How do I add a newline in a markdown table?
MarkdownMarkdown Problem Overview
I have the following cells in a markdown table:
|Something|Something else that's rather long|Something else|
I'd like to be able to insert a break in the middle line, so the column isn't so large. How can I do that in Markdown? Do I need to use HTML tables instead?
Markdown Solutions
Solution 1 - Markdown
Use an HTML line break (<br />) to force a line break within a table cell:
|Something|Something else<br />that's rather long|Something else|
Solution 2 - Markdown
When you're exporting to HTML, using <br> works. However, if you're using pandoc to export to LaTeX/PDF as well, you should use grid tables:
+---------------+---------------+--------------------+
| Fruit | Price | Advantages |
+===============+===============+====================+
| Bananas | first line\ | first line\ |
| | next line | next line |
+---------------+---------------+--------------------+
| Bananas | first line\ | first line\ |
| | next line | next line |
+---------------+---------------+--------------------+
Solution 3 - Markdown
Use <br/> . For example:
Change log, upgrade version
Dependency | Old version | New version |
---------- | ----------- | -----------
Spring Boot | `1.3.5.RELEASE` | `1.4.3.RELEASE`
Gradle | `2.13` | `3.2.1`
Gradle plugin <br/>`com.gorylenko.gradle-git-properties` | `1.4.16` | `1.4.17`
`org.webjars:requirejs` | `2.2.0` | `2.3.2`
`org.webjars.npm:stompjs` | `2.3.3` | `2.3.3`
`org.webjars.bower:sockjs-client` | `1.1.0` | `1.1.1`
Solution 4 - Markdown
Just for those that are trying to do this on Jira. Just add \\ at the end of each line and a new line will be created:
|Something|Something else \\ that's rather long|Something else|
Will render this:
Source: Text breaks on Jira