Use code block formatting

Use code block formatting and our syntax highlighting will interpret more than 30 coding languages.

What you'll need

• Code blocks are available on every ClickUp Plan.

• Guests can use code block formatting.

You can type or paste code into tasks, subtasks, Docs, Whiteboard, Columns, Chat view, text block Dashboard widgets, and Notepad.

1. Navigate to the location you're adding a code block to.

2. Paste a code block into the text editor.
   Tip: You can also use the /Slash Command /co and begin typing.

3. Hover over the top right corner for the language dropdown.

4. Choose a language.

5. Your code block will format according to the language.

   

   • To select the entire code block without selecting any other content, press Cmd + A or Ctrl + A.

   • To exit the code editor, press Return three times.

Supported languages:

• Bash

• C++

• C#

• CSS

• Dart

• Diff

• Elixir

• Erlang

• Gherkin

• Go

• Haskell

• Java

• JavaScript

• JSON

• Kotlin

• Less

• Markdown

• Perl

• PHP

• Plain text

• Python

• R

• Ruby

• Rust

• Scala

• Scheme

• SCSS

• SQL

• Swift

• TypeScript

• HTML/XML

• YAML

Want to learn more?

• Check out all of our handy /Slash Commands!

• Learn about our other text formatting options.

• See how Sam used Docs with code blocks to communicate product requirements with their engineering team.