markdownlint-rule-force-align-table-columns

MD060A is a custom markdownlint rule that is able to auto-fix table column alignment.

Why? Because I simply got used to the auto-align feature of Markdown All in One and I don't want to use two formatters that do almost the same job. Also I really want to see this feature added to markdownlint.

Example

Before

| Header | Header |
| ---- | --- |
| very long content | x |

After

| Header            | Header |
| ----------------- | ------ |
| very long content | x      |

Installation

npm install markdownlint-rule-force-align-table-columns

Usage

With VSCode extension vscode-markdownlint

In .vscode/settings.json:

{
  "markdownlint.customRules": [
    "markdownlint-rule-force-align-table-columns"
  ]
}

Or .markdownlint-cli2.jsonc, which requires vscode-markdownlint >= 0.40.0:

{
  "customRules": [
    "markdownlint-rule-force-align-table-columns"
  ]
}

Why not make a pull request to the MD060 rule?

MD060 seems to be the right place for it and yet I haven't submitted a PR to the author. The author forbids the use of AI generated code in the contribution guidelines. This project is 95% vibe coded and I'm simply too lazy to be bothered rewriting the code of MD060A. That's all there is to it.