Formatting Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts that wrap the selection, or the word under the cursor, in Simple Markdown markers — and toggle them back off. Includes moving lines up and down.

Updated for v2.0

Formatting Shortcuts

Design Intent: Format text at the speed of thought, with the shortcuts your fingers already know.
  • These shortcuts wrap the selection — or the word under the cursor — in Simple Markdown markers.
  • They toggle: applying one a second time removes the markers. Bold and italic can be combined.
  • ⌘ + ⇧ + H cycles the current line through # → ## → ### → no heading.
  • Every one of them can be remapped in Settings > Shortcuts.
  • ⌘ + B Bold
  • ⌘ + I Italic
  • ⌘ + U Underline
  • ⌘ + ⇧ + X Strikethrough
  • ⌘ + ⇧ + H Cycle heading level

Move lines

  • Move the current line — or all selected lines — up and down without cutting and pasting.
  • Each move is a single undo step.
  • ⌥ + ↑ Move line up
  • ⌥ + ↓ Move line down