Actions Available in the Markdown Editor
Aside from the actions that are available in Oxygen XML Editor for any type of document (such as the actions in the various menus and the common sections of the toolbar), a variety of unique actions are also available in the Markdown editor, from the toolbar and contextual menu.
Toolbar Actions
The following default actions are readily available on the toolbar when editing Markdown documents:
Header (1st Level)- Inserts an atx-style first level header at the cursor position.
Header (2st Level)- Inserts an atx-style second level header at the cursor position.
Header (3rd Level)- Inserts an atx-style third level header at the cursor position.
Horizontal
Rule- Inserts a horizontal rule at the cursor position.
Bold
(Strong)- Marks the selected text with bold.
Italic
(Emphasis)- Marks the selected text with italics.
Strikethrough- Marks the selected text with a strikethrough.
Code Block- Inserts (or surrounds selected text in) a codeblock.
Blockquote- Inserts a blockquote at the cursor position.
Insert
Link- Opens the Insert Link dialog box that allows you to define a
link to insert at the
cursor position.
Insert Link Dialog Box
Insert
Image- Opens the Insert Image dialog box that allows you to define
an image to insert at
the cursor position. You can type the URL of the image you want to insert or use
browsing tools in the
Browse drop-down menu.
Insert Link Dialog Box
Insert Ordered
List- Inserts an ordered list at the cursor position. Three child list items are also automatically inserted by default.
Insert Unordered
List- Inserts an unordered list at the cursor position. Three child list items are also automatically inserted by default.
Insert Task
List- Inserts a task list at the cursor position. Three child list items are also automatically inserted by default.
Insert Table- Inserts a table at the cursor position.
Contextual Menu Actions
The following default actions are available in the contextual menu when editing Markdown documents:
Cut,
Copy, 
Paste- Use these actions to execute the typical editing actions on the currently selected content.
- Source submenu
- This submenu includes the following actions:
- To Upper Case
- Converts the content selection to upper case characters.
- To Lower Case
- Converts the content selection to lower case characters.
- Capitalize Lines
- It capitalizes the first letter found on every new line that is selected. Only the first letter is affected, the rest of the line remains the same. If the first character on the new line is not a letter then no changes are made.
- Convert Hexadecimal Sequence to Character (Ctrl + Shift + X (Command + Shift + X on OS X))
-
Converts a sequence of hexadecimal characters to the corresponding Unicode character. The action can be invoked if there is a selection containing a valid hexadecimal sequence or if the cursor is placed at the right side of a valid hexadecimal sequence. A valid hexadecimal sequence can be composed of 2 to 4 hexadecimal characters and may or may not be preceded by the
0xor0Xprefix. Examples of valid sequences:0x0045,0X0125,1253,265,43. - Base64 Encode/Decode submenu
- This submenu includes the following actions for encoding or decoding
base64 schemes:
- Import File to Encode and Insert
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Encodes a file and then inserts the encoded content into the current document at the cursor position.
- Decode Selection and Export to File
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Decodes a selection of text from the current document and then exports (saves) the result to another file.
- Encode Selection
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Replaces a selection of text with the result of encoding that selection. By default, a dialog box is displayed that allows you to select the encoding to use. There is an option to choose to not show this dialog box in the future. In this case, the encoding that is specified in the Encoding for Base64, Base32, Hex conversions option in the Encoding preferences page will be used. Likewise, the same is true if the Show the dialog box for choosing the encoding for Base64, Base 32, Hex conversions option is disabled in the Messages preference page.
- Decode Selection
-
Replaces a selection of text with the result of decoding that selection. By default, a dialog box is displayed that allows you to select the encoding to use. There is an option to choose to not show this dialog box in the future. In this case, the encoding that is specified in the Encoding for Base64, Base32, Hex conversions option in the Encoding preferences page will be used. Likewise, the same is true if the Show the dialog box for choosing the encoding for Base64, Base 32, Hex conversions option is disabled in the Messages preference page.
- Modify All Matches
- Use this option to modify (in-place) all the occurrences of the selected content (or the contiguous fragment where the cursor is located). When you use this option, a thin rectangle replaces the highlights and allows you to start editing. If matches with different letter cases are found, a dialog box is displayed that allows you select whether you want to modify only matches with the same letter case or all matches.
- Base32 Encode/Decode submenu
- This submenu includes the following actions for encoding or decoding
base32 schemes:
- Import File to Encode and Insert
-
Encodes a file and then inserts the encoded content into the current document at the cursor position.
- Decode Selection and Export to File
-
Decodes a selection of text from the current document and then exports (saves) the result to another file.
- Encode Selection
-
Replaces a selection of text with the result of encoding that selection. By default, a dialog box is displayed that allows you to select the encoding to use. There is an option to choose to not show this dialog box in the future. In this case, the encoding that is specified in the Encoding for Base64, Base32, Hex conversions option in the Encoding preferences page will be used. Likewise, the same is true if the Show the dialog box for choosing the encoding for Base64, Base 32, Hex conversions option is disabled in the Messages preference page.
- Decode Selection
-
Replaces a selection of text with the result of decoding that selection. By default, a dialog box is displayed that allows you to select the encoding to use. There is an option to choose to not show this dialog box in the future. In this case, the encoding that is specified in the Encoding for Base64, Base32, Hex conversions option in the Encoding preferences page will be used. Likewise, the same is true if the Show the dialog box for choosing the encoding for Base64, Base 32, Hex conversions option is disabled in the Messages preference page.
- Modify All Matches
- Use this option to modify (in-place) all the occurrences of the selected content (or the contiguous fragment where the cursor is located). When you use this option, a thin rectangle replaces the highlights and allows you to start editing. If matches with different letter cases are found, a dialog box is displayed that allows you select whether you want to modify only matches with the same letter case or all matches.
- Hex Encode/Decode submenu
- This submenu includes the following actions for encoding or decoding
hex schemes:
- Import File to Encode and Insert
-
Encodes a file and then inserts the encoded content into the current document at the cursor position.
- Decode Selection and Export to File
-
Decodes a selection of text from the current document and then exports (saves) the result to another file.
- Encode Selection
-
Replaces a selection of text with the result of encoding that selection. By default, a dialog box is displayed that allows you to select the encoding to use. There is an option to choose to not show this dialog box in the future. In this case, the encoding that is specified in the Encoding for Base64, Base32, Hex conversions option in the Encoding preferences page will be used. Likewise, the same is true if the Show the dialog box for choosing the encoding for Base64, Base 32, Hex conversions option is disabled in the Messages preference page.
- Decode Selection
-
Replaces a selection of text with the result of decoding that selection. By default, a dialog box is displayed that allows you to select the encoding to use. There is an option to choose to not show this dialog box in the future. In this case, the encoding that is specified in the Encoding for Base64, Base32, Hex conversions option in the Encoding preferences page will be used. Likewise, the same is true if the Show the dialog box for choosing the encoding for Base64, Base 32, Hex conversions option is disabled in the Messages preference page.
- Modify All Matches
- Use this option to modify (in-place) all the occurrences of the selected content (or the contiguous fragment where the cursor is located). When you use this option, a thin rectangle replaces the highlights and allows you to start editing. If matches with different letter cases are found, a dialog box is displayed that allows you select whether you want to modify only matches with the same letter case or all matches.
- Join and Normalize Lines (Ctrl + J (Command + J on OS X))
- For the current selection, this action joins the lines by replacing the line separator with a single space character. It also normalizes the whitespaces by replacing a sequence of such characters with a single space.
- Insert new line after (Ctrl + Alt + Enter (Command + Alt + Enter on OS X))
- This action has the same result as moving the cursor to the end of the current line and pressing the ENTER key.
- Modify All Matches
- Use this option to modify (in-place) all the occurrences of the selected content (or the contiguous fragment where the cursor is located). When you use this option, a thin rectangle replaces the highlights and allows you to start editing. If matches with different letter cases are found, a dialog box is displayed that allows you select whether you want to modify only matches with the same letter case or all matches.
- Open submenu
- The following actions are available in this submenu:
- Open File at Cursor
- Opens the file at the cursor position in a new panel. If the file path represents a directory path, it will be opened in system file browser. If the file at the specified location does not exist, an error dialog box is displayed and it includes a Create new file button that starts the New document wizard. This allows you to choose the type or the template for the file. If the action succeeds, the file is created with the referenced location and name and is opened in a new editor panel.
- Open File at Cursor in System Application
- Opens the file (identified by its link) or web page (identified by a web link) found at cursor position. The target is opened in the default system application associated with that file type.
- Compare
- Opens the current file in the Compare Files tool.
- Show/Hide Preview
- A toggle action that shows or hides the Preview pane.
- Print (Available in the Preview pane)
- Opens a page setup dialog box that allows you to configure printing options for the current document.