Render `[x]` and `[ ]` as checkbox widgets when they appear as the sole content of a markdown table cell. Previously these were displayed as raw text. List-item checkboxes were already rendered correctly; this extends the same treatment to table cells. Fixes #50045. ## What this does - Table cells containing only `[x]`, `[X]`, or `[ ]` now render as visual checkboxes instead of plain text - Both markdown rendering paths are covered: the `markdown` crate (agent panel, chat) and the `markdown_preview` crate (file preview) - Checkboxes are display-only, matching the existing list-item checkbox behavior ## How it works pulldown-cmark splits `[x]` in table cells into three separate `Text` events (`[`, `x`, `]`) rather than emitting a `TaskListMarker` event (which only fires for list items per the GFM spec). The fix operates at each crate's natural interception point: - **`markdown` crate**: After all text events for a table cell have been buffered, `replace_pending_checkbox()` checks the accumulated text before the cell div is finalized. If it matches the checkbox pattern, the pending text is replaced with a `Checkbox` widget. - **`markdown_preview` crate**: In `render_markdown_text()`, text chunks whose trimmed content matches the checkbox pattern are rendered as `MarkdownCheckbox` widgets instead of `InteractiveText`. ## Scope Three files, purely additive: - `crates/markdown/src/markdown.rs` — `replace_pending_checkbox()` on builder, called at `TableCell` end - `crates/markdown_preview/src/markdown_renderer.rs` — checkbox detection in `render_markdown_text()` - `crates/markdown_preview/src/markdown_parser.rs` — test only No changes to parser data models, GPUI, or any shared infrastructure. ## What's not in scope - **HTML `<input type="checkbox">`** — pulldown-cmark strips these as raw HTML. Supporting them requires HTML tag parsing, which is a separate concern. - **Interactive (click-to-toggle) checkboxes in tables** — table checkboxes are display-only. List-item checkboxes in Zed support Cmd+click toggling, but extending that to table cells would require tracking source ranges across the split parser events, which is a separate enhancement. ## Follow-up Table checkbox interactivity (Cmd+click toggle) is straightforward to add as a follow-up — the source ranges are already available in `markdown_preview`, and the `markdown` crate would need minor callback plumbing. ## Screenshots **Markdown checkbox before** <img width="1603" height="863" alt="md-checkbox-before-1" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8539d79d-c74f-4d14-a3e5-525e4d0083aa" /> <img width="1599" height="892" alt="md-checkbox-before-2" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7badfab1-651f-4fab-8879-deb109c56670" /> **Markdown checkbox after** <img width="1832" height="889" alt="md-checkbox-after-1" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/463b6334-9f50-41c0-ab7e-24d238244873" /> <img width="1795" height="886" alt="md-checkbox-after-2" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/57d3d9de-1d23-42ba-bc0a-5aa0c699b13d" /> ## Test plan **Unit tests** (2 new): - `test_table_with_checkboxes` (markdown_preview) — parser delivers `[x]`/`[ ]` text into table cell structures - `test_table_checkbox_detection` (markdown) — parser events accumulate checkbox text in table cells, confirming `replace_pending_checkbox` detection logic **Automated**: - [x] `cargo test -p markdown` — 27 tests pass (26 existing + 1 new) - [x] `cargo test -p markdown_preview` — 61 tests pass (60 existing + 1 new) **Manual** (verified against `test-checkbox-table.md`): - [x] Basic `[x]`/`[ ]` in a status column - [x] Checkbox-only column alongside text - [x] Multiple checkbox columns in one table - [x] Left, center, and right column alignments - [x] Uppercase `[X]` variant - [x] Leading/trailing whitespace in cell - [x] Checkboxes alongside other inline elements (links, bold text) - [x] Single-column and minimal two-column tables - [x] Normal table text unaffected by detection - [x] List checkboxes still render correctly (regression) - [x] Agent panel: asked agent to output table with checkbox columns Release Notes: - Fixed `[x]` and `[ ]` checkboxes not rendering in markdown table cells (#50045)
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