Formatting text fields with Markdown
Flow Production Tracking currently supports Markdown rendering in the following places:
- Note bodies, Note replies, and Note email notifications, and
- Ticket descriptions, Ticket replies, and Ticket email notifications
The Markdown implementation on Flow Production Tracking follows the widely-used Github Flavored Markdown (GFM) specifications.
Visit the GitHub basic writing and formatting syntax documentation to learn more about Github Flavored Markdown (GFM) specifications.
Styling text
| Style | Markdown formatting syntax | Output |
|---|---|---|
| Bold | **This is bold text** or __This is bold text__ |
This is bold text |
| Italic | *This text is italicized* or _This text is italicized_ |
This text is italicized |
| Strikethrough | ~~This text is styled with a strikethrough~~ |
|
| Bold and nested italic | **This text is bold and _italicized_** |
This text is bold and italicized |
| All bold and italic | ***This text is all bold and italicized*** |
This text is all bold and italicized |
| Subscript | This is <sub>subscript</sub> text |
This is subscript text |
| Superscript | This is <sup>superscript</sup> text |
This is superscript text |
Links
Flow Production Tracking will auto-link URL patterns it recognizes for you, but if you want to specify a link text, use:
| Markdown | Output |
|---|---|
[Example Site](https://example.com) |
Example Site |
Images
| Markdown | Output |
|---|---|
 |
![]() |
Code
| Markdown | Output |
|---|---|
This is the `source` variable |
This is the source variable |
Block-level styling
Paragraphs
First paragraph
Second paragraph
with manual line-breaks
Third paragraphHeadings
Headings begin with a # and a space:
Heading syntax
# Title
## Subtitle
### 3rd level
#### 4th level
##### 5th level
###### All the way up to 6th levelHeading outputs

Lists
Unordered list syntax
- First item
- Second item
- Third itemUnordered list output

Ordered list syntax
1. First item
2. Second item
- Unordered item
- Unordered item
1. Third item
1. Ordered item one
2. Ordered item two
1. Fourth itemOrdered list output

Task lists
Syntax
- [x] First task
- [ ] Second task
- [ ] Third taskOutput

Blockquotes
Syntax
> First line of a quote.
> Second line of the same quote.
Break from the quote.
> You can also **add markdown** to a quote.Output

Tables
Three dashes (---) are required to separate each header cell, and colons (:) can be used to align columns.
| First Header | Second Header | Third Header |
| ------------ |:-------------:| -------------:|
| Value 1 | centered | right-aligned |
| Value 2 | centered | right-aligned |
| Value 3 | centered | right-aligned |Output

Code blocks
Code blocks are delimited by triple back-ticks (```) on their own line:
Syntax
```
No language indicated, so no syntax highlighting.
```
```javascript
var s = "JavaScript syntax highlighting";
alert(s);
```
```python
s = "Python syntax highlighting"
print s
```Outputs

Supported languages
| Language name | Alias |
|---|---|
| Apache | apache, apacheconf |
| Bash | bash, sh, zsh |
| CoffeeScript | coffeescript, coffee, cson, iced |
| CPP | cpp |
| CS | cs |
| CSS | css |
| Diff | diff, patch |
| Dockerfile | dockerfile, docker |
| Go | go, golang |
| HTTP | http, https |
| INI | ini |
| Java | java, jsp |
| JavaScript | javascript, js, jsx |
| JSON | json |
| Less | less |
| Lua | lua |
| Makefile | makefile, mk, mak |
| Markdwon | markdown, md, mkdown, mkd |
| NGINX | nginx, nginxconf |
| Objective-C | onjectivec, mm, objc, obj-c |
| Perl | perl, pl, pm |
| PHP | php, php3, php4, php5, php6 |
| Python | python, py, gyp |
| RIB | rib |
| RSL | rsl |
| Ruby | ruby, rb, gemspec, podspec, thor, irb |
| SCSS | scss |
| SQL | sql |
| XML | xml |
| YAML | yml |
Horizontal rules
Use three or more of these to create a horizontal rule:
Hyphens
---Asterisks
***Underscores
___
