Format your text messages

Format your messages before sending them.

On desktop (macOS, Windows, or on Wire for web)

1. Select the formatting button :

2. Select an option: 

Then select one of the following:

• Heading  
• Bold
• Italics
• Strikethrough
• Number list  
• Bullet List  
• Blockquote  
• Link
• Code block
• Inline code

For example, heading:



You can use different formatting options before sending:

On mobile devices

Inside a conversation, select the formatting button to activate markdown.

Then select one of the following:

• Heading  
• Bold
• Italics
• Numbered list  
• List  

Only on iOS

• Code
• # H1, ## H2, ### H3 syntax to create headers of various sizes
• Start a line with a number followed by a period and at least one space to create a numbered list (for example, 1. Buy milk)
• Start a line with either "-", "+", "*", or "• ", followed by at least one space, to create a bullet list (for example, - Buy milk)
• Convert text to a link by using the syntax [link title](link URL).
  For example, [tap me!](www.wire.com) will display tap me! as a link. When people tap it they get directly to Wire’s homepage.
  Note: for security reasons, this will only work if the link title is not a URL and the link URL is valid.

On all platforms

Wire also supports markdown.

n order to display italic, bold, or parts of code, it is possible to use the following syntax to format some text inside any conversation on Wire:

Markdown used	Displayed as
_some text_	some text
*some text*	some text
**some text**	some text
_**some text**_	some text
`some text`
``` code longer block of code longer block of code longer block of code longer block of code longer block of code ```
[Wire](www.wire.com)	Wire
[Conversation](wire://conversation/conversation-id)	Link to a conversation
[Name](wire://user/user-id)	Link to a contact’s profile
# Heading    Note: If you want to start a line with "#" without that line being a heading, you need to "escape" the symbol with a backslash, like this: "\#"	Heading