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Title: Markup
Order: 30
Description: The Markup class allows you to output rich text to the console.
Highlights:
- Easily add *color*.
- Add hyperlinks to for supported terminals.
- Emoji 🚀 parsing.
Reference:
- M:Spectre.Console.AnsiConsole.Markup(System.String)
- M:Spectre.Console.AnsiConsole.MarkupLine(System.String)
- T:Spectre.Console.Markup
---
The `Markup` class allows you to output rich text to the console.
## Syntax
Console markup uses a syntax inspired by bbcode. If you write the style (see [Styles](xref:styles))
in square brackets, e.g. `[bold red]`, that style will apply until it is closed with a `[/]`.
```csharp
AnsiConsole.Write(new Markup("[bold yellow]Hello[/] [red]World![/]"));
```
The `Markup` class implements `IRenderable` which means that you
can use this in tables, grids, and panels. Most classes that support
rendering of `IRenderable` also have overloads for rendering rich text.
```csharp
var table = new Table();
table.AddColumn(new TableColumn(new Markup("[yellow]Foo[/]")));
table.AddColumn(new TableColumn("[blue]Bar[/]"));
AnsiConsole.Write(table);
```
## Convenience methods
There is also convenience methods on `AnsiConsole` that can be used
to write markup text to the console without instantiating a new `Markup`
instance.
```csharp
AnsiConsole.Markup("[underline green]Hello[/] ");
AnsiConsole.MarkupLine("[bold]World[/]");
```
## Escaping format characters
To output a `[` you use `[[`, and to output a `]` you use `]]`.
```csharp
AnsiConsole.Markup("[[Hello]] "); // [Hello]
AnsiConsole.Markup("[red][[World]][/]"); // [World]
```
You can also use the `EscapeMarkup` extension method.
```csharp
AnsiConsole.Markup("[red]{0}[/]", "Hello [World]".EscapeMarkup());
```
You can also use the `Markup.Escape` method.
```csharp
AnsiConsole.Markup("[red]{0}[/]", Markup.Escape("Hello [World]"));
```
## Setting background color
You can set the background color in markup by prefixing the color with
`on`.
```csharp
AnsiConsole.Markup("[bold yellow on blue]Hello[/]");
AnsiConsole.Markup("[default on blue]World[/]");
```
## Rendering emojis
To output an emoji as part of markup, you can use emoji shortcodes.
```csharp
AnsiConsole.Markup("Hello :globe_showing_europe_africa:!");
```
For a list of emoji, see the [Emojis](xref:emojis) appendix section.
## Colors
In the examples above, all colors were referenced by their name,
but you can also use the hex or rgb representation for colors in markdown.
```csharp
AnsiConsole.Markup("[red]Foo[/] ");
AnsiConsole.Markup("[#ff0000]Bar[/] ");
AnsiConsole.Markup("[rgb(255,0,0)]Baz[/] ");
```
For a list of colors, see the [Colors](xref:colors) appendix section.
## Styles
For a list of styles, see the [Styles](xref:styles) appendix section.