Markdown utility

Utility

The Markdown utility is a light text formatting utility that will convert a limited set of markdown to valid HTML markup. Each markdown conversion option can be turned on or off. By default, this utility will use Carbon classes and strips out extraneous HTML tags.

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Dependencies (2)

• Carbon link
• Carbon list

Used by (7)

• Data model
• Content block
• Content group
• Content item horizontal
• Content item
• Universal banner
• Card

Back links (10)

Content block (2)

• optional String of text formatted using the Markdown utility.
• See Markdown utility for more

Content group (2)

• optional String of text formatted using the Markdown utility.
• See Markdown utility for more

Content item horizontal (1)

• See Markdown utility for more

Content item (2)

• optional String of text formatted using the Markdown utility.
• See Markdown utility for more

Data model (1)

• copy | Markdown utility

Universal banner (2)

• optional String of text formatted using Markdown utility with a limited
• See Markdown utility for more

Resources

• r1: Box folder

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1. Markdown allowed

String will be input into the utility, where it will search for particular string patterns and convert them to the corresponding valid HTML markup.

logic

	type	markup	description
1.1	italic	*italic* or _italic_	Renders content between a single * or _ as italic. (e.g. <em>text</em>)
1.2	bold	**bold** or __bold__	Renders content between a double * or _ as bold . (e.g. <strong>text</strong>)
1.3	paragraph	\n\n	Renders content before double new line as a paragraph (e.g. <p>...content...</p>)
1.4	unordered list	- list item 1 * list item 2	Renders one or more lines starting with - or * as an unordered list.
1.5	ordered list	1. list item 1 2. list item 2	Renders one or more lines starting with a number 1. or * as an ordered list.
1.6	Hyperlink	[text](url)	Renders content as an inline Carbon link