Common formatting
A reference for Markdown basics you'll use daily
Headings
# Header 1
Content
## Header 2
Content
### Header 3
Content
Alternative below - note there is no whitespace and no #.
Header 1
===
Content
Header 2
---
Content
Horizontal rule
See the triple dash with white space before it.
---
More content here.
Styling
Bold
**Bold**
__Bold alternative__
Italics
_Italics_
*Italtics alternative*
Bold + Italics
_**Nested styling**_
Strikethrough
The following are equivalent, though GitHub’s markdown editor and VS Code only shows a preview in the edit window for the latter (double).
~Strikethrough~
~~Strikethrough~~
~Strikethrough~
Strikethrough
Links
The target will be used for href attribute.
[Label](target)
The target will be used for src attribute.
Paragraph
If there are two paragraph lines with no break between, Markdown will show them on online. Therefore you can either add white space between, use a <br> tag, or use a double white space at the end of the line (not practical if your IDE trims whitespace).
Line 1
Line 2
Line 3 and
continuation of line 3.
Quote block
Single line
> Quote message.
Quote message.
Multi-line
Note that the line break rule from the previous section applies to quotes as below.
> Multi-line quote.
>
> Note the empty line above.
> This quote
> actually appears on one line.
Multi-line quote.
Note the empty line above.
This quote actually appears on one line.
Nested
> How to nest a quote.
> > Repeat the quote symbol.
How to nest a quote.
Repeat the quote symbol.
List
Quote a single bullet list from another source.
> - Point A
> - Point B
> - Point C
Add multiple quotes as separate points.
- > Point A
- > Point B
- > Point C