Formatting Toolbar
Use the built-in formatting toolbar to style your embed text with bold, italic, underline, and more. Includes keyboard shortcuts, Discord markdown reference, and the emoji picker.
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Buttons above the description and field-value textareas that wrap your selection in Discord-flavoured markdown: bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, inline code, links, and an emoji picker. Ctrl+B / Ctrl+I / Ctrl+U work the same way as in a normal text editor.
Why you might want it
Discord uses its own subset of markdown, and the syntax for combinations (like underline-plus-bold) is easy to get wrong by hand. The toolbar inserts the right tokens for you, and the live preview confirms it before you save.
Using the Toolbar
The formatting toolbar appears above the Description textarea and Field Value textareas in the embed designer. It provides quick-access buttons for common Discord markdown formatting.
Toolbar Buttons
The toolbar includes the following buttons:
- B — Bold
- I — Italic
- U — Underline
- S — Strikethrough
code— Inline code- Link — Insert a hyperlink
- Emoji — Open the emoji picker
How to Format Text
Select the text you want to format, then click a toolbar button. The selected text is wrapped with the appropriate markdown markers. Click the same button again to remove the formatting (toggle behavior). You can also click a button with no selection to insert empty markers at the cursor position.
Keyboard Shortcuts
For faster editing, use these keyboard shortcuts:
Ctrl+B— BoldCtrl+I— ItalicCtrl+U— Underline
Discord Markdown Reference
Discord uses a subset of Markdown for text formatting. Here's a complete reference of all supported formatting combinations:
| Syntax | Result |
|---|---|
**bold** | Bold |
*italic* | Italic |
__underline__ | Underline |
~~strikethrough~~ | Strikethrough |
`code` | Inline Code |
[text](url) | Link |
***bold italic*** | Bold + Italic |
__**underline bold**__ | Underline + Bold |
__*underline italic*__ | Underline + Italic |
~~**strikethrough bold**~~ | Strikethrough + Bold |
~~*strikethrough italic*~~ | Strikethrough + Italic |
__~~underline strikethrough~~__ | Underline + Strikethrough |
***~~bold italic strikethrough~~*** | Bold + Italic + Strikethrough |
__***underline bold italic***__ | Underline + Bold + Italic |
Emoji Picker
Click the emoji button in the toolbar to open the emoji picker. It provides over 1,000 emoji organized across 8 categories:
- Smileys & Emotion
- People & Body
- Animals & Nature
- Food & Drink
- Travel & Places
- Activities
- Objects
- Symbols
Use the search bar at the top to find emoji by name. A "Recently Used" section appears at the top for quick access to your favorites. Hover over any emoji to see its :shortcode: name.