How to copy markdown tables out of Anytype as markdown

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1

What do you need help with?

I have a table in Anytype. If I export as markdown, it is clearly a markdown table as expected. However if I just select the block and copy paste it outside, it ends up being a list. I am not sure if I am doing something wrong, or the editor does not copy the markdown source in the page when copying.

Additional Context

I am fighting copy-paste in this app so much, but raising my previous issue as a Bugfix helped me understand that it was a Firefox issue, so before I raise a Feature request to add some sort of markdown editor view onto pages, I thought I’d ask what I am doing here wrong :smiley:

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OS

Sequoia 15.3

Anytype Version

0.44.0

Network Mode

AnySync

Technical Information

OS version: darwin x64 15.3.0
App version: 0.44.0
Build number: build on 2024-12-16 16:53:50 +0000 UTC at #c04d64d52304c0fe8800032e74e49a7159abdbad
Library version: v0.38.7
Anytype Identity: A8Ue6qpfbWvREvemAicpmhqRkY1RCz3VXKxYahL225AmEXQm
Analytics ID: 041aa3cd-afcf-492f-a656-570885b7946d
Device ID: 12D3KooWGkAxMDWteVF76LJsoEDKVeyaLwTv2PEw7qw8pe6HL9UP

2

It’s probably app dependent since it works fine if I paste it into Obsidian.

3

I just checked, and it kind of works, although the format changes when I copy into Obsidian.

Based on the view of my clipboard it seems that Anytype actually copies maybe the formatted/visible layer of the text, while Obsidian copies the actual markdown values. Is this intended?

Edit:
Could this be related assuming it is not the markdown source is copied when copying from the UI?

Edit:
I also did a quick Command + Shift + V additional test into Obsidian, which seems to confirm my theory.

5

Hey @Filip,
Just wanted to quickly double check if you think my above response is a user error or this may be a feature request / bug report instead?

6

Hey, sorry for the delay. If you write a feature request for this, I’ll send it to our dev team.

8

No worries, I was just about to raise a bugfix topic for another issue, so your timing was pretty good.
I added it as a feature request: Copy markdown during copy-paste outside Anytype

Thanks for the help!

9

+1 from me :clap: