
Of course you can also manually type the raw markdown text for a link. It's a quick way to get a link into the page from selected text. If not the cursor is placed into the link area for you to fill in the link. It fills the text part and if a URL is on the clipboard fills that into the link part. If you don't like to use a UI form to pop up you can get similar behavior with ctrl-shift-k key combo which creates a link from the current selection of text and directly injects the markdown into the page. If you navigate off the form and copy a URL to your clipboard then return to the form, if the Link field is still empty it is then automatically filled from the Clipboard URL.

This also applies to the Inline Link Shortcut operation below. If you have a URL on the clipboard when the dialog is first opened, the URL is automatically placed into the Link field.

Any local file resources will be linked as a relative path if possible. This means if you have a URL on the clipboard when pressing ctrl-k the dialog is immediately filled, or if you open the dialog, then pick a URL in a browser or elsewhere, then return to Markdown Monster the URL is automatically filled in and you can simply press Enter to accept and embed the Markdown link.įor the Link you can either type in or paste a URL or use the file selection button pick a local file resource to link. With the dialog up, if the Link field is empty and you have a URL on the clipboard, the link is automatically filled. Select text ctrl-k then Search Web to open Browser, copy link, return then Enter.Select text ctrl-k then type link then Enter.Select text then ctrl-k then Enter if clipboard hold link.Here's what the dialog looks like:Īlthough this is a UI dialog the flow through dialog can be very quick using shortcut keys:

The Paste Link dialog lets you interactively create a link to paste into your content. You can use the Link Dialog by clicking on the on the toolbar.
