Table of Contents

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

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

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]nodtext[/u][/nodtext]	[u]nodtext[/u]	Ignore DText tags
[code][u]code[/u][/code]	[u]code[/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
"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 when using this link syntax Note: When the link is parsed, the anchor will be converted to lowercase Note: When the link is parsed, "dtext-" will be prepended to the anchor
[[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 to a 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

Images

What you type	Notes
!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. text, h5. text, or h6. text to create a heading:

h4. Heading

h5. Heading

h6. Heading

Quotes

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

Becomes:

Chiyo-dad said:

I wish I were a bird.

Quotes can be nested:

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

  Oh my gah!
[/quote]

Becomes:

Hello everyone~!

Oh my gah!

Lists

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

* Item 1
* Item 2
** Item 2.a
** Item 2.b
* Item 3

Becomes:

• Item 1
• Item 2
• Item 2.a
• Item 2.b
• Item 3

Expands

Use [expand] to create collapsible blocks of text:

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

Becomes:

Show

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

Use [expand=Custom title] to add a custom title:

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

Becomes:

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	Valid Optional Attributes
[table]
[thead]	align
[tbody]	align
[tr]	align
[col]	align, span
[colgroup]
[th]	align, colspan, rowspan
[td]	align, colspan, rowspan

To use the optional table element attributes use this syntax: [<element‑name> <attribute>="<value>"]
Note: You can specify more than one valid attribute on an element.

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

Example:

[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]

Becomes:

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]

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