Use markdown to format text

Wire supports markdown on all platforms.

On all platforms

In 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

Additionally 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.