zulip/templates/zerver/help/view-the-markdown-source-of-a-message.md

## View the markdown source of a message

If one of your peers sends a message, you can view the markdown of the
message to learn more about formatting tricks or to reuse their markdown
in a reply.

To view the markdown source of an message, simply hover your mouse over
the message and press the down chevron button near the upper right corner.

![down chevron context](/static/images/help/down_chevron_context.png)

Opening a screen like this:

![view markdown](/static/images/help/view_markdown.png)

Next, press on the View Source button and you should see this screen pop up,
showing you the markdown source.

![markdown source popup](/static/images/help/markdown_source_popup.png)

Note: You can also view the markdown of your own messages if they are too
old to edit.