# The editor

> The slash menu and its fifteen blocks - headings, code, images, embeds, tables, callouts, FAQs and a live Canvas diagram - plus the toolbar and the drag handle.

Source: https://www.revquix.com/docs/writing/the-editor
Last verified: 2026-09-04

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The editor is a writing surface first: type and it behaves like a document. Everything beyond plain
text comes from **one menu**.

## The slash menu

Press `/` on an empty line. Type to filter - `/img`, `/code`, `/tab` all get you
there without arrowing through the list.

Fifteen blocks, in three groups.

### Style

| Block                                 |                                                                                                            |
| ------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Text**                              | Back to a normal paragraph.                                                                                |
| **Heading 2** and **Heading 3**       | The two levels the menu offers. Your post's title is already the top-level heading, so start at Heading 2. |
| **Bullet list** and **Numbered list** |                                                                                                            |
| **Blockquote**                        |                                                                                                            |
| **Code block**                        | Syntax highlighted, with a language picker.                                                                |

### Insert

| Block              |                                                                                                                                                 |
| ------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Divider**        | A horizontal rule.                                                                                                                              |
| **Image**          | Upload or paste.                                                                                                                                |
| **Embed**          | Paste a URL - YouTube, Vimeo, Loom, Spotify, CodePen, CodeSandbox, StackBlitz, Figma, a tweet and more.                                         |
| **Canvas diagram** | One of your own boards, animation included. See [embedding a board in a post](https://www.revquix.com/docs/canvas/embedding-a-board-in-a-post). |
| **Bookmark**       | A URL as a rich link card rather than bare text.                                                                                                |
| **Table**          |                                                                                                                                                 |

### Editorial

| Block       |                                                                              |
| ----------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Callout** | A boxed aside - note, warning, and so on.                                    |
| **FAQ**     | A question-and-answer block, marked up so search engines can read it as one. |

> **Note** - The FAQ block is not just a styled list
>
> It emits structured data, which is what lets a question from your post turn up as an answer in a
> search result. Worth using for genuine questions rather than as a formatting trick.

## Selecting text

Select any text and a small toolbar appears: **bold**, _italic_, underline, strikethrough, a text
colour, a link, and a code block.

Markdown shortcuts also work as you type - `**bold**` for bold, `-` for a list, `>` for a quote -
and straight quotes, dashes and ellipses are tidied into their typographic forms automatically.

## Moving blocks

Hover the left edge of a block for a drag handle. Drag to reorder, or use the handle's menu to
duplicate or delete.

## Images

Uploaded images are stored and served by us, so a post does not break when some other host goes
away.

Give each one alt text. It is what a screen reader announces and what shows if the image fails to
load - and, on a technical post, it is often the only description of a diagram.

## Related

- [Writing a post](https://www.revquix.com/docs/writing/writing-a-post) - Drafts, settings and publishing.

- [Embedding a board](https://www.revquix.com/docs/canvas/embedding-a-board-in-a-post) - The Canvas block in detail.