Editor on iPhone
The iPhone editor is built for writing markdown directly. It combines a native text editor, a keyboard formatting toolbar, a larger format sheet, preview, and an inspector for navigating the current document.
Write Markdown
Type normally in the editor. Outerline highlights markdown syntax while you write, including headings, lists, links, code, and completed wiki links.
Format Text
Use the keyboard toolbar for common formatting actions while the keyboard is open. The toolbar gives quick access to inline formatting and opens the full format sheet for more options.
The format sheet is useful when you want a larger control surface for headings, lists, code blocks, quotes, and related markdown actions.
Highlight and Comment
Select a passage and choose the highlighter to color it, or the comment button to attach a note to that exact text. The comment composer opens above the keyboard; type your comment and tap the submit button to save it.
Tap an existing comment in the text to open it, where you can Edit Comment or Delete Comment. Highlights and comments are stored beside your documents as metadata, so they never change the Markdown on disk and they follow you to the Mac app when both apps use the same library.
Use Preview
Use preview when you want to read the rendered document instead of the raw markdown source. Switch back to editing when you need to change the document text.
Open the Inspector
Tap the inspector button in the bottom toolbar to open a large sheet for the current document. The inspector includes these tabs:
- Contents lists H1-H3 headings and lets you jump to a section.
- Links shows links in the document, backlinks, and external links.
- Markup shows highlights and comments for the current document.
- Find searches within the current document and includes replace controls.
Document Actions
The editor actions menu includes Copy, Publish, Rename, Duplicate, Move, Export as, and Delete. Copy expands to Copy Link, Copy Markdown, and Copy Text. Before any document action runs, Outerline saves pending edits so the action uses the latest text.
Publishing a document requires an Outerline account and an active Publish subscription. See Publishing for how shared pages work.