UPDATE: Add "Export Area to markdown"

base/src/model.rs

@@ -1931,16 +1931,32 @@ impl Model {
     }
 
     /// Returns markup representation of the given `sheet`.
-    pub fn get_sheet_markup(&self, sheet: u32) -> Result<String, String> {
+    pub fn get_sheet_markup(
-        let worksheet = self.workbook.worksheet(sheet)?;
+        &self,
-        let dimension = worksheet.dimension();
+        sheet: u32,
+        start_row: i32,
+        start_column: i32,
+        width: i32,
+        height: i32,
+    ) -> Result<String, String> {
+        let mut table: Vec<Vec<String>> = Vec::new();
+        if start_row < 1 || start_column < 1 {
+            return Err("Start row and column must be positive".to_string());
+        }
+        if start_row + height >= LAST_ROW || start_column + width >= LAST_COLUMN {
+            return Err("Start row and column exceed the maximum allowed".to_string());
+        }
+        if height <= 0 || width <= 0 {
+            return Err("Height must be positive and width must be positive".to_string());
+        }
 
-        let mut rows = Vec::new();
+        // a mutable vector to store the column widths of length `width + 1`
+        let mut column_widths: Vec<f64> = vec![0.0; (width + 1) as usize];
 
-        for row in 1..(dimension.max_row + 1) {
+        for row in start_row..(start_row + height + 1) {
             let mut row_markup: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
 
-            for column in 1..(dimension.max_column + 1) {
+            for column in start_column..(start_column + width + 1) {
                 let mut cell_markup = match self.get_cell_formula(sheet, row, column)? {
                     Some(formula) => formula,
                     None => self.get_formatted_cell_value(sheet, row, column)?,
@@ -1949,12 +1965,34 @@ impl Model {
                 if style.font.b {
                     cell_markup = format!("**{cell_markup}**")
                 }
+                column_widths[(column - start_column) as usize] =
+                    column_widths[(column - start_column) as usize].max(cell_markup.len() as f64);
                 row_markup.push(cell_markup);
             }
 
-            rows.push(row_markup.join("|"));
+            table.push(row_markup);
         }
+        let mut rows = Vec::new();
+        for (j, row) in table.iter().enumerate() {
+            if j == 1 {
+                let mut row_markup = String::new();
+                for i in 0..(width + 1) {
+                    row_markup.push('|');
+                    let wide = column_widths[i as usize] as usize;
+                    row_markup.push_str(&"-".repeat(wide));
+                }
+                rows.push(row_markup);
+            }
+            let mut row_markup = String::new();
 
+            for (i, cell) in row.iter().enumerate() {
+                row_markup.push('|');
+                let wide = column_widths[i] as usize;
+                // Add padding to the cell content
+                row_markup.push_str(&format!("{:<wide$}", cell, wide = wide));
+            }
+            rows.push(row_markup);
+        }
         Ok(rows.join("\n"))
     }
 

base/src/test/test_sheet_markup.rs

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ fn test_sheet_markup() {
     model.set_cell_style(0, 4, 1, &style).unwrap();
 
     assert_eq!(
-        model.get_sheet_markup(0),
+        model.get_sheet_markup(0, 1, 1, 4, 2),
         Ok("**Item**|**Cost**\nRent|$600\nElectricity|$200\n**Total**|=SUM(B2:B3)".to_string()),
     )
 }

base/src/user_model/common.rs

@@ -293,6 +293,19 @@ impl UserModel {
         self.model.workbook.name = name.to_string();
     }
 
+    /// Get area markdown
+    pub fn get_sheet_markup(
+        &self,
+        sheet: u32,
+        row_start: i32,
+        column_start: i32,
+        row_end: i32,
+        column_end: i32,
+    ) -> Result<String, String> {
+        self.model
+            .get_sheet_markup(sheet, row_start, column_start, row_end, column_end)
+    }
+
     /// Undoes last change if any, places the change in the redo list and evaluates the model if needed
     ///
     /// See also:

bindings/wasm/src/lib.rs

@@ -672,4 +672,18 @@ impl Model {
             .delete_defined_name(name, scope)
             .map_err(|e| to_js_error(e.to_string()))
     }
+
+    #[wasm_bindgen(js_name = "getSheetMarkup")]
+    pub fn get_sheet_markup(
+        &self,
+        sheet: u32,
+        start_row: i32,
+        start_column: i32,
+        end_row: i32,
+        end_column: i32,
+    ) -> Result<String, JsError> {
+        self.model
+            .get_sheet_markup(sheet, start_row, start_column, end_row, end_column)
+            .map_err(to_js_error)
+    }
 }

webapp/IronCalc/src/components/Toolbar/Toolbar.tsx

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import {
   ArrowMiddleFromLine,
   DecimalPlacesDecreaseIcon,
   DecimalPlacesIncreaseIcon,
+  Markdown,
 } from "../../icons";
 import { theme } from "../../theme";
 import BorderPicker from "../BorderPicker/BorderPicker";
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ type ToolbarProperties = {
   onClearFormatting: () => void;
   onIncreaseFontSize: (delta: number) => void;
   onDownloadPNG: () => void;
+  onCopyMarkdown: () => void;
   fillColor: string;
   fontColor: string;
   fontSize: number;
@@ -429,6 +431,17 @@ function Toolbar(properties: ToolbarProperties) {
       >
         <ImageDown />
       </StyledButton>
+      <StyledButton
+        type="button"
+        $pressed={false}
+        onClick={() => {
+          properties.onCopyMarkdown();
+        }}
+        disabled={!canEdit}
+        title={t("toolbar.selected_markdown")}
+      >
+        <Markdown />
+      </StyledButton>
 
       <ColorPicker
         color={properties.fontColor}

webapp/IronCalc/src/components/Workbook/Workbook.tsx

@@ -558,6 +558,26 @@ const Workbook = (props: { model: Model; workbookState: WorkbookState }) => {
         onIncreaseFontSize={(delta: number) => {
           onIncreaseFontSize(delta);
         }}
+        onCopyMarkdown={async () => {
+          const {
+            sheet,
+            range: [rowStart, columnStart, rowEnd, columnEnd],
+          } = model.getSelectedView();
+          const row = Math.min(rowStart, rowEnd);
+          const column = Math.min(columnStart, columnEnd);
+          const width = Math.abs(columnEnd - columnStart) + 1;
+          const height = Math.abs(rowEnd - rowStart) + 1;
+          const markdown = model.getSheetMarkup(
+            sheet,
+            row,
+            column,
+            width,
+            height,
+          );
+          // Copy to clipboard
+          // NB: This will not work in non secure contexts or in iframes (i.e storybook)
+          await navigator.clipboard.writeText(markdown);
+        }}
         onDownloadPNG={() => {
           // creates a new canvas element in the visible part of the the selected area
           const worksheetCanvas = worksheetRef.current?.getCanvas();

webapp/IronCalc/src/icons/index.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import InsertColumnLeftIcon from "./insert-column-left.svg?react";
 import InsertColumnRightIcon from "./insert-column-right.svg?react";
 import InsertRowAboveIcon from "./insert-row-above.svg?react";
 import InsertRowBelow from "./insert-row-below.svg?react";
+import Markdown from "./markdown.svg?react";
 
 import IronCalcIcon from "./ironcalc_icon.svg?react";
 import IronCalcLogo from "./orange+black.svg?react";
@@ -48,4 +49,5 @@ export {
   IronCalcIcon,
   IronCalcLogo,
   Fx,
+  Markdown,
 };

webapp/IronCalc/src/icons/markdown.svg

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+
+<!-- Uploaded to: SVG Repo, www.svgrepo.com, Generator: SVG Repo Mixer Tools -->
+<svg width="800px" height="800px" viewBox="0 0 24 24" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
+    <g>
+        <path fill="none" d="M0 0h24v24H0z"/>
+        <path fill-rule="nonzero" d="M3 3h18a1 1 0 0 1 1 1v16a1 1 0 0 1-1 1H3a1 1 0 0 1-1-1V4a1 1 0 0 1 1-1zm1 2v14h16V5H4zm3 10.5H5v-7h2l2 2 2-2h2v7h-2v-4l-2 2-2-2v4zm11-3h2l-3 3-3-3h2v-4h2v4z"/>
+    </g>

webapp/IronCalc/src/locale/en_us.json

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     "vertical_align_middle": " Align middle",
     "vertical_align_top": "Align top",
     "selected_png": "Export Selected area as PNG",
+    "selected_markdown": "Export Selected area as Markdown",
     "wrap_text": "Wrap text",
     "format_menu": {
       "auto": "Auto",