Just my 2 cents to this interesting topic:
Markdown by itself doesn’t support advanced typographic layouts like *floating text around images (text wrap, alignment, etc.).
…BUT: you can mix HTML inside Markdown files! — which gives you good control.
Attached is a Markdown file which lets have “text float around images” in an Elements project. I tried to keep it simple.
This should allow using “Markdown+HTML” within the Elements CMS in its current version 1.4.5 to write articles distraction free just in a simple text editor. And just placed {{item.body in an Elements CMS Item Component}} within a container should responsively display images and all the styling could be done within the Theme settings Typography.
Maybe this goes into the right direction to fulfill some of your demands on Elements’ features.
Even more: Links - even within a page itself via named anchors - are supported by Markdown, as well as Tables *!!!.
*!!!
Important correction as of 10.11.2025:
Sorry for claiming without checking first.
!!!
I guess this could be a comfortable (and fast) way to publish articles with Elements CMS without having to manually build page by page with sections and nested components.
textfloatinwimage.md (5.3 KB)