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AJCxZ0
Dedicated Contributor
2 months ago

Missing Markdown

Please add the missing support for any of the Markdown which is not rendered:


# Heading 1

to

###### Heading 6

**Bold**

_Italic_

> Block quote

1. ordered list

- unordered list

`code`

Rule
---

[Markdown Cheat Sheet](https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/) link

| Table | Table |

```
code
block
```
Footnote[^1]

[^1]: This is the footnote

Term
: Definition of the term

~~strikethrough~~

- [x] task list item
- [ ] task list item

:smile: emoji

==highlight==

H~2~O subscipt

πr^2^ superscipt

PS. Please also provide an option to not use the WYSI(almost)WYG editor including the ability to preview a post.

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  • AJCxZ0's avatar
    AJCxZ0
    Dedicated Contributor
    2 months ago

    Thank you, 1P_SimonH.

    If a fuller support of Markdown is challenging, then the one most significant missing item is `code` for a fixed-width typeface. This should be the simplest to implement.

    This is made more challenging by the editor offering "Preformatted" in the drop-down for new posts (and only for paragraph style), but offering only a minimal subset of the formatting toolbar for replies where Markdown and shortcuts offer different subsets of features.

  • AJCxZ0's avatar
    AJCxZ0
    Dedicated Contributor
    2 months ago

    Apparently it is impossible to effectively use markdown while in the WYSI(n't)WYG editor unless each is typed followed by a newline which starts a new paragraph, except for changing style and weight.

    Heading 1

    Heading 2

    Heading 3

    Heading 4

    Heading 5
    Heading 6

    Bold

    Italic

    block quote

    1. ordered list
    • unordered list

    `code`

    ---

    Markdown Cheat Sheet

    | Table | Table |

    code
block

    Footnote[^1]

    [^1]: This is the footnote

    Term
    : Definition of the term

    ~strikethrough~

    • [x] task list item
    • [ ] task list item

    :smile:

    ==highlight==

    H~2~O

    πr^2^

     

    • 1P_SimonH's avatar
      1P_SimonH
      Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
      2 months ago

      Hi AJCxZ0,

      Thanks for giving the Markdown a thorough testing! I'll share this issue with the developers of the community platform to see if this is a known bug or if they have additional information they can share.