diff --git a/e2e/table.spec.ts b/e2e/table.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7dd7a76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/table.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { expect, md, test } from './helpers';
+
+test('typing GFM table markdown creates a table without escaping its delimiter', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.goto('/?md=');
+  const editor = page.locator('#editor');
+  await editor.click();
+  await page.keyboard.type('| test | table | row |');
+  await page.keyboard.press('Shift+Enter');
+  await page.keyboard.type('| :--- | :--- | :--- |');
+  await page.keyboard.press('Shift+Enter');
+  await page.keyboard.type('| test | data | here |');
+
+  await expect.poll(() => md(page)).toBe('| test | table | row |\n| :-- | :-- | :-- |\n| test | data | here |\n');
+});
diff --git a/packages/editor/src/commands.ts b/packages/editor/src/commands.ts
index ea4274e..9c5c2f9 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/commands.ts
+++ b/packages/editor/src/commands.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@ import {
   keepQuoteStart,
 } from './model';
 import { emailLiterals, isLiteralBoundary, urlLiteralAt } from './markdown/autolink';
+import { tableRowWidth } from './markdown/blocks';
 import type { InlineSyntax } from './markdown/options';
+import { parseMarkdown } from './markdown/parse';
 import { isExcluded } from './decorations';
 
 export type Command = (state: EditorState) => EditorState;
@@ -1267,7 +1269,7 @@ export function moveCell(state: EditorState, delta: 1 | -1): EditorState {
 
 /**
  * Block shortcuts typed at the start of a paragraph, e.g. "## " turns it into
- * a level 2 heading. Runs after a space or "-" is typed. Returns null when no
+ * a level 2 heading. Runs after a space, "-" or "|" is typed. Returns null when no
  * rule applies.
  */
 const BLOCK_RULES: [RegExp, (m: RegExpExecArray) => BlockTypeSpec][] = [
@@ -1293,6 +1295,22 @@ export function applyBlockInputRules(state: EditorState, dialect: { callouts?: b
   if (!isTextBlock(block) || pos.cell) return null;
   const before = inlineText(block.content).slice(0, pos.offset);
 
+  if (
+    block.type === 'paragraph' &&
+    pos.offset === inlineLength(block.content) &&
+    before.endsWith('|') &&
+    before.lastIndexOf('\n') > before.indexOf('\n')
+  ) {
+    const parsed = parseMarkdown(before).blocks;
+    const parsedTable = parsed.length === 1 && parsed[0]?.type === 'table' && parsed[0].rows.length > 1 ? parsed[0] : null;
+    const lastLine = before.slice(before.lastIndexOf('\n') + 1);
+    if (parsedTable && tableRowWidth(lastLine) === parsedTable.align.length) {
+      const next = { ...parsedTable, id: block.id };
+      const cell = { row: next.rows.length - 1, col: next.align.length - 1 };
+      return replaceBlock(state, next, caret(next.id, inlineLength(next.rows[cell.row]![cell.col]!), cell));
+    }
+  }
+
   if ((block.type === 'paragraph' || block.type === 'quote') && before === '---') {
     // A divider in a quote is in the quote.
     const index = blockIndex(state.doc, block.id);
diff --git a/packages/editor/src/editor.ts b/packages/editor/src/editor.ts
index d830498..ae10424 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/editor.ts
+++ b/packages/editor/src/editor.ts
@@ -2095,7 +2095,7 @@ export class Editor {
     } else {
       // Shortcuts are separate undo steps, so undo restores the typed characters.
       const typed = this.state;
-      if (text === ' ' || text === '-') this.run((s) => cmd.applyBlockInputRules(s, this.markdown));
+      if (text === ' ' || text === '-' || text === '|') this.run((s) => cmd.applyBlockInputRules(s, this.markdown));
       if (text.length === 1 && '*_`~'.includes(text)) this.run((s) => cmd.applyInlineInputRules(s));
       if (this.markdown.inline.length > 0) this.run((s) => cmd.applyTokenInputRules(s, this.markdown.inline) ?? s);
       if (text === ' ' && this.markdown.autolinks) this.run((s) => cmd.applyAutolinkInputRule(s) ?? s);
diff --git a/packages/editor/src/markdown/blocks.ts b/packages/editor/src/markdown/blocks.ts
index 4f83112..5952d7d 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/markdown/blocks.ts
+++ b/packages/editor/src/markdown/blocks.ts
@@ -1014,6 +1014,11 @@ function splitRow(text: string, line = 0, offset = 0, pad = 0): Cell[] {
   return cells;
 }
 
+/** Number of cells written in a table row, before short rows are padded. */
+export function tableRowWidth(text: string): number {
+  return splitRow(text).length;
+}
+
 /** A cell from the text between its pipes and the pieces of it written as such: the whitespace around the text is trimmed off, and so are the pieces in it. */
 function cell(value: string, pieces: readonly ContentLine[]): Cell {
   let lead = 0;
diff --git a/packages/editor/test/commands.test.ts b/packages/editor/test/commands.test.ts
index 6dce174..60ee09e 100644
--- a/packages/editor/test/commands.test.ts
+++ b/packages/editor/test/commands.test.ts
@@ -519,17 +519,19 @@ describe('tables', () => {
 });
 
 describe('block shortcuts', () => {
-  const typed = (text: string) => {
+  const typedState = (text: string) => {
     let s = at(state(paragraph()), 0, 0);
     for (const ch of text) {
       s = cmd.insertText(s, ch);
-      if (ch === ' ' || ch === '-') s = cmd.applyBlockInputRules(s) ?? s;
+      if (ch === ' ' || ch === '-' || ch === '|') s = cmd.applyBlockInputRules(s) ?? s;
     }
-    return show(s);
+    return s;
   };
+  const typed = (text: string) => show(typedState(text));
 
   it.each([
     ['## Hi', ['h2:Hi']],
+    ['| h1 | h2 |\n| :--- | ---: |\n| a | b |', ['table:h1|h2/a|b']],
     ['- item', ['ul0:item']],
     ['* item', ['ul0:item']],
     ['1. item', ['ol0:item']],
@@ -543,6 +545,22 @@ describe('block shortcuts', () => {
     expect(typed(input)).toEqual(expected);
   });
 
+  it('keeps the caret at the end of the typed table', () => {
+    const s = typedState('| h1 | h2 |\n| --- | --- |\n| a | b |');
+
+    expect(show(s)).toEqual(['table:h1|h2/a|b']);
+    expect(s.selection.focus).toEqual({ blockId: s.doc.blocks[0]!.id, offset: 1, cell: { row: 1, col: 1 } });
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    ['an unfinished delimiter', '| h1 | h2 |\n| :--- | ---:'],
+    ['a table without a body row', '| h1 | h2 |\n| :--- | ---: |'],
+    ['a standalone delimiter', '| --- | --- |'],
+    ['fewer delimiter cells than header cells', '| h1 | h2 |\n| --- |'],
+  ])('keeps %s as a paragraph', (_name, markdown) => {
+    expect(typed(markdown)).toEqual([`p:${markdown}`]);
+  });
+
   it('keeps the start number of an ordered list', () => {
     let s = at(state(paragraph()), 0, 0);
     s = type(s, '3. ');