<kbd> doesn't work in comments to answers/questions

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Adding <kbd> tags into comments on questions & answers doesn't work. It just displays the HTML.

SHIFT

<kbd>SHIFT</kbd>
– Rebecca Dessonville
Oct 23, 2012 at 1:45 — Rebecca Dessonville, Oct 23, 2012 at 1:45

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Comments don't support HTML, merely a small subset of Markdown. See: https://webapps.meta.stackexchange.com/editing-help#comment-formatting (you'll find this by clicking the "help" link under the big Add Comment button).

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answered Oct 23, 2012 at 1:56

Shog9

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maybe it should be added. I've run into this limitation a few times when trying to deconstruct a question to help answer it.
– Rebecca Dessonville
Oct 23, 2012 at 2:01
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Comments are pretty light-weight; adding HTML support (or rather, proper HTML sanitizing) probably won't happen. I suggest you go with some other sort of formatting or convention to indicate keystrokes - for instance, [Ctrl]+[F5], Ctrl+F5.
– Shog9
Oct 23, 2012 at 2:03
That's a much better solution than CTRL that I was doing.
– Rebecca Dessonville
Oct 23, 2012 at 2:12

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