In the new Jira issue view, how do I switch to markdown?

[Fred Clarke]

I'm used to writing ticket descriptions in markdown, but the new Jira issue view doesn't let me switch to writing in markdown. E.g. writing *As a* will not put the text in bold anymore after saving, and leaves the asterisks visible.

Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

[Sri Kumar · Accepted solution]

Hi @Fred Clarke 

Good day. Hope you are doing good.

As per this Article, For Bold, you should be using **double asterisks**

Common markdown formatting options:

• ## for H2 style (we support H2–H5)

• **bold** for bold

• *italic* for italic

• ``` for a code block

• [this is link text](www.atlassian.com) for this is link text

• * for bulleted lists (like this one 😉)

• 1. for numbered lists

Other Reference: What is the new Jira issue view?

- Sri Kumar