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    • Manny
      Manny last edited by

      As much as I like the idea of Editorial (I'm a huge Pythonista fan), I find I don't actually ever use it.

      The reason is the handling of the shortcuts above the toolbar.

      In Byword, for example, if you select some text and hit "#", it behaves like a word processor and increases the indentation level of the selection.

      In Editorial, the selected text is replaced with the "#" character just like it would be in the Pythonista source editor.

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      • henryiii
        henryiii last edited by

        The tab key above the pythonista keyboard has the same problem, it replaces selected text with a tab rather than indenting it. And there isn't a way to in indent with it.

        In both cases, you can use actions/workflows, but it's not as simple/handy.

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        • TutorialDoctor
          TutorialDoctor last edited by

          Hmm, never noticed this before. It does seem like the tab key should indent a whole body of text.

          Perhaps a tweak to this workflow will help?

          This makes the hash a shortcut for indentation

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          • omz
            omz last edited by

            The behavior of the tab key in Editorial is intentional, because indenting a regular block of text with a tab would turn it into a Markdown code block, which is usually not what you want. When you're in a list however, you'll notice that the tab key does in fact increase the indentation level.

            I don't increase the heading level when inserting a # because I often use this character for other purposes within the text itself.

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            • Manny
              Manny last edited by

              Indeed TutorialDoctor, it does look like it should be possible to come up with some workflows to mimic Byword, if I can find the time to tinker with it. Thanks.

              Being able to customize the keyboard toolbar with workflows would be even better.

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