Can't see existing text style / formatting

[PRB (R Becker)]

Hi, I’m not sw skilled
, so probably a dumb question, but when editing text in a text stack or header stack, how can I see the current formatting? If I click on the </> icon, or menu-bar/format, it lets me select formatting options, but it provides no clue about the current settings (heading 1, heading 2, etc).
There are icons above the text (link, B, I, etc,) but no indicator of current settings that I can see.

Am I missing something here?

example page (RapidWeaver 8, modified Artful theme, stacks 4): https://richardbecker.com/portraits/

Thanks!

[teefers (Doug Bennett)]

With the Header stack (The one that comes with Stacks) you set the “size”( h1- h6) in the inspector (right hand side of screen):

As for the Text Stack, that’s styled text, I don’t think there is a way to tell what has already been set. I might be wrong, someone else can jump in. , I don’t use styled text.

[PRB (R Becker)]

@teefers

With the Header stack (The one that comes with Stacks) you set the “size”( h1- h6) in the inspector (right hand side of screen):

Ok, I do see that with the Header stack. And it is only visible when all the text content is the styled the same.

@teefers

I don’t use styled text

What do you use instead of styled text?

thanks!

[teefers (Doug Bennett)]

I would use MarkDown (the markdown stack) or HTML. Styled text produces such sloppy HTML (what the world sees) that I stay away from it.

Markdown does require a small bit of learning, but the end result is semantically correct neat HTML output.

There are a ton of Markdown editors (free and paid) that allow you to edit content outside of RapidWeaver as well.

MarkDown language Tutorial?

I just watched a video where Isaiah briefly extolled the virtues of using MarkDown language. I am totally clueless about this. Can anybody point me to a tutorial about what this is all about?

[PRB (R Becker)]

I can see why you like markdown. This will help me format and keep track of formatted text.
Thanks!