Is it possible to create a line item without a bullet point?

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#1

One thing I’ve been really missing during my short time with Dyanlist is the ability to add blank lines as separators between sections (i.e. empty lines with no bullet points).

I realize this is an outliner and all but there is something very important, to me at least, about being able to visually separate sections of a doc or section. I love everything about outliners and I think it maps well to how my mind works, however having everything tied together with no breathing room can feel a little claustrophobic :slight_smile:

I’ve checked out Moo.do and I really like the way they’ve added a “None” item type… I think something like this could work really well in Dynalist?

In the meantime I’ve been using empty lines in the notes field to accomplish this which works but has a lot of downsides mainly around having to update it every time I move that section.

Does anyone know of any css tweaks/plugins that will accomplish similar behavior?

Tony

#2

Does Shift+Ctrl+Enter do the job for you?

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#3

Seems identical to Shift+Enter?

#4

The Ctrl addition makes the line space the same size as the previous line in a node whereas Shift + Enter makes a note, with smaller line space.

#5

Hmm, this combination doesn’t seem to do anything on mac app/chrome. Shift+Enter moves to the note field for the current item but Shift+Ctrl+Enter has no affect.

#6

In Moo.do, I liked the single lines that would break things up. In Dynalist, I use an empty item with a colored background to create a similar dividing effect. The bullet point is always still there, but the full line of color ends up delivering that breathing room you’re looking for.

#7

The only thing I do sometimes for this is to add a note with some spaces in it - this gives more space under the bullet than if it has no note … doesn’t really work if you’re actually using the note section though

I agree a blank line would be nice visually and organisationally sometimes too - I wonder if this could be arranged in CSS actually? Some tag which achieves this or something?

#8

There’s no built-in functionality for this. Might be doable with custom CSS… need to look into that to be sure.

#9

This is part of the powerpack. search for it here in the forums. Rather flimsy but offers an option that does exactly what you ask.

#10

I used the ascii-art type of approach (bound to a custom system-wise shortcut, in my case the first one is e.g. capslock+=). Works everywhere :joy:

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