# Markdown for me not working tried many things - 2.2.2 update issue? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elements CMS\ **Created:** [March 31, 2026, 1:49am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/markdown-for-me-not-working-tried-many-things-2-2-2-update-issue/55450 "2026-03-31T01:49:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2026, 1:49am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/markdown-for-me-not-working-tried-many-things-2-2-2-update-issue/55450/1 "2026-03-31T01:49:48Z")
Tried both Markdown and HTML formatted .md files tried paste as plain text tried adding line breaks not working I tried to include here but article is too big ---
**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2026, 1:52am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/markdown-for-me-not-working-tried-many-things-2-2-2-update-issue/55450/2 "2026-03-31T01:52:23Z")
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**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2026, 1:58am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/markdown-for-me-not-working-tried-many-things-2-2-2-update-issue/55450/3 "2026-03-31T01:58:48Z")
Can’t upload demo project either… All since the update having issues… ---
**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2026, 2:18am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/markdown-for-me-not-working-tried-many-things-2-2-2-update-issue/55450/4 "2026-03-31T02:18:08Z")
Tried to restarting the computer Checked registration Uploaded the website six times didn’t work in any of the times Uploaded to the cloud to share for people to use and see ---
**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2026, 8:07am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/markdown-for-me-not-working-tried-many-things-2-2-2-update-issue/55450/5 "2026-03-31T08:07:25Z")
Here is online link: > **[Post](https://www.trumpetstudio.com/studio-notes/post/?item=0000004tension)** No headers No line breaks Tried to upload file to elements cloud - failed ---
**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2026, 8:16am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/markdown-for-me-not-working-tried-many-things-2-2-2-update-issue/55450/6 "2026-03-31T08:16:56Z")
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**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2026, 8:35am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/markdown-for-me-not-working-tried-many-things-2-2-2-update-issue/55450/7 "2026-03-31T08:35:26Z")
From Gemini: The culprit isn’t your text—it is the **CSS styling engine** (Tailwind CSS) that RapidWeaver Elements uses under the hood. By default, Tailwind applies a “CSS Reset” to your entire website. This intentionally strips out all default browser spacing and sizing. It makes all headings (`

`, `

`) the exact same size as regular text, and it removes all the empty space between paragraphs (`

`). It does this so developers have a blank slate, but it makes raw blog posts look like a giant, unformatted wall of text. To fix this, you need to tell Elements to apply “article styling” to that specific block of content. Here is how to solve it: 1. In the left-hand menu of Elements, look under your **Pages** structure and click on the **Post** layout page (this is the master template page that designs how your individual blog posts look, right above your CMS items). 2. On that layout screen, select the component that is outputting your Markdown body content. 3. Look at your Inspector/Settings panel on the right side of the screen. You are looking for a toggle or setting called **Prose** , **Rich Text** , or **Typography**. Enable it. 4. _Alternative:_ If Elements just gives you a field to type in a custom CSS class for that component, simply type the word **`prose`** into the class field. The `prose` class is Tailwind’s magic command that instantly restores all the proper font sizes for headings, spacing for paragraphs, and styling for lists. Once you apply that to your content container on the layout page, your entire article will instantly pop into the correct formatting! ---

**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2026, 9:03am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/markdown-for-me-not-working-tried-many-things-2-2-2-update-issue/55450/8 "2026-03-31T09:03:04Z")
We’ve not had any other reports of this, and it appears to be working as expected here, so we’ll need a few more details to investigate further. To help us resolve issues, please follow our [how to get help guide](https://docs.realmacsoftware.com/elements-docs/getting-started/troubleshooting#how-to-get-help-and-get-it-faster). In the meantime, you can also [download previous builds here](https://realmacsoftware.com/rapidweaver/releasenotes/) to see if the issue persists. * * * _As a side note, AI-generated troubleshooting suggestions can sometimes be a bit off the mark. To help us diagnose things accurately, it’s best to stick to details from your own setup and what you’re seeing directly._ ---
**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2026, 9:16am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/markdown-for-me-not-working-tried-many-things-2-2-2-update-issue/55450/9 "2026-03-31T09:16:15Z")
tried switching themes and entering line breaks ![Screenshot 2026-03-31 at 4.08.40 AM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/3/7/37020255dda9effb5a036f3b76a47b16cdc95e6c.jpeg) it is ‘working’ this second no headers only bolded or italics ---
**Author:** ![Pegasus](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/pegasus/32/25035_2.png) [@Pegasus](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Pegasus)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2026, 9:28am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/markdown-for-me-not-working-tried-many-things-2-2-2-update-issue/55450/10 "2026-03-31T09:28:56Z")
Question: does this only happen with newly created blog posts, or also with existing ones? I couldn’t notice any changes with my existing blog posts. Do you have any additional Tailwind typography plugins installed? ---
**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2026, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/markdown-for-me-not-working-tried-many-things-2-2-2-update-issue/55450/11 "2026-03-31T13:29:29Z")
I think it’s a mess - for me - keep forgetting to make paste as plain text - but even then it doesn’t work for me - get a big block of text Need to add line breaks Don’t have any tailwind extensions ---
**Author:** ![sbchasin](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/sbchasin/32/26943_2.png) [@sbchasin](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/sbchasin)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2026, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/markdown-for-me-not-working-tried-many-things-2-2-2-update-issue/55450/12 "2026-03-31T13:52:24Z")
> [@MichaelDroste](#): > > I think it’s a mess - for me - keep forgetting to make paste as plain text - but even then it doesn’t work for me - get a big block of text Out of curiosity, what are you using to create your .md files?? ---
**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2026, 2:14pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/markdown-for-me-not-working-tried-many-things-2-2-2-update-issue/55450/13 "2026-03-31T14:14:09Z")
I research on iPhone often times and put snippets into notes Then go edit on main computer - then copy and paste into a duplicated .md file ---
**Author:** ![sbchasin](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/sbchasin/32/26943_2.png) [@sbchasin](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/sbchasin)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/markdown-for-me-not-working-tried-many-things-2-2-2-update-issue/55450/14 "2026-03-31T14:17:20Z")
> [@MichaelDroste](#): > > Then go edit on main computer - then copy and paste into a duplicated .md file Which program do you do your editing with?? ---
**Author:** ![differentdan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/differentdan/32/33530_2.png) [@differentdan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/differentdan)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/markdown-for-me-not-working-tried-many-things-2-2-2-update-issue/55450/15 "2026-03-31T14:29:49Z")
If you are generating these articles in AI then AI has a tendency to inject weird artifacts in its output. This could be causing issues when copying the AI generated text and pasting into a third-party text editor. If the above is your workflow, perhaps try pasting in plain text in a text editor like BBEdit and then clean it up a bit to remove any weird AI artifacts, before trying to paste it into Elements. ---
**Author:** ![sbchasin](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/sbchasin/32/26943_2.png) [@sbchasin](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/sbchasin)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/markdown-for-me-not-working-tried-many-things-2-2-2-update-issue/55450/16 "2026-03-31T14:32:11Z")
See also: [Markdown Editors](https://www.tech2geek.net/11-best-markdown-editors-for-macos/) ---
**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/markdown-for-me-not-working-tried-many-things-2-2-2-update-issue/55450/17 "2026-03-31T18:31:28Z")
Thank you… Hopefully fixed it: Made a keyboard shortcut with: Paste as Plain Text Command + V Now - anytime I copy from notes or other it should strip away the rich text formatting… yes?