changelog

New editor features

May 29, 2024

We are excited to announce a series of improvements to our writing interface:

You can now drag & drop .md, .txt, and .rtf files into the editor

A few auto-formatting features in markdown mode:

  • Highlight text & paste a link to get an automatically formatted link
  • CMD+i & CMD+b commands to bold/italicize text

Rich social media embeds with support for Twitter/X, Youtube, Github, Mastodon, Spotify, Soundcloud, TikTok, Vimeo, and Transistor content

  • Simply paste a link from any of these platforms, and a widget displaying the content will automatically appear

Support for pull quotes

An image of a pull quote in the editor

Support for poetry blocks

An image showing how poetry blocks are rendered

Code blocks now have syntax highlighting

a "hello world" program in go

In fancy mode, you can now change the text font & color:

A screenshot of color options in fancy modeA screenshot of font options in fancy mode

Updated on

May 29, 2024

Written by

Justin Duke

Justin Duke is a software engineer, lover of words, and the creator of Buttondown.

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