Support markdown tables in objects

[jfudickar]

I want to document content of json files with D2.

In plantuml I can use something like this:
`@startuml

class "rocket Falcon 1" as 5e9d0d95eda69955f709d1eb << (R,orange) hardware >> {
rocket
|= attribute |= value |
| active | false |
| boosters | 0 |
| company | SpaceX |
| cost_per_launch | 6700000 |
| country | Republic of the Marshall Islands |
| first_flight | 2006-03-24 |
| id | 5e9d0d95eda69955f709d1eb |
| name | Falcon 1 |
| stages | 2 |
| success_rate_pct | 40 |
| type | rocket |
}
class "payload" as payload_5e9d0d95eda69955f709d1eb_1 << (P,orange) hardware >> {
payload
|= attribute |= value |
| option_1 | composite fairing |
}
5e9d0d95eda69955f709d1eb --> payload_5e9d0d95eda69955f709d1eb_1:payloads

@enduml`

In D2 there is as far as I can see in the moment an option to use markdown tables

This would be very helpful.

Further Idea's can be found here : https://github.com/jfudickar/json2puml

[alixander]

You can just repurpose tables for this: https://d2lang.com/tour/sql-tables/

or just use JSON blocks directly: https://play.d2lang.com/?script=qrBSqMkqzs_jqlbITS0qqrRSSM4oyiwuyU0sVqjlquECBAAA__8%3D&

Does that work? @jfudickar

[jfudickar]

I thought about that before, but sadly not.
That was the same way I started with plantuml.

But I need the option to have more then two columns.
And I'm not shure what happens with the sqltable if you would have a long value (which will then be the datatype).

One other example you can see here: https://github.com/jfudickar/json2puml/blob/main/documentation/images/spacex_launch/spacex_launch_latest.launch-crew-rocket.png

[alixander]

@jfudickar Can you use grids?

https://play.d2lang.com/?script=dMzhSsQwEATg__sUQ38KHjYB8fZlStLbq5E0PZLdAxHfXRIQEfTf7A7zvbWjMKYJHwRsNV0et3BjPH1f65FtL43hCXg4NX3PcopHvjCuITchAm6hStFfnVYTAuZlZkyYCHA_0feor9WaLvewmu1dCao1RVP5G3KMaLUsmnZZmqyDdAwpWyrSBusYKV47dg_Z_oE8Y352Y-4Z5zHsvxfvz87TJ30FAAD__w%3D%3D&

[jfudickar]

In principle yes, I will have to look into.
For example can I make the height of the rows smaller, this is very space consuming and not so good to read.

[jfudickar]

Did you have an idea how I can make the height of the lines smaller?

[bo-ku-ra]

https://play.d2lang.com/?script=dM9RasMwEATQf51i8GegoZZKafYyRnY2toosB2k3pYTcvUhgSqH5G42YB_tZtkToOtwNMOdwfpn9lfC6v6Yt6poKwe1N3r4K4c0Ah2OR78jHcYtnwsXHwsYAV585yZ8_ycoG6Iee0KEzgP2NrkZZshYZbn5SXaviRXIYVfh_yBJGzWmQsPJQeGqkJXCaQ-LSWEsI46ViNx_1CeQI_bttc0c4tWHtPpw72Xr0gXBfOMyLEPqHeZifAAAA__8%3D&

[bo-ku-ra]

i want to write a table in Markdown because I find Markup problematic on D2.
https://play.d2lang.com/?l=&script=SsvPT0osquZSUEgvykzRLcovL7ZSMLSG8ZPzc0pz81CE0hMLrBQMQNzcFKuaBC4FBZuSxKScVIWk_KKU1CJbJUMlheTUnJzigsTkzLx0WyUDCL8gMSUFzDdWsgNrKrKzKUmxqwABG_2SFPJ5-iVFoyYOahP1wSkEzEwq0qcFnVDDpaBQywUIAAD__w%3D%3D&

[alixander]

Tables will fall into markdown so this issue continues here: #2220