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Support markdown notation for description fields

It would be great if .md (Markdown) notation, like in https://msdn.microsoft.com/Library/vs/alm/overview/reference/markdown-guidance, would be supported for text description fields for tasks, plans, buckets and other objects

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  • . . commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Absolutely -- Customer Satisfaction is important to Microsoft. I understand that Microsoft provides Planner, basically for free but it is subsidized by our O365 subscriptions. Is the issue adding MarkDown text support to Planner that it creates "TOO MUCH" value to the Product -- That Azure DevOps, Microsoft Project or Trello should be used if users want these functions? ... I just want the ability to format text as Monospace text.

    We use a complete Microsoft Stack, and though I love using Dev/Ops to manage my Code, Work and Deployments to Azure and Push updates to Teams in O365. My small dev teams feels so much more comfortable with the Planner Interface...I am a big fan of "whatever works for the team" and it boosts overall productivity, even if I am now copying statuses and managing two boards :).

  • Sam commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Can't quite understand why this is not a feature already!

  • Stefan commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Basic markdown in the description field and comments would add so much benefit.
    Bold, italic, bullet list are used by my team in Trello on a daily basis. Almost seems hard switching services with this feature missing.

  • Benjamin commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I use Markdown in Trello constantly. Seems like a no-brainer to include it in Planner, especially in the Description field. It's incredibly frustrating that there're no formatting options included.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Markdown in the title field would be really useful... Trello can only to it with a custom extension. Can we have something similar?

  • Dean commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Another vote for markdown editing. I would find this really useful for my organisation.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This would definitely make the product more usable. Key needs: Headers, bold, italicize, lists, hyperlinks.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Another vote for Markdown or any other ability to format text for ordered / numbered and unordered / bulleted lists.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Even a subset of markdown, just sufficient to allow bold, italic, underline, bullets, and code block would be a step up. Particularly in the description, it would be very helpful to be able to format things for readability. Full markdown obviously preferred.

  • Chaz Weber commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Something I constantly use in Trello and in every possible app I can find. For those looking for a work around, you can use an extension called Markdown Here [https://markdown-here.com] that allows you to write in Markdown Format and then right click the whole window or highlight text and convert accordingly. Native support would be preferred obviously.

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