Basic content blocks

Canvas at its core is a text editor, and it wouldn’t be a text editor without its core content blocks.

A paragraph is the most basic content block you can use in a canvas and is the only content block that can’t be disabled.

The canvas also supports a lead paragraph option to style the first paragraph of a field where needed.

• Use the formatting toolbar to convert a paragraph to a lead paragraph.
• Use the actions menu Command+/ or Control+/ to change the paragraph type.

Using different sizes of headings throughout your writing gives your content more structure, context, and a sense of priority. Contensis supports six heading levels, however try to keep this number appropriate to your content.

All headings have HTML anchor links, which are links that you can use to point to a particular section of your documentation.

• Use markdown to insert a heading of a specific size e.g. # Heading level one ## Heading level two.
• Use markdown before an existing heading to convert to another heading level.
• Insert a heading using the forward slash / command /heading and navigating through the levels and press Enter.
• Use the formatting toolbar to convert a paragraph to a heading.

We support unordered and ordered lists in Canvas, represented by bulleted and numbered lists.

Unordered lists are great for making a series of points that do not necessarily need to be made in a particular order.

• Use the markdown shortcuts *, - or + followed by a Space
• Insert a list item using the forward slash / command /bullet and pressing Enter.
• Convert a paragraph to a list item using the keyboard shortcut Command+L or Control+L

To create nested items, you can use Tab to indent and Shift+Tab to remove the indent.

Ordered or numbered lists help you prioritise items or create a list of steps.

• Use the markdown shortcuts 1. or 1) followed by a Space
• Insert a numbered list item using the forward slash / command /number and pressing Enter.
• Convert a paragraph to a numbered list item using the keyboard shortcut Command+Shift+L or Control+Shift+L

To create nested items, you can use Tab to indent and Shift+Tab to remove the indent.

If you want to create a visual divider in a piece of long form content, you can use the divider block.

• Add a divider by typing ---, +++ or ___ followed by a space
• Insert a divider using the forward slash / command /divider and pressing Enter.

Quotes are useful when you want to include something from another source.

• Start a quote by typing > followed by pressing Space in an empty paragraph.
• Insert a quote using the forward slash / command /quote and pressing Enter.