Set table column width via Markdown

Question

I have a project using Slate, which allows using table markup in the following format.

Name | Value -------|------------------- `Value-One` | Long explanation `Value-Two` | Long explanation `etc` | Long explanation 

My problem is that the first column is rendered too narrow, and is wrapping the content (i.e. breaking the code values onto two lines) rather than displaying it on a single line. My preference is that the first column be wide enough to display the name/key fully, and then the second column can take up the rest of the available space.

My question is if it is possible (and therefore, how) to set the column width via markup, or at least add a class to the table via markup (so that I can style a particular table via CSS). Or is there a better approach to this? I'd prefer not to have to write out the table in full HTML (which would be a last resort option).

Answer 1

I was looking the answer for a long time and finally figured out this solution. markdown columns width is determined by the longest cell in the column, so use html space entity   as many times as needed to widen the column. it looks ugly in edit mode but finally do the trick:

Name                                          | Value -------|------------------- `Value-One` | Long explanation `Value-Two` | Long explanation `etc` | Long explanation