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Support for Markdown in notes

ivan.aga says:
I think it would be _really_ *useful* to be able to format the text in Task notes, using some well established syntax like Markdown (http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax).

This would give us the ability to make bulletlists, bold, italic, etc.

Just a thought!

Posted at 4:53pm on January 2, 2006
zikes says:
I concur, markdown would be a nice addition.
Posted 18 years ago
(closed account) says:
Thought I'd resuscitate this thread; I'm also interested in formatting in notes. Another possibility (apart from Markdown) is Dean Allen's Textile parser.

Thanks for a terrific service.

C.
Posted 18 years ago
bkudria says:
I agree, this would be really cool.

-B
Posted 18 years ago
hendrik.achenbach says:
Either this or some formatting options like you have in most Web-mail services nowadays:

- bold, italics
- proportional or fixed-width font
- hyperlink
- bulleted and numbered lists
Posted 18 years ago
shk says:
Great idea, just keep it lean and keep the notes fast-loading.

Nobody wants a mini-m$-word document page inside their nice rtm page. ;D
Posted 18 years ago
clandestine says:
I would definitely support either Markdown or Textile, but I generally find Markdown faster for fairly simple things, especially with the way it handles reference linking.
Posted 18 years ago
cobrastyle says:
Agree - this would be really nice.
Posted 13 years ago
tekacs says:
Just another vote for this - I assume wouldn't be incredibly difficult to do, especially if you made it an option in settings, thus meaning that you don't have to render every note by every user in Markdown...

Please? :P
Posted 13 years ago
tekacs says:
Incidentally, the way that RTM currently works (and the fact that I write using a subset of Markdown without even thinking about it, nowadays) I end up linking away to Evernote shards from my notes - this is awfully cumbersome, especially when the note just contains a simple list...
Posted 13 years ago
black.puppydog says:
couldn't this be done in JScript (at least in the webapp)?
In any case, this should *not* be hard to implement and would increase usability by lengths.
It would at least be a workaround for as long as we wait for sublists/folders.
Posted 13 years ago
(closed account) says:
Numbered and bullet list would be very helpful. Markdown in general a real plus!
Posted 13 years ago
claytronic says:
Right now nested lists get their nesting removed, having a formatter like Markdown would be awesome!
Posted 12 years ago
(closed account) says:
Yes, Please.
Posted 12 years ago
claytronic says:
happy birthday to this request. 6 years old on the 2nd :D
Posted 12 years ago
calvinhp says:
Markdown Rules! can we have this pretty please?
Posted 12 years ago
tony.hild says:
Yes, Please.
Posted 12 years ago
okada.eriko says:
Yes, Please.
Posted 12 years ago
pastore.abruzzese says:
please!
Posted 12 years ago
zurfarosa says:
Yes please.
Posted 12 years ago
(closed account) says:
Seems like a lot of requests. Me too please ... bullet lists!
Posted 11 years ago
kimptoc says:
+1 from me, please.
Posted 11 years ago
(closed account) says:
It would definitely be a great addition. I use Evernote when I need more than just scribble quick notes for a task (and I know that finally there's better integration between the two services), but if I was able to use Markdown I wouldn't need that workaround anymore.
Posted 11 years ago
jbstarr says:
+1 wholeheartedly agree with brpinto above.
Posted 11 years ago
(closed account) says:
+2 from me
Posted 11 years ago
andres.riancho says:
+1
Posted 11 years ago
soldaat says:
+1, please add this.
Posted 11 years ago
alberto.bellini says:
Look at Notebooks.app on OS X, for a really good use case of markdown.
Posted 9 years ago
aaron.simmons says:
Gonna add a me-too on this one...
Posted 9 years ago
pac1250 says:
This feature seems logic to me with the latest version ☺
Posted 8 years ago
jchirschy says:
+1
Posted 8 years ago
basovink says:
+1
Posted 8 years ago
onerror says:
We (customers) need this for 10 years
Posted 8 years ago
(closed account) says:
Totally agree. Would love Markdown or basic formatting functionality in notes! :) Nothing too complicated like Microsoft Word-like formatting, but simple headings and bulleted notes for things like client revisions that I'm trying to remember.. Bold, italic, ordered and unordered lists, etc. Basically, the same formatting options you might find in an email service like Gmail.
Posted 8 years ago
jeroen.budts says:
+1
Posted 8 years ago
(closed account) says:
I would really really appreciate to have some basic formatting in notes. And since markdown appears to be a simple standard...
Posted 7 years ago
rtmcsm says:
+1000
Posted 7 years ago
holl0w says:
+1
Posted 7 years ago
gregory.ratliff says:
+1

Wow, 11 years of requests for this and no response from RTM? My guess is that syncing across all platforms and integrations raises some questions, but please let us know if this is on the radar or not.
Posted 7 years ago
rtmpenten says:
I put together a simple chrome extension to do this. Not heavily tested, but works for me!

code/description: http://maxjmartin.com/rtmmd.html
chrome store install link:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/rememberthemilk-markdown/ohpekkggkojpohfnkipjejjnpcpaecck
Posted 7 years ago
pfaco says:
+1
At least bold, italic, underlined, and bullet items.
Posted 7 years ago
wally2 says:
+1 for markdown feature
Posted 6 years ago
nhydanhyda says:
bump +1
Posted 6 years ago
reyre says:
yes please! bump +1
Posted 6 years ago
cmklar says:
+1
Posted 6 years ago
zaldon09 says:
would be a great feature
Posted 6 years ago
fant says:
+1
Posted 6 years ago
simonhjj says:
+1
Posted 6 years ago
alexbohariuc says:
+1
Posted 6 years ago
srg.koshelev says:
+1
Posted 5 years ago
piercarlos says:
+1
Posted 5 years ago
yaneshtyagi says:
RTM team, every other to do app now a days is providing markdown support. What's holding you back?
Posted 5 years ago
alex.vasenin says:
+1
Posted 5 years ago
kongluoxing says:
markdown is simple and powerful, please support it!
Posted 4 years ago
juankipe says:
It would be very helpulf, to support markdown in notes
Posted 4 years ago
menage says:
+1 We've all been asking for this for a long time! :-)
Posted 4 years ago
karantan says:
+1
Posted 4 years ago
toa1425 says:
I really want bolt font please
Posted 4 years ago
didamarkovic says:
+1
Posted 4 years ago
(closed account) says:
Please add simple text formatting 🙏🙏
Posted 4 years ago
marcin.szczepkowski says:
Yep, this would be great. I'm using the syntax anyway because I use markdown in other tools. Sometimes I just ^C^V some reference information with markdown formatting and it's kinda annoying that RTM doesn't do even basic formatting.
Posted 3 years ago
abhirjoshi says:
Markdown has become way popular now than when this request was created. Many people are now familiar with markdown and use it on a daily basis in various other tools. Adding markdown support will definitely improve usefulness of Notes.
Posted 3 years ago
ajmasia says:
Please is a needed feature 😊
Posted 3 years ago
reyre says:
lol, this thread is still going since 2006. Come on RTM, this is a quick win, do it do it do it do it do it do it :)
Posted 3 years ago
guillaume.babin says:
+1
Posted 3 years ago
jmmastey says:
Another +1. Amazed this has been a request for _fifteen_ years.

I'm guessing there's a concern about people's existing notes being suddenly marked-down. Personally, I would really love a feature toggle in settings.
Posted 2 years ago
(closed account) says:
Yet another +1 for Markdown support
Posted 2 years ago
mpflugrad says:
+1 for adding markdown to the notes field.
Posted 2 years ago
pauk.healey says:
Another +1 for Markdown support in notes, please.

Could make it optional. Off by default so it doesn't affect existing notes.
Posted 2 years ago
freshr says:
This request is over 16 years old. I'm rather pointlessly going to add a +1 here, given that it does not seem to be getting looked at.

The current notes feature could be useful but is way too limited. I don't understand why I would want to add multiple notes that can be edited and deleted separately. Why not just give a single large notes panel with basic formatting? (It does not even need to be Markdown.)

Ideally I should not need to click "edit" to write in it, and it would just switch to edit mode as needed. If I want to delete any text, or the whole note, I can just select and delete it.

Bold, italic, underline, bullets, numbered lists, links would be enough. Ideally, it would be great to be able to add checkboxes to a note where I do not want to use subtasks.
Posted 2 years ago
kay2thbee says:
Another +1 for Markdown support in notes, please.

@pauk.healey is spot on: make it optional and off by default so it doesn't affect existing notes.

Please 3,000.
Posted 2 years ago
bwb6df says:
I want to +1 also; I would love to be able to write more detailed notes on a particular task
Posted 1 year ago
yyaboo says:
This has now been in discussion for .... wait for it.... over 17 YEARS! Shame on you RTM ... just shameful
Posted 1 year ago
paul.eastabrook says:
I have been using notes a lot more in recent months, since integrating with AI LLMs and copying content from chatGPT and bard. Basic formatting in notes would be awesome! This idea has been around for a long time, so wasn't sure if I should add to this, but please do consider it. For those that just want plain text, some form of mark-up does not impact that.
Posted 1 year ago
scubbo says:
The lack of traction on this issue genuinely makes me concerned that this app is no longer under development and so I should start migrating away.
Posted 1 year ago
slippingstaff says:
I sent a request to Bob and received the URL for this forum in response.
In my request, I wrote something even more greedy than you guys.
I wanted the development team to consider Markdown (or Textile), MathJax, Mermaid (or PlantUML), and a real-time view method.

Equipped with these software technologies will surely catch the attention of students who know about them, especially students in science and engineering fields. Those students will get jobs and earn money in the future, and some of them will be supporters of the Pro version.

The other day, I tried out Notion, a software that can also be used for task management. It's not as simple and quick as RTM. However, task notes provide a full Markdown real-time view. After actually using it, I see no reason not to incorporate Markdown.
Posted 11 months ago
willyram says:
I'd appreciate an explanation of why markdown is not supported and if it will or what would need to happen to make it supported.
Posted 2 days ago
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