While any plain text editor will work for Markdown, there are also dedicated Markdown editors for displaying and converting your writing into beautiful HTML, PDF, and beyond. It uses plain text and simple syntax to keep everything straightforward-we have a handy Markdown cheat sheet you can print for reference. Markdown is a lightweight markup language that makes it easy to format and present content for the web. To further theme the comment, there’s no need to override any styles with classes, just write a few CSS variables.Typora is a cross-platform minimal markdown editor, providing seamless experience for both markdown readers and writers. I added simple CSS variables with fallbacks that are the default values. Blocks should be designed with that same mentality, which is exactly what I did here.

Global styles and full site editing are opening the door for themes to be heavily powered by CSS variables. And while you can change the color of the comment - there are no other typographic controls. That’s why there are no typical RichText controls (although you can still bold, italicize and add hyperlinks). No rich text supportĬomments need to have minimal impact on editing, and feel as natural as possible. So, I added a toolbar control to quickly resolve the comment, removing the block entirely. To support that path towards simplicity, I wanted a method to quickly resolve - i.e. This lets me quickly add comments, and even convert whole paragraphs or headings to a comment. I added a couple transforms, to and from headings and paragraphs, and a raw shortcut when you type %% and hit the key. I don’t want my unfinished ideas, reminders, and notes rendered within my post – even if they’re hidden by CSS. For developers reading this, that means there’s no save function.

The block only renders within the editor. Learn more about Markdown Comment → What’s interesting about Markdown Comment: 1. Having the ability to add, and keep, any relevant editing comments within my posts, without rendering them on the front-end, means that I am freed up to mentally jot any idea down without thinking about it. While I do love Iceberg, once I publish an article I typically bring back the default Gutenberg experience - thus removing any comments I previously added. I honestly enjoy drafting articles either locally in Ulysses, or on my blog using the Iceberg Editor. Description Comments that only render in the block editor

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