# Create table button in the editor toolbar on desktop

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/create-table-button-in-the-editor-toolbar-on-desktop/7787>\
**Category:** Features\
**Created:** [10 April 2020 08:20 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/create-table-button-in-the-editor-toolbar-on-desktop/7787 "2020-04-10T08:20:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![RahulMohata](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/rahulmohata/32/3551_2.png) [@RahulMohata](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/RahulMohata)\
**Post date:** [10 April 2020 08:20 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/create-table-button-in-the-editor-toolbar-on-desktop/7787/1 "2020-04-10T08:20:59Z")

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There should be a create table button in the editor toolbar on desktop which prompts a dialog box to enter no. of rows and columns and creates a table.  
Also, when a user presses “enter” after the last row, a new row should be added to the table like a new list item is added when pressed enter after the last item of list .

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**Author:** ![dpoulton](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/dpoulton/32/29723_2.png) [@dpoulton](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/dpoulton)\
**Post date:** [10 April 2020 10:24 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/create-table-button-in-the-editor-toolbar-on-desktop/7787/2 "2020-04-10T10:24:45Z")

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For info this has already been suggested (example below). Not checked to see if there is a PR for it yet...

> [@Add tables to the toolbar](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/add-tables-to-the-toolbar/6213):
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> hi all, as I'm using Joplin not because it uses Markdown but is a great peace of software I want to ask for table support in the toolbar. If there are any questions or I overlooked a post asking for this please give me a hint wink I thougt of something like [that](https://www.tablesgenerator.com/markdown_tables):

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**Author:** ![RahulMohata](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/rahulmohata/32/3551_2.png) [@RahulMohata](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/RahulMohata)\
**Post date:** [10 April 2020 10:59 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/create-table-button-in-the-editor-toolbar-on-desktop/7787/3 "2020-04-10T10:59:09Z")

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OK i wasn’t aware of that. Thanks @dpoulton

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**Author:** ![sashsz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@sashsz](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/sashsz)\
**Post date:** [13 June 2023 07:56 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/create-table-button-in-the-editor-toolbar-on-desktop/7787/4 "2023-06-13T07:56:20Z")

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Hello folks,

is there any update on this feature ? It's very irittating to try to draw a table instead of using a simple button as in "rich text" mode!

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**Author:** ![dpoulton](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/dpoulton/32/29723_2.png) [@dpoulton](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/dpoulton)\
**Post date:** [13 June 2023 13:39 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/create-table-button-in-the-editor-toolbar-on-desktop/7787/5 "2023-06-13T13:39:18Z")

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@sashsz welcome to the forum.

I have not tried it but this plugin appears to add a table button to the Markdown editor toolbar as well as other table related features.

> **[GitHub - FelisDiligens/joplin-plugin-multimd-table-tools: A collection of...](https://github.com/FelisDiligens/joplin-plugin-multimd-table-tools)**
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> A collection of tools to make editing tables easier. - GitHub - FelisDiligens/joplin-plugin-multimd-table-tools: A collection of tools to make editing tables easier.