Links can be formatted, as mentioned in several help articles, by selecting text and clicking the button to turn it into a formatted link, but those same articles consistently mention that doing so will cause all other formatting added in the message via markdown syntax (e.g. using underscores) to be overridden and treated as plain text. Since there is no button to add preformatted (code) text, it is impossible to send a message containing both preformatted text and a formatted link. Ideally this could be accomplished through something similar to Discord's syntax or the official Markdown specification, e.g.:

<http://issuetracker.google.com/ | The Issue Tracker> has a bug when I type in int i = 1;

or

[The Issue Tracker](http://issuetracker.google.com) has a bug when I type in int i = 1;

Code:

No code known; this is an issue reported by an end user.

Output:

Chat is able to output formatted links OR links containing preformatted text (code) but not both in the same message.

Steps

1. Type a message containing something formatted via Markdown syntax, e.g. The Issue Tracker has a bug when I type in int i = 1;

2. Try to format some text as a link and note that it is not possible using any known Markdown syntax.

3. Format the link using the steps in the help articles - select some text (The Issue Tracker), turn it into a link using the button, and then add a URL (http://issuetracker.google.com) and observe that it is now a formatted link.

4. Send the message and note that the text previously formatted via Markdown is no longer formatted, per the warning given in the help articles.