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Markdown and keyboard shortcuts
Markdown
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. You can copy raw markdown into the Atlassian editor but you can't convert content from it into raw markdown.
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 in markdown and it will convert to fully formatted content as you go.
Markdown syntax | Result |
|---|---|
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**text** | Bold |
1
__text__ | Bold |
1
*text* | Italics |
1
_text_ | Italics |
1
~~text~~ | Strikethrough |
1
`text` |
|
[link](www.atlassian.com) | |
1
### ### #### ##### ###### | Heading levels from 1 through to 6. |
1
* |
Note that ** won't convert to a nested list |
1
- |
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1
1. |
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1
2) |
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1
> |
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1
--- | Horizontal rule |
1
*** | Horizontal rule |
1
:emoji: | Emoji |
1
``` | 1
Code block |
Keyboard shortcuts
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.
To override native keyboard shortcuts, ensure that your cursor or focus is on the text editor.
Keyboard shortcuts (Mac) | Keyboard shortcuts (Windows) | Result |
|---|---|---|
⌘ + B | CTRL + B | Bold |
⌘ + I | CTRL + I | Italic |
⌘ + U | CTRL + U | Underline |
Tab | Tab | Indent list items |
Shift + Tab | Shift + Tab | Outdent list items |
⌘ + Shift + S | CTRL + Shift + S | Strikethrough |
⌘ + 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 | 1
Code |
⌘ + \ | 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 |
Turn off keyboard shortcuts
If Jira's keyboard shortcuts don't speed up your work and you'd prefer to turn them off, you can do so via the keyboard shortcuts dialog.
Click Help > Keyboard shortcuts
Toggle the Keyboard shortcuts are enabled option in the dialog.
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