# Allow users to learn \ secrets
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-users-to-learn-secrets/271643
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [July 14, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-users-to-learn-secrets/271643 "2023-07-14T13:25:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@jidanni](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jidanni)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-users-to-learn-secrets/271643/1 "2023-07-14T13:25:26Z")
The “\” button (seen above the words as I type) does many different things, depending on the size of the current area highlighted.
That’s great, but wouldn’t it be great if, in case it broke one day, for there be a list of all the things it does, so the user can do them himself?
For instance, sometimes it inserts one backtick. Sometimes three. Users would feel more in control if they could have an official explanation.
The explanation should be via a Markdown Help button, somewhere in the interface. Yes I’m talking about for all users on all sites.
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### Author:  [@Bas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bas)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-users-to-learn-secrets/271643/2 "2023-07-14T13:38:10Z")
This topic feels like a way to rephrase your earlier (valid!) request for a help-button? 🙂
> [@Hard to find the Markdown help button](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hard-to-find-the-markdown-help-button/258180):
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> Just the other day I was on this BBS, and I looked high and low, [20230315T135552] but I couldn’t find any Markdown Help button to explain the formatting rules. No, I’m not asking what the rules are. Nor am I asking for a link. I’m saying you need to provide a link to people making a post, right there next to the textbox, when they are editing it. Well, OK, maybe any documentation isn’t ready for average users yet,
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### Author:  [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-users-to-learn-secrets/271643/3 "2023-07-14T15:23:20Z")
Another duplicate here as well:
> [@Do we need a help button on the composer?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-we-need-a-help-button-on-the-composer/72505/):
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> A help button could be useful either way
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-users-to-learn-secrets/271643/4 "2023-07-14T15:35:06Z")
Let’s close this one off in favour of [Do we need a help button on the composer?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-we-need-a-help-button-on-the-composer/72505/) to keep the issue grouped to one topic. 👍
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-users-to-learn-secrets/271643/5 "2023-07-14T15:35:09Z")