Disable zebra striping in Github table markdown

Question

By default Tables in Github Markdown are rendered with alternate rows highlighted (zebra striped). What is the markdown to disable this feature? The Github markdown documentation for tables does not describe how this is done.

For example, this table has row striping:

The corresponding markdown is:

Key|Value
---|-----
A|B
C|D
E|F
G|H

This question is different from this question which talks about applying colors in markdown. This question relates specifically to the alternating row highlighting in tables.

Tray

Possible duplicate of How to apply Color in markdown – Soot

I don't believe this is possible with GitHub's markdown. – Fretwork

Looking at the css, there is only one rule that sets .markdown-body table tr:nth-child(2n){ background-color:#f6f8fa } and nothing else that could possibly overwrite it. So I'd say it's a no-go. – Policyholder

Answer 1

It's not possible with CSS, but there is a workaround. Just add an empty row between your rows.

<tr></tr>

Proselyte

So hacky, but I love it. – Beaton

1 trillion IQ.. – Dali

Can you give an example? If I put <tr></tr> in my markdown formatted table, the table outputs until <tr> and then no output. – Territerrible

I'd love an example too. I'm not sure where to insert <tr></tr>. When I add the tr between rows it cuts out all of the rows below the tr. – Pathognomy

It's so beautiful – Annelid

Answer 2

As you both asked for a example, here is snippet from a table i am constructing, note the <tr></tr>, this disables zebra striping.

| Description | YAML Path | Type | Values | Example |
| :---------- | :-------- | :--- | :----- | :------ |
| Absolute path to existing media | general/library | String | N/A | `library_path: '/media'` <tr></tr> |
| Daemonised mode | general/daemon_mode | String | 'foreground'\|'background' | `daemon_mode: 'foreground'` <tr></tr> |

Pewit