Please enable Underlining CTRL+U shortcut to actually permanently display, instead of only temporarily, when the item is click on
also addto shortcuts list:
The âtemporaryâ effect is not what Dynalist is doing but rather the browser built-in formatting shortcut. We should really disable thatâŠ
The biggest problem of underline is that thereâs simply no Markdown syntax left for it. If you want you can write a Stylish script that show itatlics or bold as underline, but in Markdown you can only have 2 ways of emphasizing text (correct me if Iâm wrong).
Therefore this is blocked on WYSIWYG: Visual editing (WYSIWYG)
erica is it possible to every implement this?
I find that almost all the time I need 3 types of potential formatting options, not just 2 for formatting information
Would it be possible to implement something like this?
*Italics***Bold**__Underline__
we already have this
__Italics__**Bold**
The names of each convention donât really matter if its called bold, italics, underlining etc since this can all be fixed using CSS anyways
Everything else can be maintained as is __ parameter__ and **parameter**
I would really just like support for a new formatting convention using *parameter* or even something like ++Parameter++ if its simpler to implement.
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Itâs not really about difficulty, as *bold* and ++bold++ are as easy to implement. The biggest problem I think is a mix of consistency, convention, and legacy format.
In theory we can do *itatlics*, **bold**, and __underline__, but it would screw up everything other people have written in the past. I hope thatâs understandable!
Well I do understand that part. But an option like ++formatting++ would be a nice feature to have
Maybe have it defaulted as an a âhighlighterâ . ++highlighter++. And have the it output something like this : (without the italics part)
I think anyone can benefit from having a syntax that highlights text with a yellow background by default
Then users can customize the CSS since its own natively supported class, etc
The shortcut key should be binded to CTRL+ALT+H, since thatâs what it is in most programs
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That sounds more doable, thanks. I also changed the title to be more straight-forward, hope you donât mind.
This requires us to add a custom Markdown, but itâs not like we havenât done so in the past for LaTeX and dates, so itâs fine.
To anyone reading this, if you like the feature request, please comment or like the original post!
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thanks erica 
I donât mind the title change
I think this is a useful feature everyone can appreciate especially if there coming from workflowy (it was recommended by many users to use underlining as a highlighter)
Erica is this a planned feature or only potentially a planned feature?
i would really love ++highlighter++ support
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+1 for this and you can select which color you want to see highlight text
yellow
green
blue
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Priority is full for the next weeks, so a potentially planned feature.
Maybe you can suggest it getting added in the PowerPack, since Iâve never heard non power users request this?
The problem with that is piotrâs powerscript and integrating this is that his scripts are pretty much only activated once the page loads or when a hotkey is pressed, sometimes my tamperscript doesnât even run until i reload the page many times too. This could easily be changed to actively listen for things as I type, but if Iâm going to use a specific type of formatting long term, I would really like native support for it. .
Not only that, but for mobile support too (canât run tamperscript there)
I think ++highlighter++ is something people would use a lot if they knew about how awesome it is, or used evernoteâs highlighter, or used it just only once.
just look at how many people use mediumâs green highlighter
Could this at least be dumped in the trello page so people can vote on it (new feature candidates)?
is this trello item similar here? Trello
I already have this, but with different syntax #hl text to highlight ## and with options to change font and background on each one
before & after
hard to tell when this will be available, Iâm currently rewriting everything and this feature canât work with old PP
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Yeah, thatâs the closest feature request. I added your syntax to the description as well.
As you can see, while it does received some votes, things like API and browser capture extensions gets way more notes, so we really need to plan our time and priority according. I hope thatâs understandable!
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Other tools support highlighting with â==â as in â==this line would get highlighted.==â. See Typora and StackEdit, for example.
I would like to add that I frequently wish I could underline and highlight in a document.
The problem with adding this to powerpack is you need a browser. We really need solution that works where ever you are (as in mobile as well). Again, the custom CSS ability is really needed.
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I donât usually use underline function, and I think it will easily get confuse with link item (for me). But I often do hope for better highlight function in Dynalist (it just look ugly for me, at least only highlight the item have words in it, not the whole empty space), so I use code function instead highlight, but do wish have more color to choose from.
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should be ==highlight== to match other tools in the world
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One workaround, for people who have the pro version but donât use codeblock, would be to use tick and tick and adjust the CSS for the ticks.
.node-inline-code {background-color:#ffd;color:#000;font-family:âWhitneyâ;padding:3px;}
Can change to your preferred font.
Nice find!
Maybe you could post that to the share & showcase board? 
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