Live preview and view modes
Notate gives you four ways to look at a note, switched from the row directly above the text.
The four view modes
- Editor shows the raw markdown source with syntax highlighting.
- Live renders structure inline as you type, so headings, lists, tables, and checkboxes look finished while you stay in the flow.
- Split puts the source and a rendered preview side by side.
- Preview shows the fully rendered note on its own.
Pick a default in Settings so new notes always open the way you like.
Handy toggles
That same row has toggles for line numbers and for showing the note’s frontmatter, so you can keep metadata out of the way until you need it.
Ticking off a task
In Live mode a task written as - [ ] renders as a real checkbox, and clicking it ticks the task off. Notate rewrites the [ ] to [x] in the note itself, so the change is saved in the file like any other edit and syncs to your other devices. It works from the keyboard as well: tab to the checkbox and press Space or Enter. Put the cursor on the line and the raw brackets come back, so you can always edit the source directly instead.