The editor is a live Markdown editor: you type Obsidian-style Markdown, and it’s styled as you write. What you see is what gets saved to your note.
Live preview
The editor shows a live preview. As you type, the text is formatted and Markdown symbols such as ** or # are hidden. Put the cursor on a line and its symbols appear again, so you can edit them.
The table below shows which elements are supported.
| Element | Example | Supported |
|---|---|---|
| Bold, italic, strikethrough | **bold**, *italic*, ~~text~~ | ✅ |
| Headings | # Heading | ✅ |
| Links | [text](https://…) | ✅ |
| Bullet lists | - Item | ✅ |
| Numbered lists | 1. Item | ✅ |
| Task lists | - [ ] Task | ✅ |
| Quotes | > Quote | ✅ |
| Horizontal rules | --- | ✅ |
| Highlights | ==text== | ❌ |
| Tags | #tag | ❌ |
| Tables | | A | B | | ❌ |
| Code | `code` | ❌ |
| Comments | %%comment%% | ❌ |
| Math | $x^2$ | ❌ |
| Footnotes | [^1] | ❌ |
Checkboxes
Tap a checkbox to check or uncheck it. Checked items are shown struck through. You can also use Toggle checkbox status or Cycle bullet/checkbox on the Toolbar.
Media
Photos, images, videos, recordings and files appear right in the editor, alongside your text. They’re draggable: long press one and drag it anywhere in the note to reorder it. When you save, each one is embedded in the note where you placed it.
See Attachments.
Font size
Change the editor text size, from 10 to 30 (default 16), in Settings → Interface → Editor font size. See Interface settings > Editor font size.
Pasting links and media
Two settings in Settings → Note content change what happens when you paste a single link into the editor.
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Fetch titles for pasted links | When you paste a URL, its page title is fetched and the URL turns into [Page title](url). | On |
| Embed pasted media | Pasted YouTube videos, X posts and image links turn into an embed, , which Obsidian shows as a player, post or image. | On |
Which links are embedded:
- YouTube videos and live streams (not Shorts or channel pages).
- X (Twitter) posts, that is links with
/status/in them. - Direct links to images.
Tip
Changed your mind? Tap Undo on the Toolbar to get the raw URL back.
These settings only affect pasting in the editor. Links in shared content and in saved notes are handled by the Fetch link titles and Embedded media Route actions. See Route actions.
Note template placeholder
If the active Route saves into a folder Destination with a New note template, the empty editor shows the template’s text as a grey placeholder. This shows you what a new note will look like.
- Just start typing to ignore it. The template is still applied when the new note is created.
- Tap the placeholder to paste the template into the editor and edit it. The cursor goes where
{{content}}was. Quick Draft then won’t apply the template a second time when you save.
See Note templates.