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Jun 8

Move cursor outside of bold/italic phrase with return or CMD+B/I

Bolding text is not very intuitive. In most applications, a user presses Cmd+B to initiate bolding and then Cmd+B to cease it (i.e. move the cursor outside the bolded word). In this application, pressing Cmd+B when the cursor is already inside the bolded `** |**` markup will only cause the most recent bolded word to be surrounded by bolded markup again. It seems the only way to exit the bolded markup is to double space or Cmd+Right Arrow. Neither of these are particularly intuitive or convenient to the user, nor do they follow the established paradigms of other word processing applications. In short: `**bold word|**` -> Return or CMD+B -> `**bold word**|` (where `|` is the cursor)
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Jun 14, 2021

This seems to work for me in the current beta and I believe in the released version as well. You might be doing something different, can you create a quick video or gif or share the text you are trying to make bold? See my attempt attached (might be the beta is also fixing this which you can find on Discord under #releases)

Jun 14, 2021

Eduard Metzger: Try this: CMD+B Type something CMD+B This is a typical pattern for bolding text in other word processing applications, but this same sequence of keystrokes doesn't work here.

Jun 14, 2021

JT: Seems to work for me as well. See following Gif. I tried a few more combinations. Am I doing something different?

Jun 14, 2021

Eduard Metzger: Yes, try the following: Hello world, CMD+B that's a test CMD+B It seems to work for a single bolded worse, but not a phrase.

Jun 15, 2021

Eduard Metzger: The above sequence results in Hello world, **that's a **test.**** When it is expected that it will result in Hello world, **that's a test.**

Jun 24, 2021

JT: CC Jon Plummer, thanks for elaborating. I think I got it, so return or CMD+B should move the cursor outside the bolded word: `**bold word|**` -> Return or CMD+B -> `**bold word**|` (where `|` is the cursor)

Jun 24, 2021

Eduard Metzger: Yes! Thank you Jon Plummer