Markdown formatting in Jira Cloud
This page relates to rich text formatting in the new Jira issue view. For information on formatting text in the old issue view, take a look at Editing and collaborating on issues.
Markdown and keyboard shortcuts
The Atlassian editor supports markdown formatting for rich text fields. This makes it quick and easy to add headings, lists, code blocks, and more to your descriptions, comments, and other rich text fields.
Rather than remembering different shortcuts for different types of content, you can remember just one: the slash command. Type / to add code, emoji, images, and more to your rich text fields.
For those of you who prefer using markup languages, you can type or paste in markdown and we’ll convert it into fully formatted content as you go.
Markdown syntax |
Result |
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Bold |
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Bold |
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Italics |
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Italics |
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Heading 1 |
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Heading 2 |
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Heading 3 |
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Heading 4 |
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Heading 5 |
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Heading 6 |
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Horizontal rule |
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Horizontal rule |
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Emoji |
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Tables and emoji aren't supported for everyone just yet, but will be in the next month or so. If you can't add tables in the new issue view just yet, you can click through to the old issue view to add them.
Keyboard shortcuts have also been updated to be consistent with industry standards, so many of our keyboard shortcuts will be the same as in the other apps you use.
Keyboard shortcuts (Mac) |
Keyboard shortcuts (Windows) |
Result |
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⌘ + B |
CTRL + B |
Bold |
⌘ + I |
CTRL + I |
Italic |
⌘ + U |
CTRL + U |
Underline |
⌘ + Shift + S |
CTRL + Shift + S |
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⌘ + Shift + 7 |
CTRL + Shift + 7 |
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⌘ + Shift + 8 |
CTRL + Shift + 8 |
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⌘ + Shift + 9 |
CTRL + Shift + 9 |
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⌘ + Shift + - |
CTRL + Shift + - |
Divider |
⌘ + Shift + K |
CTRL + Shift + K |
Link |
⌘ + Shift + M |
CTRL + Shift + M |
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⌘ + \ |
CTRL + \ |
Clear formatting |
⌘ + Z |
CTRL + Z |
Undo |
⌘ + Shift + Z |
CTRL + Shift + Z |
Redo |
⌘ + Shift + V |
CTRL + Shift + V |
Paste plain text |
: |
: |
Emoji |
@ |
@ |
Mention |
/ |
/ |
Quick insert for tables, emoji, images, and more |