Decorating text with Markdown

FormFinch supports Markdown which you can use to decorate the text elements like questions and titles. All you need to do is to place special characters around the text you want to decorate. To help you learn how you can use Markdown in FormFinch we compiled a list of examples.

Markdown Cheatsheet

Decoration	Example	Result
Italic	example text	example text
Bold	example text	example text
Underline	example text	example text
Strikethrough	example text	example text

You can also combine these styles to make words, for example, bold and italic.

Decoration	Example	Result
Bold and Italic	example text	example text
Bold and Underline	example text	example text
Bold and Strikethrough	example text	example text
Italic and Underline	example text	example text
Italic and Strikethrough	example text	example text
Underline and Strikethrough	example text	example text
All decorations	example text	example text

The Plain Text components property Text also supports titles. This way you won’t need to use separate Plain Text and Title Components, but you can instead insert titles directly into the Plain Text. All title styles will look the same way as the corresponding heading styles.

Example	Corresponding Heading Level
# My Title	Heading 1
## My Title	Heading 2
### My Title	Heading 3
#### My Title	Heading 4
##### My Title	Heading 5
###### My Title	Heading 6

Text elements that can be decorated

These styles can be applied to the following components:

Component	Property
Image	Caption
Plain Text	Text
Submit Button (only with a customized thank you page)	Title
	Message
Title	Text
Checklist	Label
	Items
Currency Amount	Label
Date	Label
Drop-down List	Label
	Items
Email	Label
Long Question	Label
Multiple Choice	Label
	Items
Number	Label
	Label after number input
Radio Options	Label
	Items
Rating	Label
	Add label for lowest option
	Add label for highest option
Short question	Label
Time	Label
Yes/No	Label
	Label for first option
	Label for second option

Decorating sentences that include special characters

Some sentences include special characters that are also used to decorate text. One example is: “Fields marked with an * are required”. Normally you could make this sentence italic by typing an asterisk at the beginning and end of the sentence. However, because there is an asterisk within the sentence the result will be:

Problem	Result
Fields marked with an * are required	Fields marked with an are required

This can be avoided by decorating the individual parts of the sentence, both before and after the original asterisk.

Solution	Result
Fields marked with an *are required	Fields marked with an * are required

Making the sentence bold or italic and bold instead can be achieved in the following way:

Example	Result
Fields marked with an *are required	Fields marked with an * are required
Fields marked with an **** are required***	Fields marked with an * are required

If you use special characters that are different from the ones you use to decorate text, you can do this simply by only placing the appropriate Markdown characters before and after the sentence:

Example	Result
Cats & dogs are both lovely creatures	Cats & dogs are both lovely creatures
__ A * is called an asterisk__	A * is called an asterisk

FormFinch Tips

Be careful with using underlined text because it can easily be mistaken for a link.

If you like this feature, need more decorating options or think Markdown is to hard to learn, please let us know by hitting the feedback button in the FormFinch app. Of course you can also contact support to share your thoughts or let us know how we can help you and improve FormFinch.

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