# Strikethrough \`\<s\>\` displayed differently in editor preview and post

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/strikethrough-s-displayed-differently-in-editor-preview-and-post/48302
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** markdown-it-review
**Created:** [8월 6, 2016, 11:27오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strikethrough-s-displayed-differently-in-editor-preview-and-post/48302 "2016-08-06T23:27:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![jooize](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jooize/32/537063_2.png) [@jooize](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jooize)
#### Post date: [8월 6, 2016, 11:27오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strikethrough-s-displayed-differently-in-editor-preview-and-post/48302/1 "2016-08-06T23:27:31Z")

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## Example

**`<s>`** ~~Strikethrough~~

~~ 

> [@jooize](#):
>
> Strikethrough in editor preview only.

 ~~

~~Strikethrough in editor preview only.~~ **`</s>`**

No strikethrough.

## Try

```plaintext
<s>Strikethrough

[quote="jooize"]
Strikethrough in editor preview only.
[/quote]

Strikethrough in editor preview only.</s>

No strikethrough.

```

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [8월 7, 2016, 12:38오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strikethrough-s-displayed-differently-in-editor-preview-and-post/48302/2 "2016-08-07T00:38:52Z")

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Your problem is multi line here.

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### Author: ![jooize](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jooize/32/537063_2.png) [@jooize](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jooize)
#### Post date: [8월 7, 2016, 12:43오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strikethrough-s-displayed-differently-in-editor-preview-and-post/48302/3 "2016-08-07T00:43:55Z")

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The editor preview shouldn’t suggest that the text in the submitted post will have strikethrough across lines, assuming that’s the way it’s intended to work. In any case there’s currently an inconsistency.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [7월 20, 2017, 9:35오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strikethrough-s-displayed-differently-in-editor-preview-and-post/48302/4 "2017-07-20T09:35:15Z")

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Duplicate of [Multi-Line Strikethrough Not Covering Quotes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multi-line-strikethrough-not-covering-quotes/64808) though this came first, the other topic is better documented.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [7월 20, 2017, 9:35오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strikethrough-s-displayed-differently-in-editor-preview-and-post/48302/5 "2017-07-20T09:35:25Z")

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