Editor

The editor is where you draft and revise a page. It keeps the writing surface central while planning, review, and assistant tools stay close at hand.

The controls below describe desktop web and the macOS app. Mobile web uses a more limited focused editor.

Editor layout

On desktop:

• Project navigation for moving between pages and renaming the current page
• Canvas, Outline, and Chat controls in the header
• An Options menu for sharing, appearance, Minimal Mode, word count, and last-edited information
• A Checks control beside the writing surface

Select text to open formatting and Rewrite actions. Place the cursor without selecting text to use Caret Assist. Lens feedback now runs inside Chat, rather than from a separate editor toolbar.

Writing and formatting

The editor supports headings, bold, italics, underline, links, and familiar text-editing shortcuts. Selecting text opens the formatting menu and the following rewrite groups:

• Instruct for a custom change
• Polish for clarity, flow, and tighter prose
• Deepen for description, interiority, and voice
• Enhance for tension, dialogue, point of view, and tense

Use Options → Appearance for page-level display controls. Broader typography and workspace preferences are available in Settings → Preferences.

Write with Markdown patterns

On desktop web and macOS, common Markdown patterns turn into rich-text formatting as you type. For example, wrap text in **bold**, *italics*, ~~strikethrough~~, or ==highlight==. Start a line with # for a heading, - for a bulleted list, or > for a block quote.

Plain-text pastes that contain block Markdown, such as headings or lists, are converted to editor formatting. Rich HTML paste keeps its normal behavior. Check the formatting after pasting; this is an editing convenience, not a promise to preserve every Markdown construct.

See Markdown patterns for the supported typed patterns.

Autosave

Feldar saves changes automatically. On desktop, the header shows Saving while a save is in progress, briefly shows Saved after it completes, or shows Save failed if it could not save.

If your connection drops, wait until the app reconnects and the header reports that the page is saved before closing it. Autosave is not a substitute for historical version snapshots.

Recover unsaved writing

In desktop web, an Unsaved writing notice offers Retry saving and Download draft when Feldar cannot confirm a save. Keep the page open until saving completes or you have checked the downloaded copy.

If a browser draft conflicts with the saved page, the recovery screen offers Recover as a new page to keep both versions, Download both versions, or Use saved version. The last option asks you to confirm discarding the browser draft. These recovery options concern unsaved browser writing; they are separate from a historical version archive.

Generated text and alternatives

Caret Assist and instructional edits can show generated text as an in-editor preview. Press Tab to accept a completed preview or Escape to dismiss it.

Rewrite results appear as inline alternatives. Compare the candidates, apply one, or regenerate the active candidate. Inline alternatives are tied to the current generation; they are not a permanent version history.

Settings for generated prose

The former editor-header Write Settings panel has moved to Settings → Voice & Style. There you can configure Caret Assist and Page Draft separately, including model, base style, and feature-specific controls. See Voice & Style.

Use Voice conditioning there to save a sample of your own writing to guide generated prose.

Review your writing activity

Open Options → Writing record to review recorded typed, pasted, and AI-assisted writing activity. The Writing record explains its counts, model breakdown, receipts, and limits. It is separate from both credit usage and historical draft recovery.

Key shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + V	Reopen inline alternatives when results are available
Tab	Accept a completed edit preview
Escape	Dismiss an edit preview or close the active popup

See Keyboard Shortcuts for the full list.