Add Markdown support to Task description
Vidas
Merged in a post:
allow rich-text in work-item comments and task-description
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Andreas Ebhardt
The possibility to have rich-text (eg. via Markdown) in comments and task-description would be great. This should also include checkboxes (Markdown [ ] / [x])
Anthony Schwarzman
Bump bump!
And while you're in there, maybe add Markdown support in comments, too…
Vidas
We have a compatible option to allow writing markdown but it would be converted to WYSIWYG as we are using WYSIWYG type editor, meaning you cannot edit markdown, you will edit already converted text. Would it make sense to have it that way?
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Matteo Musso
Vidas: Not sure about the best implementation, but there are several possibilities:
1) the one you said, automatic conversion
2) a toggle between a raw view and a rendered view
3) add the various markdown elements to a context menu (like the one that pops up now when I select some text) and act only through it
I think there are two necessities in place:
- writing a better looking task description
- writing in markdown
And these two necessities overlap a fair amount.
Markdown kinds of cover most cases, but isn't the only solution.
I'm sure you'll find the best choice to implement!
Keep up the great work!
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Charles
Vidas: Why not having a setting to choose either markdown or WYSIWYG? Like Slack (screenshot attached)
Vidas
Charles: exactly, I see this as a preferred way. We are using quill.js for rich text, it has plugins for markdown and we will investigate feasibility of this handy idea.
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Charles
Would be very very very convenient!