Question

A developer is writing a detailed bug report as a GitHub issue using Markdown. Before posting, they want to confirm that their headings, bulleted list, and embedded code block will render correctly rather than showing raw Markdown syntax. What should they do within the issue editor?

Accepted Answer

Click the Preview tab to see how the rendered Markdown will appear before submitting

Answer

Submit the issue first and edit it repeatedly until the formatting looks right

Answer

Convert the Markdown to plain HTML manually before pasting it in

Answer

Download GitHub Desktop to preview the formatting locally