Enable mardown formating functionality in MS Teams

Question

this is code

is rendered in teams chat as

this is code

while it should really look like

this is code

Answer 1

Well, it seems on a Swiss Keyboard on the Mac, this does no longer work (it used to work). The backtick is there not on the same place as on US keyboard and if I press it, inline code does not work. Three backticks ``` will also not produce a code block. If I switch the keyboard view to US English, it works using the backtic. Here the image of a Swiss Keyboard. In order to get a backtick, one would press Shift+the highlighted key.

Answer 2

Hello Soerendip,

My name is Jackson and thank you for your question.

I sincerely apologize for the issue you experience with your Teams, I am a user myself and understand how frustrating this is.

" I pulled the following information from https://support.microsoft.com/office/4d10bd65-55e2-4b2d-a1f3-2bebdcd2c772 :

You can format and share your code on Teams;

1. To add an inline block of code, start and end the text with a backtick (` ) key, which is located next to the 1 on your keyboard, followed by a space. However, some users may have difficulty accessing the backtick key on their keyboard. In that case, you can use one of the following alternate keys to start an inline code block:

Shift+`+Space

Shift+Alt+´

Use the keyboard manager Ukelele.

After you press one of these keys, you can type your code and then press the same key again to end the code block.

2. To add a multi-line block of code, preface your text with ``` and then paste it into your compose box.

You'll get a live preview of your code, and you can undo any formatting by hitting Ctrl+Z. ""

For now, you can view but not generate Markdown-formatted messages on your mobile device, so if you want to collaborate on code, stick to the desktop or web app.

Warm regards,

Jackson E.