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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
`bold`	bold
`italics`	italics
`underline`	underline
`[s]strikethrough[/s]`	~~strikethrough~~
`note`	note
`ssh!`	ssh!
`[nodtext]nodtext[/nodtext]`	[nodtext]nodtext[/nodtext]	Ignore DText tags
`[co` `de]code[/co` `de]`	`code`	Ignore DText and format as code
`line[br]break`	line[br]break	Insert a line break[br](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
		Basic link with delimiters
`Danbooru`	Danbooru	Link with custom text
`[Danbooru](https://danbooru.donmai.us)`	[Danbooru](https://danbooru.donmai.us)	Markdown style link
`[https://danbooru.donmai.us](Danbooru)`	[https://danbooru.donmai.us](Danbooru)	Reverse Markdown style link
`Danbooru`	Danbooru	HTML style link
`[url]https://danbooru.donmai.us[/url]`	https://danbooru.donmai.us	BBCode style link
`Danbooru`	Danbooru	BBCode style link with custom text
`ToS`	ToS	Link to a Danbooru page
`"Here":[#dtext-basic-formatting]`	"Here":[#dtext-basic-formatting]	Link to a specific section of the current page
`Kantai Collection`	Kantai Collection	Link to a wiki
`Kantai Collection#External-links`	Kantai Collection#External-links	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
`Kancolle`	Kancolle	Link to a wiki with custom text
`Fate (series)`	Fate (series)	Link to a wiki without the qualifier
`cats, 1960s`	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`	kantai_collection comic\|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
`>>0`	Large image of post
`>>0: Caption`	Large image of post with caption
`!asset #1234`	Large image of asset
`!asset #1234: Caption`	Large image of asset with caption
`* >>0`	Thumbnail image of post
`* >>0: 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:

[hr]

Headings

Use

h4. text

,

h5. text

, or

h6. text

to create a heading:

[nodtext]h4. Heading[/nodtext]

[nodtext]h5. Heading[/nodtext]

[nodtext]h6. Heading[/nodtext]

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:

[quote]

Hello everyone~!

Oh my gah!

[/quote]

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.

Becomes:

Expand

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

Use


Custom title

to add a custom title:



[expand=Custom title]

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

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]

[thead]

[tr]

[th colspan="3"]Table Tags[/th]

[/tr]

[tr]

[th]DText Tags[/th]

[th]Valid Optional Attributes[/th]

[/tr]

[/thead]

[tbody]

[tr]

[td]

[table]

[/td]

[td][/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]

[thead]

[/td]

[td]

align

[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]

[tbody]

[/td]

[td]

align

[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]

[tr]

[/td]

[td]

align

[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]

[col]

[/td]

[td]

align

,

span

[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]

[colgroup]

[/td]

[td][/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]

[th]

[/td]

[td]

align

,

colspan

,

rowspan

[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]

[td]

[/td]

[td]

align

,

colspan

,

rowspan

[/td]

[/tr]

[/tbody]

[/table]

To use the optional table element attributes use this syntax:

="

"]

Note: You can specify more than one valid attribute on an element.

[table]

[thead]

[tr]

[th colspan="2"]Table Element Attributes[/th]

[/tr]

[tr]

[th]Attributes[/th]

[th]Attributes Values[/th]

[/tr]

[/thead]

[tbody]

[tr]

[td]

align

[/td]

[td]

left

,

right

,

center

,

justify

[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]

span

[/td]

[td]positive integer[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]

colspan

[/td]

[td]positive integer[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]

rowspan

[/td]

[td]positive integer[/td]

[/tr]

[/tbody]

[/table]

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]

[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]

HTML style tags

DText supports the following HTML style tags:

[table]

[thead]

[tr]

[th]HTML Style[/th]

[th]DText[/th]

[/tr]

[/thead]

[tbody]

[tr]

[td]

, or
[/td]

[td]
[b]
[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]
, or
[/td]

[td]
[i]
[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]
[/td]

[td]
[u]
[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]
[/td]

[td]
[s]
[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]
[/td]

[td]
[tn]
[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]
[/td]

[td]
[spoiler]
[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]
[/td]

[td]
[nodtext]
[/td]

[/tr]

[tr]

[td]
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[/td] [td][co de] [/td] [/tr] [tr] [td] [/td] [td][br] [/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]click here [/td] [td]click here [/td] [/tr] [tr] [td] [/td] [td][hr] [/td] [/tr] [tr] [td] [/td] [td][quote] [/td] [/tr] [tr] [td] [/td] [td][expand] [/td] [/tr] [tr] [td][/td] [td][table] [/td] [/tr] [tr] [td] [/td] [td][thead] [/td] [/tr] [tr] [td] [/td] [td][tbody] [/td] [/tr] [tr] [td] [/td] [td][tr] [/td] [/tr] [tr] [td] [/td] [td][col] [/td] [/tr] [tr] [td] [/td] [td][colgroup] [/td] [/tr] [tr] [td] [/td] [td][th] [/td] [/tr] [tr] [td] [/td] [td][td] [/td] [/tr] [/tbody] [/table] Revision 9 by Anonymous at 2025-04-21 02:16:55.380536 Media © their respective owners, Shimmie © Shish & The Team 2007-2026, based on the Danbooru concept.

help:dtext

Basic formatting

Links

Links using ID

Images

Paragraphs

Horizontal rules

Headings

[nodtext]h4. Heading[/nodtext]

[nodtext]h5. Heading[/nodtext]

[nodtext]h6. Heading[/nodtext]

Quotes

Lists

Expands

Tables

HTML style tags