I noticed that comments do not support formatting and line breaks like we have in posts.
The markdown help doesn't seem to apply to the comments, so I think it is a bug.
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Sign up to join this communityI noticed that comments do not support formatting and line breaks like we have in posts.
The markdown help doesn't seem to apply to the comments, so I think it is a bug.
Comments have no line breaks and generally no block-level formatting (such as extended blocks of code).
You can, however, use some of the same formatting that applies to normal posts:
*Italics*
Also _Also_
**Bold**
Also __Also__
***Bold italics are not allowed***
Code
`Code`[links](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/ "Meta")
For a more complete explanation, you can see the relevant part of the FAQ.
(Don't forget inline links!)
We do allow very limited markdown in comments now:
*
and _
for bold, italic[example](http://example.com "merely an example")
No HTML, just Markdown in comments, please!
Some of the formatting works in comments. Notably inline links, *emphasis*, **strong emphasis** and `code`
.
This is all I could find in reference: a blog post about the changes.