# Markdown Component Show a md File

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/markdown-component-show-a-md-file/53204>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [November 17, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/markdown-component-show-a-md-file/53204 "2021-11-17T19:44:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![jacob.ramirez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@jacob.ramirez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jacob.ramirez)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/markdown-component-show-a-md-file/53204/1 "2021-11-17T19:44:02Z")

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Could the markdown component show a markdown file?

I tried pasting the markdown as is in the `source` property of the component but it doesn’t render the table and it makes everything a header type (#) that is at the begging if the source string.

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/markdown-component-show-a-md-file/53204/2 "2021-11-17T19:58:54Z")

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Putting it in the source is the right thing to do, but tables are an extension to the original markdown syntax and I wonder if our library/component supports them or not…

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/markdown-component-show-a-md-file/53204/3 "2021-11-17T20:00:23Z")

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Nope, tables actually do work for me. What syntax are you using?

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**Author:** ![jacob.ramirez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@jacob.ramirez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jacob.ramirez)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/markdown-component-show-a-md-file/53204/4 "2021-11-17T20:04:09Z")

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Ok, I see. I removed everything around the table (headers using # and code blocks using `) and the table renders fine.

My markdown text renders fine in VS code and GitHub but when I paste all of it into the markdown component, it just renders as large text, like its all a header 1 (#).

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**Author:** ![jacob.ramirez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@jacob.ramirez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jacob.ramirez)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/markdown-component-show-a-md-file/53204/5 "2021-11-17T20:05:20Z")

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I must have missed some text when copying it over because it is working properly now.

Thanks for confirming that it works.

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/markdown-component-show-a-md-file/53204/6 "2025-11-03T16:45:56Z")

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Split this topic on November 3, 2025, 4:45pm UTC

A post was split to a new topic: [Reference markdown file in Markdown component](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reference-markdown-file-in-markdown-component/111900)