The Markdown Editor

Markdown files (.md, .markdown) open in typealot's Markdown editor, which offers two ways to work.

Visual (WYSIWYG) mode

By default you edit in a clean visual editor: headings, bold and italic, lists, quotes, tables, links, and images all render as you'd expect, and you format with the toolbar or the slash menu. There's no raw # or ** in your way.

Source mode

Click Source in the toolbar to switch to the raw Markdown view, where you see and edit the underlying Markdown text directly. Click WYSIWYG to switch back. Your document is the same either way — the two modes are just different views of the same file.

Saving

Press Ctrl+S or click Save in the toolbar. Turn on Autosave in Options to save automatically.

Note: Some actions, like Find and Go to Line, switch you to source view so they can jump to an exact line.