# Show Markdown Doesn’t Work on iOS **URL:** \ **Category:** Bear Feedback\ **Created:** [April 22, 2023, 3:18am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/show-markdown-doesn-t-work-on-ios/10134 "2023-04-22T03:18:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/439d5e/32.png) [@Gid](https://community.bear.app/u/Gid)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2023, 3:18am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/show-markdown-doesn-t-work-on-ios/10134/1 "2023-04-22T03:18:28Z")
**Testing version** : iOS Version 2.0 (10939) **What were you doing** : Trying to enable Show Markdown **What feature did you use** : Settings \> General \> Uncheck ‘Hide Markdown’ **What happened** : Had no effect in the editor. Markdown remains hidden. **What did you expect to happen** : I expected to have markdown displayed in my notes. ---
**Author:** ![roar](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/roar/32/223_2.png) [@roar](https://community.bear.app/u/roar)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2023, 4:33am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/show-markdown-doesn-t-work-on-ios/10134/2 "2023-04-22T04:33:11Z")
I think this is a glitch: Restarting Bear should make it work It seems that you have to restart Bear to activate this and some other settings as well. ---
**Author:** ![Gid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/439d5e/32.png) [@Gid](https://community.bear.app/u/Gid)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/show-markdown-doesn-t-work-on-ios/10134/3 "2023-04-22T13:28:24Z")
It doesn’t. It’s a bug. ---
**Author:** ![meraxes](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/meraxes/32/4821_2.png) [@meraxes](https://community.bear.app/u/meraxes)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2023, 1:49pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/show-markdown-doesn-t-work-on-ios/10134/4 "2023-04-22T13:49:37Z")
I can confirm that the toggle does not show/hide markdown straight-away. I can also confirm that closing and swiping Bear away, then reopening does resolve it. I am not sure how the toggle is expected to work but did think that just by triggering it that my notes would automatically adjust without a restart of the app. ---
**Author:** ![roar](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/roar/32/223_2.png) [@roar](https://community.bear.app/u/roar)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2023, 2:05pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/show-markdown-doesn-t-work-on-ios/10134/5 "2023-04-22T14:05:26Z")
Yes, I agree. I called it a glitch, meaning a bug or oversight 🕶 ---
**Author:** ![targstark123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6de8d8/32.png) [@targstark123](https://community.bear.app/u/targstark123)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/show-markdown-doesn-t-work-on-ios/10134/6 "2024-04-17T16:15:04Z")
I know this is a long dormant thread, but has this ever been addressed? It’s still an issue for me over a year later . . . ---
**Author:** ![trix180](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/trix180/32/588_2.png) [@trix180](https://community.bear.app/u/trix180)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/show-markdown-doesn-t-work-on-ios/10134/7 "2024-04-18T13:34:50Z")
I don’t have recent reports of this issue and I can’t simulate the issue on the current beta. Do you mind telling me more about what you are experiencing? ---
**Author:** ![targstark123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6de8d8/32.png) [@targstark123](https://community.bear.app/u/targstark123)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/show-markdown-doesn-t-work-on-ios/10134/8 "2024-04-23T13:27:30Z")
Basically, the feature “Hide Markdown” under Settings\>General doesn’t change anything about the function of the app. Screen recording on iPad - [https://imgur.com/a/mINFhox](https://imgur.com/a/mINFhox) ---
**Author:** ![trix180](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/trix180/32/588_2.png) [@trix180](https://community.bear.app/u/trix180)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/show-markdown-doesn-t-work-on-ios/10134/9 "2024-04-23T14:04:53Z")
Oh I see. Turning off Hide Markdown doesn’t actually shows all the markers but force the editor to use the Bear 1 styling, meaning the inline markers are visibile while others, such as headers, quotes and lists don’t show the markers but text attachments. ---
**Author:** ![targstark123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6de8d8/32.png) [@targstark123](https://community.bear.app/u/targstark123)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/show-markdown-doesn-t-work-on-ios/10134/10 "2024-04-23T19:05:17Z")
Can you explain that a little more/differently? I understand some of what you are saying (I’m new to Bear and evaluating if I want to pay for it or not). Also - if it isn’t as simple as “show/hide ALL markdown tags,” I think it needs helper text explaining what it DOES do. ---
**Author:** ![trix180](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/trix180/32/588_2.png) [@trix180](https://community.bear.app/u/trix180)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 7:55am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/show-markdown-doesn-t-work-on-ios/10134/11 "2024-04-24T07:55:01Z")
Sure, You can split MD markers into Inlines and non-inlines. ` **bold** ` or `==highlighted==` and everything that can be expressed in a paragraph without changing the style of the whole paragraph is inline. `# headers`, `> quotes` change the style of the whole paragraph to fall in the second category. Bear 1 showed the inline markers but hidden non-inline with text attachments as in the screenshot. ![Screenshot 2024-04-24 at 09.54.36](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/bear/original/2X/5/5503ff8a36f072b8959fe18b4e267b73d6789339.png)