Floaters Docs Text Editing

Use prefixes to quickly add special characters


Floaters supports many special character and token types. These can easily be added by typing their designated prefix and then pressing ⇧⏎ (Shift-Return).

Available Prefixes

Prefixes can be used anywhere in a floaters and do need need to be on their own blank line. Just type the 2-character prefix and press ⇧⏎ to create the item.

Prefix Type Description
@@ Link Clickable link which can be opened in your browser, or in Floaters in a new web-floater
## Tag Tags can be used to reference multiple notes related to the same topic.
!! Task Checkbox that can be marked as completed.
-- Divider Horizontal divider within a floater. Can be right-clicked to split the floater at that point into two separate windows.

Line-starting Prefixes

Several other special characters can be added (without the above prefix method) by starting a line with its prefix and then pressing space.

Start Line With Type
- Bulleted List
1. Numbered List
> Block Quote
# through ###### Headings
     (4 spaces) Code Block

Press return while on a list or block quote to add another line with the same list type. If you press return twice in a row then it will exit the list.

Tasks will also act as lists if they are at the beginning of a line. If you add a task to the beginning of a line using any of the available methods and then press return, another task will be created on the next line.