How to use text formatting for code blocks (1 word only) in medium

Question

I'm trying to write a blog post on medium and format just one word as code like this but for some reason I cannot do it by just placing the backtick (`). I'm using an AZERTY keyboard.

Answer 1

You can use Ctrl+Alt+6 on selected text (or Cmd+Alt+6 on Mac)

Answer 2

I just came across this very same issue and found @Stofke's answer formatted an entire paragraph as code.

I then tried to use backticks (i.e. `) and found that wrapping an already written word in them wouldn't work. To my surprise, if you write a single backtick and then type the word you'd want to be highlighted as code right after it gets automatically formatted as one would expect.

This might be a change in Medium's editor, but I thought it was something worth sharing.

Thanks for your input too!