Feature Request: Shortcut for Creating Tables + Improved Table Features

Features
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Hi Joplin team and community,

I’d like to suggest adding a shortcut for creating tables, either through the Command Palette or directly via a keyboard shortcut. Currently, inserting tables requires manual Markdown formatting, which slows down note-taking.

Ideas for improvement:

  • Command Palette option: “Insert Table” with customizable row/column count.

  • Keyboard shortcut: A simple key combo to generate a basic table structure.

  • Enhanced table features:

    • Easier handling of headers, including an option to choose header color for better visual organization.

    • Ability to create and save table templates for quick insertion (e.g., predefined layouts for recurring use cases like task trackers or comparison tables).

Tables are essential for organizing information, and these enhancements would make Joplin even more powerful for productivity.

Would love to hear your thoughts—does anyone else find this useful?

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FYI when switching to the rich text editor on the mobile app, in Joplin 3.5 there is a new create table button available which creates a single row table with 2 columns. On the desktop app, on the rich text editor if you click the 3 dots button on the editor toolbar, there is a create table button where you can create a table of a size of choosing.

So you could just switch to the rich text editor whenever you want to create / edit tables, which will be much easier than editing manually in markdown. Both the mobile and desktop rich text editor has button to add / remove rows and columns in the table too.