Keyboard Shortcuts to Handle Markdown Editing

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  bozkrkurdu · Member · August 12, 2026 at 12:20 pm

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  • First of all, hello everyone, this is my first topic here, and I want to suggest the crucial inconvenient issue I have while using this effective app.
  • Why there is no keyboard shortcuts to toggle bold, italic, strikethrough etc.?
    • It helps writing much more fluently, without interruptions. I just select the text and use the necessary shortcuts to toggle between these formats. For example, using ctrl+b to toggle bold, you know it. It’s a well-known among most of writing apps nowadays, not only just in markdown supporting apps.
  • I can use these shortcuts even in this forum, but not available in the app itself. Ironic.
  • Please consider my post, and inform me about it.
  • Thanks in advance.
    
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  staff-bluejay · Staff · August 14, 2026 at 10:10 pm

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  Hi @bozkrkurdu,

  This isn’t something we have planned for our upcoming releases of the app, but I can share your requests with our developers :-)

  Thanks for using Simplenote and sharing your ideas with us! It’s always great to know what we can do to improve the app for people.

  In the meantime, feel free to check out the Day One app, another Automattic-owned note-taking app, which does support keyboard shortcuts: https://dayoneapp.com/guides/tips-and-tutorials/keyboard-shortcuts/