Writing & formatting
The wiki editor is a block editor: every paragraph, heading, list, table and image is its own block you can restyle, reorder or delete. Mostly you just type.
Markdown-style shortcuts
Section titled “Markdown-style shortcuts”Type these at the start of a line and they convert as you go:
| Type | You get |
|---|---|
# ## ### |
Heading 1, 2, 3 |
- or * |
Bulleted list |
1. |
Numbered list |
> |
Blockquote |
``` |
Code block |
--- |
A separator line |
Inline, **bold**, *italic* and `code` all work as you’d expect.
The slash menu
Section titled “The slash menu”Type / on an empty line to insert anything. Keep typing to filter — /tab
finds the table, /ind finds the index. Items come in three groups:
- Style — Text, Heading 1, Heading 2, Heading 3, Bullet List, Numbered List, To-do list, Blockquote, Code Block.
- Insert — Mention, Emoji, Table, Separator, Table of contents, Two Columns, Grid, Collapsible Section, Card, Swiper Cards, Button Grid, Meter, Index.
- Upload — Image.
Every one of these is covered in Blocks.
The selection toolbar
Section titled “The selection toolbar”Select some text and a toolbar floats above it:
- Turn Into — swap the whole block to a different type: Text, Heading 1–3, Bulleted list, Numbered list, To-do list, Blockquote, Code block.
- Bold, Italic, Underline, Strike, Code.
- Link — paste or type a URL.
- Colour — text colour and highlight, ten shades each (default, gray, brown, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, red).
- More options — superscript, subscript, and text alignment (left, centre, right, justify).
Select an image and the same toolbar swaps to image controls instead.
The drag handle
Section titled “The drag handle”Hover any block and a ⋮⋮ grip appears in the left margin. Its tooltip says it all: Click for options / Hold for drag.
- Hold and drag to move the block up or down the page.
- Click for the block menu — background colour, borders, alignment, duplicate, copy, delete, and whatever else that block type supports.
The full menu is documented in Styling & moving blocks.
The editor header
Section titled “The editor header”Above the page you get Undo, Redo, and Import — pull a Markdown, HTML, text or Word file straight into the page you’re on. See Importing content.
On a phone
Section titled “On a phone”Small screens swap the floating toolbar for a ribbon pinned to the bottom of the screen. It carries the same formatting — bold, italic, strike, code, highlight, link, alignment, superscript and subscript, colour swatches — plus the slash menu, image upload, block move up/down, duplicate, delete, reset formatting, and the dictation microphone.
Saving
Section titled “Saving”There’s no Save button. Your changes go up about a second and a half after you stop typing. See The Wiki for what happens when someone else edits the same page.