Help:Dtext Wiki | Danbooru

Table of Contents

Basic formatting
Links
Links Using ID
Emoji
Images
Paragraphs
Horizontal Rules
Headings
Spoilers
Quotes
Lists
Expands
Tables
HTML

DText is Danbooru's custom text formatting language. It's a mishmash of several markup languages, including BBCode, MediaWiki, Markdown, and HTML.

You can use the "Preview" button in the top left of the text editor to see what your formatting will look like. You can also use help:sandbox to experiment with formatting.

Basic formatting

What you type	What you get	Notes
`[b]bold[/b]`	bold
`[i]italics[/i]`	italics
`[u]underline[/u]`	underline
`[s]strikethrough[/s]`	~~strikethrough~~
`[tn]note[/tn]`	note
`[spoilers]ssh![/spoilers]`	ssh!
`[nodtext][u]text[/u][/nodtext]`	[u]text[/u]	Ignore DText tags
`[code][u]text[/u][/code]`	`[u]text[/u]`	Ignore DText and format as code
`line[br]break`	line break	Insert a line break (Allows line breaks to be specified in line)

Links

What you type	What you get	Notes
`https://danbooru.donmai.us`	https://danbooru.donmai.us	Basic link
`<https://danbooru.donmai.us>`	https://danbooru.donmai.us	Basic link with delimiters
`"Danbooru":[https://danbooru.donmai.us]`	Danbooru	Link with custom text
`[Danbooru](https://danbooru.donmai.us)`	Danbooru	Markdown style link
`[https://danbooru.donmai.us](Danbooru)`	Danbooru	Reverse Markdown style link
`<a href="https://danbooru.donmai.us">Danbooru</a>`	Danbooru	HTML style link
`[url]https://danbooru.donmai.us[/url]`	https://danbooru.donmai.us	BBCode style link
`[url=https://danbooru.donmai.us]Danbooru[/url]`	Danbooru	BBCode style link with custom text
`"ToS":[/terms_of_service]`	ToS	Link to a Danbooru page Note: Substitute [ and ] in links with %5B and %5D to avoid format breaking
`"Here":[#dtext-basic-formatting]`	Here	Link to a specific section of the current page
`[[Kantai Collection]]`	Kantai Collection	Link to a wiki
`[[Kantai Collection#External-links]]`	Kantai Collection	Link to a specific section of a wiki article Note: The first letter of the anchor must be capitalized. Note: There must be a header with an anchor like "`h4#External-links.`" on the page.
`[[Kantai Collection\|Kancolle]]`	Kancolle	Link to a wiki with custom text
`[[Fate (series)\|]]`	Fate	Link to a wiki without the qualifier
`[[cat]]s, 19[[60s]]`	cats, 1960s	Adjacent text becomes part of the link
`{{kantai_collection comic}}`	kantai_collection comic	Link to a tag search
`{{kantai_collection comic\|Kancolle Comics}}`	Kancolle Comics	Link to a tag search with custom text
`@evazion`	@evazion	Link/Mention a user Note: When used in forum posts and comments, sends a notification to the target user

Links using ID

What you type	What you get	Notes
`post #1234`	post #1234	Link to post
`asset #1234`	asset #1234	Link to media asset
`topic #1234`	topic #1234	Link to forum topic
`topic #1234/p2`	topic #1234/p2	Link to forum topic (page 2)
`forum #1234`	forum #1234	Link to forum post
`comment #1234`	comment #1234	Link to comment
`pool #1234`	pool #1234	Link to pool
`favgroup #1234`	favgroup #1234	Link to favorite group
`wiki #1234`	wiki #1234	Link to wiki
`user #1234`	user #1234	Link to user
`ban #1234`	ban #1234	Link to ban
`feedback #1234`	feedback #1234	Link to user feedback
`appeal #1234`	appeal #1234	Link to post appeal
`flag #1234`	flag #1234	Link to post flag
`note #1234`	note #1234	Link to translation note
`BUR #1234`	BUR #1234	Link to bulk update request
`alias #1234`	alias #1234	Link to tag alias
`implication #1234`	implication #1234	Link to tag implication
`mod action #1234`	mod action #1234	Link to mod action
`artist #1234`	artist #1234	Link to artist
`issue #1234`	issue #1234	Link to Github issue
`pixiv #1234`	pixiv #1234	Link to Pixiv post
`pawoo #1234`	pawoo #1234	Link to Pawoo post
`seiga #1234`	seiga #1234	Link to NicoSeiga post
`nijie #1234`	nijie #1234	Link to Nijie post
`twitter #1234`	twitter #1234	Link to Twitter post
`deviantart #1234`	deviantart #1234	Link to DeviantArt post
`artstation #1234`	artstation #1234	Link to ArtStation post
`sankaku #1234`	sankaku #1234	Link to Sankaku post
`gelbooru #1234`	gelbooru #1234	Link to Gelbooru post
`yandere #1234`	yandere #1234	Link to Yande.re post

Emoji

Use :smile: to add emoji. Put the emoji on a line by itself to make it bigger. Click the "Emoji" icon in the top right of the editor to see the list of emoji.

What you type

Small emoji: :smile:
Big emoji:
:smile:

What you get

Small emoji: 😄
Big emoji:
😄

Images

Use !post #1234 to embed an image from a post. You can add images by dragging and dropping or copying and pasting an image, or by clicking the "Image" icon in the top right of the editor and pasting in the URL.

What you type	What you get
`!post #1234`	Large image of post
`!post #1234: Caption`	Large image of post with caption
`!asset #1234`	Large image of asset
`!asset #1234: Caption`	Large image of asset with caption
`* !post #1234`	Thumbnail image of post
`* !post #1234: Caption`	Thumbnail image of post with caption
`* !asset #1234`	Thumbnail image of asset
`* !asset #1234: Caption`	Thumbnail image of asset with caption

Paragraphs

Paragraphs are separated by blank lines.

A single line break inside a paragraph
creates a new line
instead of a new paragraph.

Horizontal rules

Use [hr] on a line by itself to create a horizontal rule, like this:

Headings

Use h4. Heading, h5. Heading, or h6. Heading to create a heading.

What you type

h4. Heading
h5. Heading
h6. Heading

What you get

Heading
Heading
Heading

Linkable headings

Use h4#section-name. text to create a heading that can be hyperlinked with "link":[#dtext-section-name].

What you type

h6#example-heading. Example heading

"Click to jump to the heading":[#dtext-example-heading].
[[help:dtext#Example heading|Click to jump to the heading]]

What you get

Example heading
Click to jump to the heading.
Click to jump to the heading

Spoilers

Use [spoiler][/spoiler] to create spoilers.

What you type

Darth Vader is [spoiler]Luke Skywalker[/spoiler]'s father.

[spoiler]
You can put multiple paragraphs in spoilers.

Like this.
[/spoiler]

What you get

Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker's father.
You can put multiple paragraphs in spoilers.
Like this.

Quotes

Use [quote][/quote] to create quotes.

What you type

[quote]
Chiyo-dad said:
 
I wish I were a bird.
[/quote]

What you get

Chiyo-dad said:
I wish I were a bird.

What you type

[quote]
  [quote]
    Hello everyone~!
  [/quote]

  Oh my gah!
[/quote]

What you get

Hello everyone~!
Oh my gah!

Lists

Start a line with an '*' to make a list.

What you type

* Item 1
* Item 2
** Item 2.1
*** Item 2.1.1
** Item 2.2
* Item 3

What you get

Item 1
Item 2
Item 2.1
Item 2.1.1
Item 2.2
Item 3

Expands

Use [expand] to create collapsible blocks of text. Use [expand=Custom title] to add a custom title.

What you type

[expand]
Text that is hidden by default. Click the "Show" button to expand the block and make the text visible.
[/expand]

What you get

Show

This text is hidden by default. Clicking the "Show" button will expand the block.

What you type

[expand=Custom title]
This text is hidden by default. Clicking the "Show" button will expand the block.
[/expand]

What you get

Custom title

This text is hidden by default. Clicking the "Show" button will expand the block.

Tables

Use HTML table tags to make a table.

Table Tags
DText Tags	Optional Attributes
`[table]`
`[thead]`	`align`
`[tbody]`	`align`
`[tr]`	`align`
`[col]`	`align`, `span`
`[colgroup]`
`[th]`	`align`, `colspan`, `rowspan`
`[td]`	`align`, `colspan`, `rowspan`

To add attributes use the syntax: [td align="center"].

Table Element Attributes
Attributes	Attributes Values
`align`	`left`, `right`, `center`, `justify`
`span`	positive integer
`colspan`	positive integer
`rowspan`	positive integer

What you type

[table]
  [thead]
    [tr]
      [th colspan="3" align="center"]Table[/th]
    [/tr]
    [tr align="center"]
      [th]A[/th]
      [th]B[/th]
      [th]C[/th]
    [/tr]
  [/thead]
  [tbody]
    [tr]
      [td align="left"]L[/td]
      [td align="center"]C[/td]
      [td align="right"]R[/td]
    [/tr]
    [tr]
      [td]---1---[/td]
      [td]---2---[/td]
      [td]---3---[/td]
    [/tr]
  [/tbody]
[/table]

What you get

Table
A	B	C
L	C	R
---1---	---2---	---3---

HTML style tags

DText supports the following HTML style tags:

HTML Style	DText
`<b>`, or `<strong>`	`[b]`
`<i>`, or `<em>`	`[i]`
`<u>`	`[u]`
`<s>`	`[s]`
`<tn>`	`[tn]`
`<spoiler>`	`[spoiler]`
`<nodtext>`	`[nodtext]`
`<code>`	`[code]`
`<br>`	`[br]`
`<a href="http://example.com">click here</a>`	`"click here":[http://example.com]`
`<hr>`	`[hr]`
`<quote>`	`[quote]`
`<expand>`	`[expand]`
`<table>`	`[table]`
`<thead>`	`[thead]`
`<tbody>`	`[tbody]`
`<tr>`	`[tr]`
`<col>`	`[col]`
`<colgroup>`	`[colgroup]`
`<th>`	`[th]`
`<td>`	`[td]`