Jira has been supporting two different text formatting styles – : old wiki syntax (Server instances and long-living Jira Cloud instances) and new markdown syntax. (default option in Jira Cloud comes with Jira with new issue view enabled by default. Visual text editors used there accept ).
Canned Responses for Jira Cloud comes with its own built-in visual editor which also supports the new markdown syntax.
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Main Check out the main differences in text formatting:
Element | Wiki Style Syntax (old issue view) | Markdown Syntax (new issue view) |
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Headings | h1. |
Biggest |
heading |
title |
h6. |
Smallest |
heading | # |
Biggest |
heading |
title |
###### |
Smallest |
heading | ||
Text effects | ||
Strong | *This |
is |
bold* | **This |
is |
bold** |
__This |
is |
bold__ | |
Emphasis | _This |
looks |
italic |
for |
me_ | *This |
looks |
italic |
for |
me* | |
Quote | {quote} |
here |
is |
quotable |
content |
to |
be |
quoted |
{quote} bq. |
Some |
block |
quoted |
text | > |
here |
is |
quotable |
> |
content |
to |
be |
quoted | |
Citation | ??This |
text |
is |
cited?? | No direct translation. Can be replaced with Emphasis. |
Strikethrough | -This |
text |
looks |
deleted- | ~~This |
text |
looks |
deleted~~ | |
Underscore | +This |
text |
looks |
underscored+ | Not available |
Monospace | {{This |
text |
is |
monospaced}} | `This |
text |
is |
monospaced` | ||
Other | ||
Table | ||Syntax||Description|| |
|Header|Title| |
|Paragraph|Text| |
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Description |
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Header |
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Title |
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Paragraph |
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Text |
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Link | [title|https://www.example.com] | [title](https://www.example.com) |
Image | !path/to/image! | ![alt |
text](path/to/image) | |
Ordered list | # |
First |
item |
# |
Second |
item |
# |
Third |
item | 1. |
First |
item |
2. |
Second |
item |
3. |
Third |
item | |
Unordered list | - |
First |
item |
- |
Second |
item |
- |
Third |
item | - |
First |
item |
- |
Second |
item |
- |
Third |
item |
You may also want to check check the general markdown syntax for more elements.