diff --git a/lib/bbs/markdown.rb b/lib/bbs/markdown.rb
index e3a5907..036d3d4 100644
--- a/lib/bbs/markdown.rb
+++ b/lib/bbs/markdown.rb
@@ -39,27 +39,26 @@ module BBS
         paragraph.clear
       end
 
-      text.to_s.split(/\r?\n/).each do |line|
+      lines = text.to_s.split(/\r?\n/)
+      i     = 0
+      while i < lines.size
+        line     = lines[i]
+        consumed = 1
+
         if line.lstrip.start_with?('```')
           flush_paragraph.call
           in_code = !in_code
-          next
-        end
 
-        if in_code
+        elsif in_code
           flush_paragraph.call
           clipped = FrameBuffer.clip_ansi(line, width)
           result << "#{styles[:code]}#{clipped}#{base}"
-          next
-        end
 
-        if line.strip.empty?
+        elsif line.strip.empty?
           flush_paragraph.call
           result << ''
-          next
-        end
 
-        if (m = line.match(/\A([#]{1,6})\s+(.+?)\s*#*\s*\z/))
+        elsif (m = line.match(/\A([#]{1,6})\s+(.+?)\s*#*\s*\z/))
           level   = m[1].length
           heading = m[2].strip
           flush_paragraph.call
@@ -67,44 +66,50 @@ module BBS
           FrameBuffer.wrap_ansi(inline(heading, styles, base), width).each do |l|
             result << "#{style}#{l}#{base}"
           end
-          next
-        end
 
-        if line.match?(/\A\s*([-*_])\1{2,}\s*\z/)
+        elsif line.include?('|') && (i + 1) < lines.size && separator_row?(lines[i + 1])
+          flush_paragraph.call
+          header = split_row(line)
+          aligns = parse_aligns(lines[i + 1], header.size)
+          rows   = []
+          j      = i + 2
+          while j < lines.size && lines[j].include?('|') &&
+                !lines[j].strip.empty? && !lines[j].lstrip.start_with?('```')
+            rows << split_row(lines[j])
+            j += 1
+          end
+          render_table(header, aligns, rows, width, styles, base).each { |l| result << l }
+          consumed = j - i
+
+        elsif line.match?(/\A\s*([-*_])\1{2,}\s*\z/)
           flush_paragraph.call
           result << "#{styles[:rule]}#{'─' * width}#{base}"
-          next
-        end
 
-        if (m = line.match(/\A\s*>\s?(.*)/))
+        elsif (m = line.match(/\A\s*>\s?(.*)/))
           content = m[1]
           flush_paragraph.call
           inner_w = [width - 2, 1].max
           FrameBuffer.wrap_ansi(inline(content, styles, base), inner_w).each do |l|
             result << "#{styles[:quote]}│ #{base}#{l}"
           end
-          next
-        end
 
-        if (m = line.match(/\A(\s*)[-*+]\s+(.+)/))
+        elsif (m = line.match(/\A(\s*)[-*+]\s+(.+)/))
           indent = m[1].length
           body   = m[2]
           flush_paragraph.call
           prefix_w = indent + 2
           inner_w  = [width - prefix_w, 1].max
           wrapped  = FrameBuffer.wrap_ansi(inline(body, styles, base), inner_w)
-          wrapped.each_with_index do |l, i|
+          wrapped.each_with_index do |l, k|
             pad = ' ' * indent
-            result << if i.zero?
+            result << if k.zero?
                         "#{pad}#{styles[:bullet]}•#{base} #{l}"
                       else
                         "#{' ' * prefix_w}#{l}"
                       end
           end
-          next
-        end
 
-        if (m = line.match(/\A(\s*)(\d+)\.\s+(.+)/))
+        elsif (m = line.match(/\A(\s*)(\d+)\.\s+(.+)/))
           indent = m[1].length
           num    = m[2]
           body   = m[3]
@@ -112,17 +117,19 @@ module BBS
           prefix  = "#{' ' * indent}#{num}. "
           inner_w = [width - prefix.length, 1].max
           wrapped = FrameBuffer.wrap_ansi(inline(body, styles, base), inner_w)
-          wrapped.each_with_index do |l, i|
-            result << if i.zero?
+          wrapped.each_with_index do |l, k|
+            result << if k.zero?
                         "#{' ' * indent}#{styles[:bullet]}#{num}.#{base} #{l}"
                       else
                         "#{' ' * prefix.length}#{l}"
                       end
           end
-          next
+
+        else
+          paragraph << line.strip
         end
 
-        paragraph << line.strip
+        i += consumed
       end
 
       flush_paragraph.call
@@ -142,5 +149,104 @@ module BBS
       end
       s.gsub(/\\([\\`*_{}\[\]()#+\-.!>])/) { ::Regexp.last_match(1) }
     end
+
+    # ── GFM tables ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    # Split a `| a | b |` table row into trimmed cell strings, tolerating
+    # missing leading/trailing pipes.
+    def split_row(line)
+      s = line.strip
+      s = s[1..]  if s.start_with?('|')
+      s = s[0..-2] if s.end_with?('|')
+      s.split('|').map(&:strip)
+    end
+
+    # True when a line is a table delimiter row, e.g. `|---|:--:|---:|`.
+    def separator_row?(line)
+      return false unless line.include?('-')
+      cells = split_row(line)
+      !cells.empty? && cells.all? { |c| c.match?(/\A:?-{1,}:?\z/) }
+    end
+
+    # Per-column alignment (:left / :center / :right) derived from the
+    # delimiter row, padded/truncated to `ncols`.
+    def parse_aligns(sep_line, ncols)
+      cells = split_row(sep_line)
+      aligns = cells.map do |c|
+        left  = c.start_with?(':')
+        right = c.end_with?(':')
+        if left && right then :center
+        elsif right       then :right
+        else                   :left
+        end
+      end
+      aligns << :left while aligns.size < ncols
+      aligns[0, ncols]
+    end
+
+    # Render a parsed table as box-drawn ANSI lines that fit within `width`.
+    def render_table(header, aligns, rows, width, styles, base)
+      ncols = header.size
+      return [] if ncols.zero?
+
+      all_rows = [header] + rows
+      # Normalise ragged rows to ncols and pre-render inline styling per cell.
+      rendered = all_rows.map do |row|
+        Array.new(ncols) { |c| inline(row[c].to_s, styles, base) }
+      end
+
+      widths = Array.new(ncols, 1)
+      rendered.each do |row|
+        ncols.times do |c|
+          w = FrameBuffer.visible_width(row[c])
+          widths[c] = w if w > widths[c]
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Shrink columns proportionally if the table overflows the pane.
+      # Frame overhead: one space of padding each side of every cell plus the
+      # vertical borders (ncols + 1).
+      overhead = (ncols * 2) + (ncols + 1)
+      avail    = [width - overhead, ncols].max
+      while widths.sum > avail
+        widest = widths.each_index.max_by { |c| widths[c] }
+        break if widths[widest] <= 1
+        widths[widest] -= 1
+      end
+
+      bar       = "#{styles[:rule]}│#{base}"
+      border    = lambda do |left, mid, right|
+        segs = widths.map { |w| '─' * (w + 2) }
+        "#{styles[:rule]}#{left}#{segs.join(mid)}#{right}#{base}"
+      end
+      data_line = lambda do |row, header_row|
+        cells = ncols.times.map do |c|
+          " #{fit_cell(row[c], widths[c], aligns[c], styles, base, header_row)} "
+        end
+        bar + cells.join(bar) + bar
+      end
+
+      out = []
+      out << border.call('┌', '┬', '┐')
+      out << data_line.call(rendered[0], true)
+      out << border.call('├', '┼', '┤')
+      rendered[1..].each { |row| out << data_line.call(row, false) }
+      out << border.call('└', '┴', '┘')
+      out
+    end
+
+    # Clip-or-pad a pre-styled cell to the column width, honouring alignment.
+    def fit_cell(styled, w, align, styles, base, header_row)
+      content = header_row ? "#{styles[:bold]}#{styled}#{base}" : styled
+      vis     = FrameBuffer.visible_width(styled)
+      return "#{FrameBuffer.clip_ansi(content, w)}#{base}" if vis > w
+
+      pad = w - vis
+      case align
+      when :right  then "#{' ' * pad}#{content}"
+      when :center then "#{' ' * (pad / 2)}#{content}#{' ' * (pad - pad / 2)}"
+      else              "#{content}#{' ' * pad}"
+      end
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/bbs/widgets.rb b/lib/bbs/widgets.rb
index b9374a6..e29e57c 100644
--- a/lib/bbs/widgets.rb
+++ b/lib/bbs/widgets.rb
@@ -459,8 +459,17 @@ module BBS
       end
 
       def handle_event(event)
-        return nil unless event.key?
         max = [@lines.size - bounds.height, 0].max
+        if event.mouse?
+          return nil unless event.mouse.kind == :wheel
+          @scroll = if event.mouse.button == :up
+                      [@scroll - 3, 0].max
+                    else
+                      [@scroll + 3, max].min
+                    end
+          return :handled
+        end
+        return nil unless event.key?
         case event.key
         when :up        then @scroll = [@scroll - 1, 0].max
         when :down      then @scroll = [@scroll + 1, max].min
diff --git a/lib/bbs/window.rb b/lib/bbs/window.rb
index 1b5a76b..d6d8aff 100644
--- a/lib/bbs/window.rb
+++ b/lib/bbs/window.rb
@@ -70,6 +70,16 @@ module BBS
         end
       end
 
+      # Route wheel scrolling to whatever widget is under the cursor, so a
+      # scrollable pane responds even when keyboard focus is elsewhere.
+      if event.mouse? && event.mouse.kind == :wheel
+        hit = hit_test(event.x, event.y)
+        if hit && hit != focus_manager.focused
+          res = hit.handle_event(event)
+          return res if res
+        end
+      end
+
       result = focus_manager.handle_focus_key(event) ? :handled : nil
       result ||= focus_manager.dispatch(event)
       return result if result