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Formatting toolbar & keyboard shortcuts

Bold, italic, links, lists, and quotes with one click — plus every keyboard shortcut, including find & replace.

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The formatting toolbar

The toolbar sits above the editor pane. One click wraps your selection:

  • B — bold, I — italic, S — strikethrough
  • Link — wraps the selection and asks for the URL
  • Lists — bulleted or numbered
  • Quote — blockquote

You can hide the toolbar in Settings → Writing tools if you prefer a bare editor.

Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcut Action
B Bold
I Italic
K Insert link
F Find & replace
S Save
/ Markdown cheatsheet

On Windows and Linux, use Ctrl instead of .

Find & replace

  1. Press + F.
  2. Type your search — matches are counted as you type, with an optional match case toggle.
  3. Jump between matches with the arrows, then replace one or replace all.

Lists that just work

  • Press Enter in a list and the next bullet or number continues automatically.
  • Press Tab to indent a list item, Shift + Tab to outdent.

The outline panel

Long document? Open the outline from the header — every heading becomes a link, so you can jump anywhere in one click.