Use Keyboard Shortcuts for Editing

Here are some keyboard shortcuts you’ll love when editing your notes.

If you are not on mac or are using non-default shortcuts you can check the Shortcut-List for each shortcut used in this note!

This works best if you can see the result in the preview panel, run the Markdown: Open Preview to the Side command.

  • alt+c changes state to a TODO item. Try it while the cursor is on this line.

  • cmd+b makes the selection bold. Select me and make me bold.

  • cmd+i makes the selection italic. Select me and make me italic.

  • alt+shift+f formats a table. Place the cursor in the table below and format the table.
column 1column 2
one elementanother element
second rowlast cell

  • Paste link on selected text

  • Search in your repo with cmd+shift+f: type “search”
    • (go back to the file explorer with cmd+shift+e)

  • Paste an image
    • copy an image
    • move your cursor to the next line, then press cmd+alt+v and confirm the name of the file
    • .
    • the image file has been created in /attachments and a reference to it has been added here
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