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zulip/help/view-the-markdown-source-of-a-message.md
David Rosa ad9d1c5380 help: Rename CSS .mobile-icon -> .help-center-icon.
Renames CSS rule that styles Zulip UI icons in the help center
so that it makes sense to use it regardless of whether we are
documenting a mobile or desktop/web feature.
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View the Markdown source of a message

You can view the Markdown source of a message to learn how the message was formatted, or to copy the Markdown source for a reply.

View the Markdown source of a message

{start_tabs}

{tab|desktop-web}

{!message-actions-menu.md!}

  1. Click View message source. You will not see the View message source menu option for editable messages that you have sent.

!!! keyboard_tip ""

You can also use the <kbd>E</kbd> shortcut to view the Markdown source of the
selected message.

{end_tabs}

Copy the Markdown source of a message to your clipboard

{start_tabs}

{tab|desktop-web}

{!message-actions-menu.md!}

  1. Click View message source. You will not see the View message source menu option for editable messages that you have sent.

  2. Click the Copy and close ( copy) widget in the upper right corner of the message.

!!! keyboard_tip ""

You can also use the <kbd>E</kbd> shortcut to view the Markdown source of the
selected message.

{tab|mobile}

{!message-long-press-menu.md!}

  1. Tap Copy to clipboard.

{end_tabs}