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feat(web): copy a chat table as HTML#33286

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Problem

The table copy menu in chat offers Copy as Markdown and Copy as CSV. Pasting either into a mail client, Word, or a wiki gives a text grid, not a table, so sharing an agent's table outside T3 Code means rebuilding it by hand.

Change

  • Copy as HTML is a third item in the existing table copy menu (MarkdownTable.tsx).
  • serializeTableElementToHtml in markdown-clipboard.ts emits <table> markup with no app chrome or class names.
  • Styling: inline and independent of the app theme: light borders, cell padding, top alignment, and a light header band that sets its own text color. A copy from the dark theme reads the same on a white page, and the header stays readable in a dark paste target.
  • Structure follows the source:
    • thead/tbody/tfoot sections in order, and th versus td per cell.
    • colspan/rowspan as the DOM normalizes them, including rowspan="0".
    • Column alignment from the inline style or the align attribute. start/end resolve against the table direction, and dir="rtl" is kept. Header cells default to the start side, as in the chat.
  • Cell text: keeps explicit line breaks (<br>, including repeated ones), block edges, preformatted spacing, and nonbreaking spaces. Formulas copy as their TeX, as CSV already does. Inline formatting and link targets are not copied: cells are text.
  • Clipboard flavors: the markup is written as text/plain (plain editors get the source) and as text/html (rich targets get a table).
  • Hook change: useCopyToClipboard's copyToClipboard takes optional per-call flavors, so one hook keeps the menu's Copied state for all three formats.

Scope and approval

This replaces #11751, which was closed under the verification rule for missing before/after images and paste proof, with an invitation to attach them and request reconsideration. This PR adds that evidence, and I am requesting reconsideration here. The change stays inside the existing table copy menu: one menu item, its serializer, and the per-call clipboard flavor it needs. The three blocking Macroscope findings on #11751 are fixed: merged cells, multi-row headers, and align-attribute fallback. Body th cells, the CodeRabbit finding, are also kept.

Verification

Environment: Windows 11, vp run dev from this branch, Edge 148 via Playwright (headed, light color scheme, so it writes the real Windows clipboard), Word for Microsoft 365 as the rich-text paste target. Word is also the mail editor of classic Outlook.

Before / after: the table copy menu (assistant reply containing a GFM table with left, center, and right columns)

Before (main)After (this branch)
beforeafter

Copy as HTML in Edge (Copied state)

Copied state in Edge

Pasted into Word (the document exported to PDF and rendered, so the page is white whatever the Office theme)

Pasted into Word

Observed:

  • After the click the Windows clipboard held HTML Format and UnicodeText, both written by Edge.
  • Word built one 4 x 4 table with the header row flagged as a heading row and the #f6f8fa header shading. Every cell has a single-line border, and alignment matches the chat: Fund left, Currency center, NAV and 1M return right.
  • UnicodeText holds the <table> source, so a plain editor receives the markup.

Word inserts its Normal style's 8pt space after the text in each cell. I tested the markup options by pasting hand-built HTML Format into Word:

  • <p style="margin:0"> removes the gap, but Word maps it to Normal (Web) and the cells turn Times New Roman.
  • Word reads font-family:inherit as a literal font name.
  • <div>, <span>, margin:0 on the cell or table, and mso-para-margin:0 change nothing.

So cells keep bare text, and the gap stays rather than forcing a font on every target.

Focused tests:

  • vp test run apps/web/src/markdown-clipboard.test.ts apps/web/src/components/chat/MarkdownCopy.browser.test.tsx: 18 passed.
    • Unit tests: the exact styling (pinned once) and escaping. Alignment from style, from align (including an empty inline style), and from justify/end. Multi-row thead, body th, tfoot, and spans 2/0/-1/2garbage. Line breaks, paragraphs, nested tables, formulas, and RTL. Repeated, leading, and trailing breaks, a break before a block edge, preformatted indentation and blank lines, and nonbreaking spaces.
    • Browser test: clicks Copy as HTML and asserts the ClipboardItem carries both flavors. It parses the copied markup and checks cell tags, content (<br>, TeX), alignment, header colors, and borders. It also checks the DOM's own rowSpan/colSpan handling.
  • vp run --filter @t3tools/web typecheck: clean.
  • vp lint and vp fmt --check on the changed files: clean. The pre-commit hook (fmt, lint, knip) passed.

Not checked:

  • Classic and new Outlook directly: classic shares Word's editor; new Outlook has no automation.
  • Gmail, Google Docs, Notion, and Confluence.
  • macOS and Linux clipboards.
  • The desktop (Electron) build: it shares this component and clipboard helper, but I only ran the web dev server.

Reviewed in two rounds by GPT-6.1-Sol (read-only). It found the line-break and block-edge flattening, rowspan="0", logical alignment and RTL, the whitespace handling inside cells, and test brittleness; all are fixed above.

Model: Claude Opus 5.5. Harness: Claude Code via T3 Code.

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Walkthrough

The change adds HTML table serialization and a “Copy as HTML” menu action. The clipboard hook accepts per-call flavors. Tests cover serializer output and browser clipboard content.

Changes: HTML table copy

Layer / File(s)Summary
HTML table serialization
apps/web/src/markdown-clipboard.ts, apps/web/src/markdown-clipboard.test.ts		The serializer emits styled table markup and handles sections, cell content, alignment, spans, and direction. Tests cover output and edge cases.
Clipboard and menu integration
apps/web/src/components/chat/markdownActionFailure.ts, apps/web/src/hooks/useCopyToClipboard.ts, apps/web/src/components/chat/MarkdownTable.tsx, apps/web/src/components/chat/MarkdownCopy.browser.test.tsx		The copy hook accepts per-call clipboard flavors. The table menu adds “Copy as HTML” and supplies HTML clipboard data with a UTF-8 meta tag. The browser test checks clipboard content.

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Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

mermaid
1sequenceDiagram
2 actor User
3 participant MarkdownTable
4 participant serializeTableElementToHtml
5 participant useCopyToClipboard
6 participant writeTextToClipboard
7 participant Clipboard
8 User->>MarkdownTable: Selects Copy as HTML
9 MarkdownTable->>serializeTableElementToHtml: Serialize table
10 serializeTableElementToHtml-->>MarkdownTable: Return HTML markup
11 MarkdownTable->>useCopyToClipboard: Copy plain text with text/html flavor
12 useCopyToClipboard->>writeTextToClipboard: Pass selected clipboard flavors
13 writeTextToClipboard->>Clipboard: Write clipboard item

Possibly related PRs

  • pingdotgg/t3code#25246: This PR routes table copy through useCopyToClipboard and adds clipboard fallback support. The current change uses the same hook for HTML copies and per-call clipboard flavors.
  • pingdotgg/t3code#29233: This PR adds rich-text table copying with text/html and text/plain flavors through MarkdownTable and useCopyToClipboard. The current change implements the same clipboard formats with a new HTML serializer.

Suggested reviewers: saphid, juliusmarminge, t3dotgg

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Some RTL tables may paste with changed direction, and clipboard fallback can paste HTML markup as text. These bounded issues warrant follow-up.

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apps/web/src/markdown-clipboard.test.tslines 332–351Outdated · 75d4b52Open thread
……@@ -320,3 +321,218 @@ describe("copying rendered Markdown tables", () => {
348+ html(table).replace(/ style="([^"]*)"/g, (_, style: string) => {
349+ const align = /text-align:(\w+)/.exec(style)?.[1];
350+ return align ? ` align="${align}"` : "";
351+ });
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This test pins static style constants rather than behavior that can break independently of the markup. Could you remove this style-only test?

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apps/web/src/components/chat/MarkdownCopy.browser.test.tsxlines 133–162Outdated · 75d4b52Open thread
……@@ -70,3 +70,96 @@ describe("markdown copy without the async clipboard", () => {
159+ expect(cells[0]?.style.color).toBe("rgb(31, 35, 40)");
160+ expect(cells.every((cell) => cell.style.borderStyle === "solid")).toBe(true);
161+ } finally {
162+ write.mockRestore();
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This repeats the serializer's cell-content, alignment, span, and style checks in the browser layer. Could you keep the clipboard-flavor assertions here and remove the duplicated serialization assertions?

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……@@ -375,6 +375,211 @@ export function serializeTableElementToCsv(table: Element): string {
542+}
543+
544+function htmlTableSection(tag: string, rows: ReadonlyArray<Element>, rtl: boolean): string[] {
545+ const lines = rows.flatMap((row) => {
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Copying a table row occupied only by a preceding rowspan drops that <tr>, so later cells shift into the wrong visual row—for example, B appears beside A instead of below it. cells.length > 0 filters out the row; preserve every row when serializing a nonempty section.

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External image Minor · Preserve the table’s effective direction. · markdown-clipboard.ts:557-584

apps/web/src/markdown-clipboard.ts:557-584 External image Minor · Data Integrity & Integration · Quick win

Preserve the table’s effective direction.

When a numeric table inherits RTL from its chat message, copying it as HTML omits dir="rtl" and writes its headers as left-aligned. The pasted table can therefore change direction and alignment. Use the rendered table’s effective direction while preserving explicit table direction.

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6Review comment at @apps/web/src/markdown-clipboard.ts around lines 557 - 584:
7Update serializeTableElementToHtml to resolve direction from the table’s
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10alignment so inherited RTL is preserved without overriding explicit table
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External image Minor · Report when the HTML flavor cannot be copied · MarkdownTable.tsx:30-40

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Report when the HTML flavor cannot be copied

If rich clipboard writing is unavailable or fails, the plain-text fallback can succeed and show “Copied” without text/html. A rich-text target can then paste the table markup as text instead of a table. For HTML copies, use a rich-capable fallback or report the failure to the user. Preserve the plain-text fallback for other copy actions.

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8Update handleCopy’s HTML path so it uses a rich-capable fallback or reports
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Written by gpt-6.1-sol on behalf of Maria

Verified in a real dev environment

Verified on Linux with /usr/bin/google-chrome, Playwright from the repo, and real Codex gpt-6.1-sol turns through the dev web client. Created the project and threads in the app, with no mocks or seeded conversations. Ran main and the PR separately, with one dev server at a time.

  • On github/main (61cb845d96), the matching assistant table offered Markdown and CSV only.
  • On the PR, Copy as HTML writes both text/plain and text/html. Ctrl+V into CKEditor 5's public feature-rich editor produces one 4-by-4 table with all values, a header row, light shading, borders, and left/center/right alignment. Copying from the dark theme also stays readable on the white paste target.
  • Markdown and CSV still copy the expected table, including the quoted CSV value 1,200.50. The copied indicator resets.
  • Found and fixed the reported rowspan bug through a real provider reply: <tr><td rowspan="2">A</td></tr><tr></tr><tr><td>B</td></tr> rendered as three rows but copied as two. Commit ed4904c5f33a526058a3fb780f34302a6780110e preserves the empty row in nonempty sections. Restarted the dev server and verified the actual Copy as HTML output retains all three rows. Extended an existing test; it failed before the fix and passed afterward.
  • Found and fixed code-block chrome leaking into cell text: a real provider reply with <td><pre><code class="language-madeup">hello</code></pre></td> copied madeup<br>hello. Commit fb8b094d7f9d50cdeccb5c6f9a5318bc87ebab8a reuses the existing app-chrome filter. After restarting, table HTML contains only hello, and the code block's own Copy code button still copies hello. Its existing test also failed before the fix and passed afterward. Rechecked the rowspan case, all three table formats, and rich paste after this final fix.
  • Final head acb153a4c6d469b19be07559ed497cfaa6466dd6 also preserves content-bearing citation buttons. Reproduced a real assistant-quote chip copying an empty cell, then restarted and verified it copies its visible hello text while the code header remains excluded. File chips also keep their visible text. Extended an existing test; it failed before this correction and passed afterward.
  • blacksmith-check ran vp run check:changed 2b65ffb641f152fadf443096bad7f4a0677caae4: format, lint, both knip checks, affected typechecks, 20 tests, and React compiler checks passed.

Before, on main:

main table menu with Markdown and CSV

After, with matching table data:

verified table menu with Copy as HTML

Rich paste from the dark theme into CKEditor:

real clipboard paste creates an aligned table in CKEditor

Copy interaction and copied-state reset:

Copy as HTML interaction in the running app

Not verified

Native desktop/Electron, iOS/Android, macOS/Windows clipboard behavior, and paste into Word, Outlook, Gmail, Google Docs, Notion, or Confluence were not exercised on this Linux VM. Other providers and remote/relay connections were not exercised; the changed menu and serializer are web client code.

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