# How to add a class attribute to a table created using markdown

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**Created:** [April 1, 2018, 6:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-a-class-attribute-to-a-table-created-using-markdown/84338 "2018-04-01T18:04:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 1, 2018, 6:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-a-class-attribute-to-a-table-created-using-markdown/84338/1 "2018-04-01T18:04:14Z")

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I understand that it is possible to create a table like this:

```plaintext
| Col A | Col B | Col C |
|---|---|---|

```

My question, how to add a custom class attribute to the table? I mean, rendering it in `HTML` as, for example:

`<table class='shortcuts'>...</table>`

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