discourse/app/assets/javascripts/pretty-text/engines/discourse-markdown/table.js.es6

export function setup(helper) {

  helper.registerPlugin(md => {

    md.renderer.rules.table_open = function(){
      return '<div class="md-table">\n<table>\n';
    };

    md.renderer.rules.table_close = function(){
      return '</table>\n</div>';
    };
  });

  // we need a custom callback for style handling
  helper.whiteList({
    custom: function(tag,attr,val) {
      if (tag !== 'th' && tag !== 'td') {
        return false;
      }

      if (attr !== 'style') {
        return false;
      }

      return (val === 'text-align:right' || val === 'text-align:left' || val === 'text-align:center');
    }
  });

  helper.whiteList([
      'table',
      'tbody',
      'thead',
      'tr',
      'th',
      'td',
      'div.md-table'
  ]);
}