RefractSurvey Markdown Formatting
RefractSurvey supports a small set of text formatting, called markdown, in question text and in long-text answers. It's deliberately simple — just enough to make instructions and longer answers easier to read, without turning into a full word processor.
What you can use
| You type | You get |
|---|---|
| **bold** | bold |
| *italic* | italic |
| ++underline++ | underline |
| # Heading | A large heading |
| ## Heading | A smaller heading |
| - item | A bulleted list item |
| 1. item | A numbered list item |
Bulleted and numbered lists can be nested by indenting a line further than the one above it.
There's deliberately no support for code blocks or syntax highlighting — survey content doesn't tend to need it, and leaving it out keeps things simple.
Where it's used
- Question text, anywhere in the survey builder (except the internal labels for image and link-display questions, which respondents never see).
- Long-text answers respondents write themselves — with a live "▸ Preview" you can expand right under the field as you type.
- Description blocks (see Question Types).
Wherever you can type markdown, there's a small formatting hint right below the field as a reminder of the syntax above.