Text and markdown

Document your canvases with rich text

Inserting a text box allows you to write and format text with markdown shortcuts.

Inserting a text box

To insert text to the canvas, select the T icon from the toolbar, or use the keyboard shortcut t.

Formatting your text

When you select your text, you'll see the options to customize

• the font size

• the color

• the alignment

• formatting (bold, italics, code input, strikethrough)

• insert hyperlinks

• insert linked text

Markdown shortcuts:

When editing a text box, use the following shortcuts to create markdown elements.

• #+space: Header 1

• ##+space: Header 2

• ###+space: Header 3

• -+space: bullet point

• >+space: callout

• ```+space: code input

Mentions

• @+ user: Creates a user tag

• @+ frame/cell title: Create a clickable link to the target object

Text keyboard shortcuts

• t: insert a textbox

• command + e: code input format

• command + b: bold

• command + i: italics

• command + control + space: emojis