May 18 - New issues with Markdown
Asked by Tom Grant:

Is anyone seeing issues with markdown recently and is there a fix?


Answers:
author: Felix
body: I just found the change that made this happen - we definitely changed this, as part of a fix. Previously, the current behavior (which is correct, based on the markdown spec), was only applied to comments.

The fix that was sent out yesterday, meant that this is now also the case for descriptions, which is why your existing cards have changed formatting.

Sorry this broke your card formatting! Going to ping the team and make them aware this happened.

comments: author: Dave Manoa
body: YAY!!! And there was much rejoicing! Thanks [@Felix](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/853253)


author: Felix
body: Hey [@Tom Grant](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3567579) - what specifically is not working for you?

comments: author: Tom Grant
body: I am seeing the same

Markdown:

\*\*Test:\*\* Test  
---  
\*\*Line 1\*\* Test  
---  
\*\*Date Line 2:\*\* 5/17/21 - M ST  
---  
\*\*Date of Line 3:\*\* \`Test - M ST\`  
---  
\*\*Total Cost\*\* test  
---  
\*\* Completed\*\* test  
---  
\*\*Goal:\*\* test  
---  
\*\*Displayed:\*\* test  
---  
\*\*Case Number\*\* test  
---  
\*\*Schedule Change\*\* test

Result on Card:

**Test:** Test {#toc-hId--1264828232}
-------------------------------------

**Line 1** Test {#toc-hId-1222684601}
-------------------------------------

**Date Line 2:** 5/17/21 - M ST {#toc-hId--584769862}
-----------------------------------------------------

**Date of Line 3:** `Test - M ST` {#toc-hId-1902742971}
-------------------------------------------------------

**Total Cost** test {#toc-hId-95288508}
---------------------------------------

**Completed** test {#toc-hId--1712165955}
-----------------------------------------

**Goal:** test {#toc-hId-775346878}
-----------------------------------

**Displayed:** test {#toc-hId--1032107585}
------------------------------------------

**Case Number** test {#toc-hId-1455405248}
------------------------------------------

**Schedule Change** test


author: Tom Grant
body: I work with Dave, so I used his example several of us are seeing this, I have tested it in Google Chrome, Safari, and Brave browsers. All with same results. However, I do use the Apple Trello App and it appears as expected.

\*\*Test:\*\* Test  
---  
\*\*Line 1\*\* Test  
---  
\*\*Date Line 2:\*\* 5/17/21 - M ST  
---  
\*\*Date of Line 3:\*\* \`Test - M ST\`  
---  
\*\*Total Cost\*\* test  
---  
\*\* Completed\*\* test  
---  
\*\*Goal:\*\* test  
---  
\*\*Displayed:\*\* test  
---  
\*\*Case Number\*\* test  
---  
\*\*Schedule Change\*\* test

Result Should be the below.

**Test:** Test

*** ** * ** ***

**Line 1** Test

*** ** * ** ***

**Date Line 2:** 5/17/21 - M ST

*** ** * ** ***

**Date of Line 3:** `Test - M ST`

*** ** * ** ***

**Total Cost** test

*** ** * ** ***

**Completed** test

*** ** * ** ***

**Goal:** test

*** ** * ** ***

**Displayed:** test

*** ** * ** ***

**Case Number** test

*** ** * ** ***

**Schedule Change** test


author: Felix
body: Thanks [@Tom Grant](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3567579) and [@Dave Manoa](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4398680) - gonna look into this


author: Felix
body: I can't immediately see any change to our markdown implementation in a while.

The example you posted renders correctly, because the dashes underneath a line signify a "Heading 2" in markdown.

If you want the horizontal rule, you'll need to break up the lines with newlines, like:

\*\*Test:\*\* Test  

---

\*\*Line 1\*\* Test  

---

\*\*Date Line 2:\*\* 5/17/21 - M ST


author: Dave Manoa
body: What I find odd is that all cards across all my boards just started to do this last night. So all old cards and all new cards all the way back for several years are affected. Which wasn't that way at 3pm MT time but was at 6pm MT. That doesn't sound like it is a return problem.


author: Felix
body: Hey [@Dave Manoa](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4398680) - that's odd - could you raise a support ticket at trello.com/contact and just reference this thread? Will mean we can take a look at your boards in some more detail (with your permission) to figure out what's going on.


author: Dave Manoa
body: [@Felix](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/853253) Unfortunately I can't share the board do to privacy and the nature of our job. :-(


author: Dave Manoa
body: I am seeing the same

Markdown:

\*\*Test:\*\* Test  
---  
\*\*Line 1\*\* Test  
---  
\*\*Date Line 2:\*\* 5/17/21 - M ST  
---  
\*\*Date of Line 3:\*\* \`Test - M ST\`  
---  
\*\*Total Cost\*\* test  
---  
\*\* Completed\*\* test  
---  
\*\*Goal:\*\* test  
---  
\*\*Displayed:\*\* test  
---  
\*\*Case Number\*\* test  
---  
\*\*Schedule Change\*\* test

Result on Card:

**Test:** Test {#toc-hId--1264828235}
-------------------------------------

**Line 1** Test {#toc-hId-1222684598}
-------------------------------------

**Date Line 2:** 5/17/21 - M ST {#toc-hId--584769865}
-----------------------------------------------------

**Date of Line 3:** `Test - M ST` {#toc-hId-1902742968}
-------------------------------------------------------

**Total Cost** test {#toc-hId-95288505}
---------------------------------------

**Completed** test {#toc-hId--1712165958}
-----------------------------------------

**Goal:** test {#toc-hId-775346875}
-----------------------------------

**Displayed:** test {#toc-hId--1032107588}
------------------------------------------

**Case Number** test {#toc-hId-1455405245}
------------------------------------------

**Schedule Change** test


Tags: markdown