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01552: Simple table heading and anchors

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||!Simple table heading ||
||!#simple Simple table heading with anchor ||
||![[#simpleanchor]]Simple table heading with embedded anchor ||\\

Now that the markup !!#anchor Anchored Heading is available it seems to me that for consistency simple table headings should also enable the anchor markup simon May 06, 2026, at 09:39 PM

(FYI, this does not create an anchor <h2><a id="name"></a>, but adds an identifier like <h2 id="name">. The effect is similar for links, TOC.)

I am actually considering adding a general markup like a JavaScript or CSS query selector, that could be applied to different elements, headings, tables, table headings and cells, input form elements, block containers, other directives.

Something like this:

!!#id1.cl.cl2 Heading -> <h2 id="id1" class="cl1 cl2">Heading</h2>

!!.cl3 Heading -> <h2 class="cl3">Heading</h2>

(:div#id2.cl3.cl4:) -> <div id="id2" class="cl3 cl4">

(:input.c5#id4.c6 text50 name value:) -> <input id="id4" class="c5 c6" type="text" size="50" name="name" value="value"> (also note the text50)

This would save so much typing, especially when building user interfaces, templates, forms.

For a table header cell, an easy way to add CSS class names like ||.halfwidth Cell || can allow to control column widths.

How likely is for a table cell to contain text starting with a hash or a dot? I do have sometimes the first header contain "#" for a numbered column below. What about the leading space for alignment center or right, should the aligning space come before the selector? --Petko May 07, 2026, at 06:22 AM