# Table Builder editor eradicates column alignment specification

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/table-builder-editor-eradicates-column-alignment-specification/299577
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** table-builder, fixed
**Created:** [March 15, 2024, 8:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/table-builder-editor-eradicates-column-alignment-specification/299577 "2024-03-15T20:21:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![supermathie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/supermathie/32/507518_2.png) [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2024, 8:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/table-builder-editor-eradicates-column-alignment-specification/299577/1 "2024-03-15T20:21:22Z")

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Note below how when I edit columns with the table builder, it wipes out the column alignment specification:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/d/c/f/dcf37b74401920b00ce0576b65418f8f4a8b3ef1.png)

It’s also introducing spurious linebreaks due to using `\r\n` instead of `\n` for line termination.

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### Author: ![HamMan2118](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hamman2118/32/383565_2.png) [@HamMan2118](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HamMan2118)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2024, 8:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/table-builder-editor-eradicates-column-alignment-specification/299577/3 "2024-03-15T20:26:16Z")

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I went to test this myself and to add to what Michael had said above, this occurs on fields you edit. Ones you do not touch are left alone.

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### Author: ![supermathie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/supermathie/32/507518_2.png) [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/table-builder-editor-eradicates-column-alignment-specification/299577/4 "2024-03-15T20:28:01Z")

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> [@HamMan2118](#):
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> this occurs on fields you edit

In my case I had only edited the right-hand column

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### Author: ![Lhc\_fl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lhc_fl/32/268115_2.png) [@Lhc\_fl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lhc_fl)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2024, 8:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/table-builder-editor-eradicates-column-alignment-specification/299577/5 "2024-07-04T08:17:55Z")

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> [@supermathie](#):
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> Note below how when I edit columns with the table builder, it wipes out the column alignment specification:

I submitted a bug fix for this:  
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/27709](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/27709)

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2024, 8:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/table-builder-editor-eradicates-column-alignment-specification/299577/6 "2024-07-16T08:39:55Z")

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