Type / at the start of a word in a markdown file to open the palette, keep typing to narrow it, Enter to take a row; The / palette explains how it behaves. Below is everything in it, group by group. Your own templates and the characters are added to it at run time and are not listed here.
This page is generated from the editor’s catalogue each time the site is built.
At the top
| Row |
What it does |
Also found as |
| Table |
A new table, laid out in its own window |
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| Markdown › |
Alerts, maths, footnotes and code |
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| Utilities › |
The date and the time |
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| Characters › |
Symbols, emoji and entities |
symbol, emoji, entity, character |
Markdown
| Row |
What it does |
Also found as |
| Alerts › |
Note, Tip, Important, Warning, Caution — open or folded |
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| Heading |
As deep as the heading above it |
title |
| Bold |
**like this** |
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| Italic |
*like this* |
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| Strikethrough |
~~like this~~ |
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| Quote |
A quoted line, opened with > |
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| Link |
[the words](where it goes) |
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| Link to a file |
[[the file's name]] |
wikilink |
| Link to a new file |
[a name](a name.md) — Enter makes the file if it is not there |
blink, backlink, new page, new file |
| Embed a file |
![[a note]] — its contents, in the page |
include, transclude, import |
| Image |
 |
img, picture |
| Maths |
A display formula between $$ and $$ |
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| Footnote |
A reference here, its note at the foot of the file |
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| Code block |
A fenced block — the language is what you type next |
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| Front matter |
A block of keys at the top of the file |
yaml, metadata, properties |
Alerts
| Row |
What it does |
Also found as |
| Note |
An alert that reads as an aside |
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| Tip |
An alert offering advice |
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| Important |
An alert nobody should skip |
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| Warning |
An alert about something that can go wrong |
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| Caution |
An alert about something that can do harm |
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| Note (folded) |
An aside that starts shut and opens on a click |
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| Tip (folded) |
Advice that starts shut and opens on a click |
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| Important (folded) |
An important alert that starts shut |
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| Warning (folded) |
A warning that starts shut |
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| Caution (folded) |
A caution that starts shut |
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Utilities
| Row |
What it does |
Also found as |
| Colour |
Open the colour pane and pick one |
color, hex |
| Date |
Today, written 2026-09-20 so that it sorts |
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| Time |
The time now, written 14:32 |
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Characters
| Row |
What it does |
Also found as |
| All characters… |
Search and browse them in their pane |
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| Symbols… |
All the characters, in their pane or window |
symbol, arrow |
| Emoji… |
All the characters, in their pane or window |
emoji, smiley |
