Multiple header rows	Multiple rows before the separator
Table captions	[caption text] or [caption text][label]
Multiple tbody sections	Blank line between data rows
Inline Markdown	Bold, italic, code, etc. inside cells

Optional (controlled by configuration)

Option	Default	Description
rowspan	false	^^ in a cell merges it with the cell above
multiline	false	Backslash \ at end of row continues cell content on the next line
headerless	false	Tables without a header/separator row
multibody	true	Blank lines between data rows create separate <tbody> elements
autolabel	true	Auto-generate id from caption text
attr_list	false	Parse {.class #id key=val} attribute blocks on cells and rows

Quick example

|              | Grouping      ||
| Header       | A             | B             |
| :----------- | :-----------: | ------------: |
| Row 1        | spans         ||
| Row 2        | left          | right         |

ResultHTML

	Grouping
Header	A	B
Row 1	spans
Row 2	left	right

<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th style="text-align:left"></th>
<th colspan="2" style="text-align:center">Grouping</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th style="text-align:left">Header</th>
<th style="text-align:center">A</th>
<th style="text-align:right">B</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="text-align:left">Row 1</td>
<td colspan="2" style="text-align:center">spans</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align:left">Row 2</td>
<td style="text-align:center">left</td>
<td style="text-align:right">right</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>