## Stack - **Current: #24489 [1 of 2]** - render markdown tables in app style. - **Stacked follow-up: #24636 [2 of 2]** - render cramped markdown tables as key/value records. ## Why Markdown tables currently render as boxed terminal grids, which gives ordinary assistant output a heavier visual treatment than surrounding rich text. This row-separated layout is the best match for how the App renders tables, while accented headers remain distinguishable even when a terminal font renders bold subtly. <table> <tr><td> <p align="center">Codex CLI - Before</p> <img width="1722" height="742" alt="CleanShot 2026-05-25 at 18 46 17" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f673d92a-ebd8-46e2-b414-3d985e41b6a4" /> </td></tr> <tr><td> <p align="center">Codex CLI - After</p> <img width="1720" height="957" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/36a3d331-bea1-439b-b5be-e97b0731bd6f" /> </td></tr> <tr><td> <p align="center">Codex App</p> <img width="979" height="1293" alt="CleanShot 2026-05-25 at 18 45 04" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7d97cae0-9256-4f6e-a4b3-8b8f22b0d901" /> </td></tr> </table> ## What Changed - Render markdown tables as padded, aligned rows without an enclosing box. - Style table headers with the active syntax-theme accent plus bold text, while keeping separators low contrast and theme-aware. - Use a segmented heavy header rule and thin body-row rules, preserving wrapping, narrow-width fallback, streaming parity, and rich-history rendering. - Update focused assertions and snapshots for the final table layout. ## How to Test 1. Render a markdown table in the TUI with several rows and columns. 2. Confirm the header uses the active theme accent, rows use one-character interior padding, and the table has no enclosing box. 3. Confirm the header is followed by segmented `━` rules and multiple body rows are separated by muted segmented `─` rules. 4. Render the same table while streaming and in history/raw-mode toggles; the final rich layout should remain stable. 5. Render a narrow table with long content and verify wrapping or pipe fallback does not overflow. ## Validation - `just test -p codex-tui table` - `just test -p codex-tui streaming::controller::tests` - `just argument-comment-lint-from-source -p codex-tui -- --all-targets` - `just fix -p codex-tui` - `just fmt` `just test -p codex-tui` was also run after accepting the snapshots; it fails only in the unrelated existing guardian app tests `update_feature_flags_disabling_guardian_clears_review_policy_and_restores_default` and `update_feature_flags_disabling_guardian_clears_manual_review_policy_without_history`.
Codex CLI is a coding agent from OpenAI that runs locally on your computer.
If you want Codex in your code editor (VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf), install in your IDE.
If you want the desktop app experience, run
codex app or visit the Codex App page.
If you are looking for the cloud-based agent from OpenAI, Codex Web, go to chatgpt.com/codex.
Quickstart
Installing and running Codex CLI
Run the following on Mac or Linux to install Codex CLI:
curl -fsSL https://chatgpt.com/codex/install.sh | sh
Run the following on Windows to install Codex CLI:
powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://chatgpt.com/codex/install.ps1 | iex"
Codex CLI can also be installed via the following package managers:
# Install using npm
npm install -g @openai/codex
# Install using Homebrew
brew install --cask codex
Then simply run codex to get started.
You can also go to the latest GitHub Release and download the appropriate binary for your platform.
Each GitHub Release contains many executables, but in practice, you likely want one of these:
- macOS
- Apple Silicon/arm64:
codex-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz - x86_64 (older Mac hardware):
codex-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz
- Apple Silicon/arm64:
- Linux
- x86_64:
codex-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz - arm64:
codex-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz
- x86_64:
Each archive contains a single entry with the platform baked into the name (e.g., codex-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl), so you likely want to rename it to codex after extracting it.
Using Codex with your ChatGPT plan
Run codex and select Sign in with ChatGPT. We recommend signing into your ChatGPT account to use Codex as part of your Plus, Pro, Business, Edu, or Enterprise plan. Learn more about what's included in your ChatGPT plan.
You can also use Codex with an API key, but this requires additional setup.
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This repository is licensed under the Apache-2.0 License.
