Writing with blocks

The Nexus editor is a block-based rich text editor. Every piece of content — a paragraph, a heading, a checklist item — is its own block.

Basic editing

Click anywhere in a document to place your cursor and start typing. Pressing Enter creates a new paragraph block. Pressing Backspace at the start of an empty block deletes it.

Formatting text

Select any text to see the formatting toolbar. From there you can:

• Bold — Ctrl+B / Cmd+B
• Italic — Ctrl+I / Cmd+I
• Inline code — Ctrl+E / Cmd+E
• Links — Ctrl+K / Cmd+K
• Strikethrough, highlight, and more from the toolbar

Block types

Nexus supports the following block types:

• Paragraph — default text block
• Headings — H1, H2, H3 (type # , ## , ### )
• Bulleted list — type - or *
• Numbered list — type 1.
• Task list — checkboxes, type []
• Code block — syntax-highlighted, type ```
• Quote — type >
• Callout — highlighted box for notes or warnings
• Divider — horizontal rule, type ---
• Table — see below
• Image, Audio, File — upload or embed

Tables

Type /table to insert a table. Click any cell to edit. Use Tab to move between cells. Right-click a row or column to add, delete, or merge cells.

Drag to reorder

Hover over any block to see the drag handle (⠿) on the left. Drag it to move the block to a new position in the document.

Markdown shortcuts

The editor recognises common Markdown shortcuts as you type:

• # → H1 heading
• - or * → bulleted list
• 1. → numbered list
• [] → task list
• > → quote block
• --- → divider
• ``` → code block
• **bold** → bold
• *italic* → italic