# Discourse converts copy-pasted tab-delimited list into table automatically

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-converts-copy-pasted-tab-delimited-list-into-table-automatically/266325>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Tags:** pr-welcome\
**Created:** [May 26, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-converts-copy-pasted-tab-delimited-list-into-table-automatically/266325 "2023-05-26T14:46:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![roke\_julian\_lockhart](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/roke_julian_lockhart/32/540179_2.png) [@roke\_julian\_lockhart](https://meta.discourse.org/u/roke_julian_lockhart)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-converts-copy-pasted-tab-delimited-list-into-table-automatically/266325/1 "2023-05-26T14:46:00Z")

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If a user copies and pastes

````markdown
	```sh
	systemctl reboot
	```

````

into the edit form in Discourse, that content becomes

````markdown
||```sh|
|---|---|
||systemctl reboot|
||```|

````

This is erroneous – it’s obviously a list, not a table.

I’ve tested this on [discuss.kde.org](http://discuss.kde.org) and [meta.discourse.org](http://meta.discourse.org).

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