Really support Markdown, or stop claiming so

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I recently ran into this as well. At least the API offers an option for getting back Markdown values (which I missed at first).

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Wanted to check and see where you were on this. Copy/Paste support is still broken sadly.

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I also have developers who want this functionality.

It could stop us from moving to Coda.

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Are there any updates on this thread? The lack of markdown support in Coda causes a lot of inconvenience. Itā€™s still impossible to insert content from one application that supports markdown into Coda. And why didnā€™t Coda include full markdown support from the beginning? Itā€™s kind of an industry standard for such platforms. For many copywriters and content creators, this is a significant drawback against Coda.

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I think one of the main problems is that Codaā€™s markdown support is based on sequential logic.

The user types the shortcut > the formatting is applied.

To fix this, they should detect when users past content and run a quick check for markdown so it can be automatically converted. This is one of those ā€œdeath by 1000 papercutsā€ things that will eventually lead to people using Coda for less things without realizing it.

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For anyone still looking for a solution for this issue. I found a workaround. You can copy paste into google docs by using the paste markdown feature as shown here and then copy paste this into coda. Works like a charm, only thing thatā€™s not working are the code blocks sadly.

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Unbelievable after 5 years this still has not been introducedā€¦ will switch to Notion as a result of this.

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does notion support it?

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Yes, Notion supports it perfectly. Moreover, most modern platforms support Markdown because it is a convenient and universal format. Even data from popular AI applications is copied with Markdown formatting.

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I am beginning sense peopleā€™s frustration on this topic, as a late user of Markdown :joy:

I have suggestion, which may not satisfy everyone, but might at least be a small gesture thatā€™s easier to implement.

It would be great if at least disable markdown rendering for a text column, so that I could at the very least write capture markdown text accurately in my table, even if I canā€™t display it accurately.

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WOW, Was just trying out alternatives and they just added this! Or am I dreaming? You can now paste actual markdown

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I think youā€™re right!! :slight_smile:

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Sorry, but i cannot seem to get markdown to work in Coda.
Pasting in markdown text has no effect.

You can create paragraph types with the first few characters - but thats all

## sets H2
>> starts collapsible text
[] for checkboxes
* is a bullet
1. begins a numbered list
--- creates a horizontal rule

The back-tick can be used for code blocks - but none of the other markdown formats work

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@nathan The use case for this has changed significantly since 2019. Would your team consider having a quick conversation about the implications today in 2025?

Copy / paste support seems essential when everyone is using generate AI / LLMs to help them in all kinds of tasks, including generating documents. I want to be able to copy from ChatGPT or Claude and paste directly into Coda. This means markdown.

Itā€™s a significant friction point at the moment.

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I was wrong, still doesnā€™t work. It was just Claudeā€™s copy button that copied the text in a format that allows pasting in Coda.