Suggestions for improving Amplenote
Allow underline of text
Allow people to underline text in a note. That's essential to most writing styles. Though I love so many things about AmpleNote, the inability to underline text ...
Add support for RTL language
Right to left writing)
Paste Markdown
It would be really nice to be able to paste Markdown text into a note so that it remains its formatting.
For example if I paste "[Amplenote](https://amplenote.com)" ...
Support for LaTeX formatting
For math formulas and probably other stuff?
change default header color for all three levels
It's very confusing for me to recognize the header level just by the text size and the marked button on the ribbon.
I would love to know if I can change the headers ...
Indent with tab
Indent when pressing tab or shit-tab should work whenever your cursor is at beginning or the end.
Allow aliases / automatic text substitution
It would be helpful to be able to prescribe aliases for phrases that I type regularly. For example, if I regularly write "AN" for "Amplenote", I should be able to set ...
Support for markdown headings up to H6
Currently only H1 to H3 headings are supported. This feature would enable further compatibility during markdown import.
Typewriter Scroll/Mode (Toggle on/off)
For Focused/Distraction Free Writing Experience.
Please Reference iA Writer, Writer Duet, and Obsidian Typewriter Scroll & Mode for better description. ...
URL Link Previews
Amplenote's 'rich footnotes' feature along with the ability to embed pictures, videos, and notes is an amazing feature. Just one thing is missing -- rich media link ...
need keyboard shortcut for strikethrough formatting
Currently the only way to apply striketrhough formatting is ~'s on each end of the line, which takes a lot of cursor movement/mouse movements if you use that format a ...
Shortcut for arrows (-> or <-)
It would be great if AN has shortcuts for simple arrows
For example, "->" for → and "<-" for ←.
Use Bullet point to zoom in
One of the things i like about Other apps is the ability to zoom in and focus on any one bullet point (including sub-bullets).
Control inline viewing of PDFs for better UX & performance
A feature upvote gave us the ability to view PDFs inline... now the issue is that all PDFs in a note try to render simultaneous - the result is not good particularly ...
Image Popup / Modal
When clicking an image in a note, i'd like the image to "pop up" in the editor itself, instead of opening in a browser window.
Note: on the modal/pop-up if it's ...
Default image size option for inserted images
This option should allow the user to set the default (initial) image size when it is inserted into a note. I use kind of "visual jots" with smartphone app and if many ...
Remove indentation limit for bullet point lists
Currently, there is a limit of five levels of indentation. There's no need for different icons per level. Just use the classic bullet point, remove the limitation, ...
Create a full cylce of "no bullet point" > "bullet point" > "task" with ctrl + shift
Currently, you can add a bullet point to a line by using ctrl + shift. By using the same keys, it can be changed to a task. Pressing crtl + shift again just reverts ...
Offer a diff between versions, or diff view in notes
This is important if you are going to:
1. use amplenote to write anything longer than a few paragraphs
2. involve others in editing the same note
3. asking for ...
Add {today now} date calculation
I could simply use {today} {now}, but the extra brackets feel like an extra step when they could be just one, if implemented.
Use Case:
Timestamping notes & ...
Localized date and time calculations
It's not convenient to switch my main keyboard layout to english in order to write expressions like {Today} or {In three hours}. For example in russian much more ...
Allow Word Wrapping Code Blocks
I am accustomed to code blocks being word wrapped so they are easy to read without the need to scroll.
Putting in line numbers will make it easy to identify ...
Drag paragraphs
Would be very nice to be able to reaorganize the paragraphs order, or ideas: Shift + Ctrl + arrow up/down to move the paragraph in the text, Like in Notepad2.
Collapse / Expand in loked note
The lock note feature is superb. However, reading will be much smoother, if we can collapse / expand in locked note itself.
Convert footnote to note body when text converted to link
Let's say I have a bullet with part of it being a footnote:
* __a discussion__ I had today
{footnote: some text about what we discussed and an image of the sketch ...
Flexibility to deactivate the automatic popup of Rich Footnotes
Hi I think the Rich Footnotes is a great feature, but the automatic nature is kinda disruptive. I use a note to manage several notes like a Table of Contents. And ...
Quickly convert image to rich footnote
I'd love the ability to quickly convert an image into a rich footnote.
I take handwritten notes on an e-ink tablet as that is more natural for me in a meeting ...
Copied footnotes to display in alt-text
When copying and pasting text from Word (and I assume elsewhere), the footnote links to the bottom of the page. Would it be possible to have the text of this footnote ...
Make pasting of rich text highlighted text work with Amplenote
User story:
On Mac OSX I copy from an RTF document text that is highlighted (yellow background) and paste it into TextEdit. I see the highlighting format is ...
Design a way to select the best word from a list
I sometimes use the pattern of separating two or more words with the | operator when I haven't decided which word I want to use. It would be nice to have a way to ...