Markdown tables

[M1ke]

Hey guys,

I’m trying to create a markdown table for a mealplan - unfortunately it’s only working almost perfectly.

Important to me is the following:

• alignment (always the same gap between weekdays and meals)
• hide the weekdays, where there is no meal planned (yet)
• start the week on Tuesday
• weekday in bold & meal normal
• custom text, if no meals are set

I’ve recently came across a thread containing some info regarding markdown tables and came up with the following spaghetti code:

content: >-
    |  
    :---|:---
  {% if is_state('input_text.essen_dienstag', '') %}{% else %}  
  **Dienstag:**        | {{
  states.input_text.essen_dienstag.state }} {% endif %} {% if
  is_state('input_text.essen_mittwoch', '') %}{% else %}

    **Mittwoch:**        | {{
  states.input_text.essen_mittwoch.state }} {% endif %} {% if
  is_state('input_text.essen_donnerstag', '') %}{% else %}

    **Donnerstag:**        | {{
  states.input_text.essen_donnerstag.state }} {% endif %} {% if
  is_state('input_text.essen_freitag', '') %}{% else %}

    **Freitag:**        | {{
  states.input_text.essen_freitag.state }} {% endif %} {% if
  is_state('input_text.essen_samstag', '') %}{% else %}

    **Samstag:**        | {{
  states.input_text.essen_samstag.state }} {% endif %} {% if
  is_state('input_text.essen_sonntag', '') %}{% else %}

    **Sonntag:**        | {{
  states.input_text.essen_sonntag.state }} {% endif %} {% if
  is_state('input_text.essen_montag', '') %}{% else %}

    **Montag:**        | {{
  states.input_text.essen_montag.state }} {% endif %}

  {% if is_state('input_text.essen_montag', '') and
  is_state('input_text.essen_dienstag', '') and
  is_state('input_text.essen_mittwoch', '') and
  is_state('input_text.essen_donnerstag', '') and
  is_state('input_text.essen_freitag', '') and
  is_state('input_text.essen_samstag', '') and
  is_state('input_text.essen_sonntag', '') %}

  Essensplan erstellen! {% else %} {% endif %}

style:
  .: |
    ha-card {
      background: {% if is_state('input_boolean.essen', 'on') %} #444444 {% endif %};
    }
  ha-markdown:
    $: |
      th {
        display: none;
      }
      table {
        border-spacing: 0px;
      }
type: markdown

---

Here’s how it looks like, when everyday is set:

So far, so good… but when sunday is the first non-empty one, the table does not get recognized as such and looks like that:

I know this is very specific, but I hope someone might still be able to help out.

Thank you very much in advance!

[M1ke]

Finally got it working - rewrote the whole thing. If anyone has a similar project, here’s the code:

content: >-
    |  
    :---|:---
  {% if states('input_text.essen_dienstag') != "" %}    **Dienstag:**
         |
  {{states.input_text.essen_dienstag.state }}

  {% endif %}{% if states('input_text.essen_mittwoch') != "" %}   
  **Mittwoch:**        |
  {{states.input_text.essen_mittwoch.state }}

  {% endif %}{% if states('input_text.essen_donnerstag') != "" %}   
  **Donnerstag:**        |
  {{states.input_text.essen_donnerstag.state }}

  {% endif %}{% if states('input_text.essen_freitag') != "" %}   
  **Freitag:**        |
  {{states.input_text.essen_freitag.state }}

  {% endif %}{% if states('input_text.essen_samstag') != "" %}   
  **Samstag:**        |
  {{states.input_text.essen_samstag.state }}

  {% endif %}{% if states('input_text.essen_sonntag') != "" %}   
  **Sonntag:**        |
  {{states.input_text.essen_sonntag.state }}

  {% endif %}{% if states('input_text.essen_montag') != "" %}   
  **Montag:**        |
  {{states.input_text.essen_montag.state }} {% endif %}

  {% if is_state('input_text.essen_montag', '') and
  is_state('input_text.essen_dienstag', '') and
  is_state('input_text.essen_mittwoch', '') and
  is_state('input_text.essen_donnerstag', '') and
  is_state('input_text.essen_freitag', '') and
  is_state('input_text.essen_samstag', '') and
  is_state('input_text.essen_sonntag', '') %} Essensplan erstellen! {% endif %}
style:
  .: |
    ha-card {
      background: {% if is_state('input_boolean.essen', 'on') %} #444444 {% endif %};
    }
  ha-markdown:
    $: |
      th {
        display: none;
      }
      table {
        border-spacing: 0px;
      }
type: markdown

I think, the important part is where to put the line breaks. Or else the unused line breaks accumulate too much and break the table.

[123 (Taras)]

If you want to add spacing between markdown table columns, you can simply use blank columns instead of repeated non-breaking spaces    etc. It’s much neater and easier to use. There’s an example of its use here:

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[M1ke]

That’s a lot better indeed - thank you very much!

[alex3m3ti8]

This used to work, but seems like since 2022.6, has this broken for anyone and no longer displays anything?

[SKaiser]

Has anyone found a solution for current HA versions

[parautenbach (Pieter Rautenbach)]

It’s been 2 years. What’s your specific issue?