WriteRoom Guide

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Headings & Folding ​

Headings give a document its shape. WriteRoom uses them to get you around.

Go To ​

To jump to a heading ​

  • Go > Go to Heading… (Shift-Command-O), type part of the heading, and press Return

To step through headings ​

  • Go > Previous Heading (Control-Option-Command-Up)
  • Go > Next Heading (Control-Option-Command-Down)
  • Go > Parent Heading (Control-Option-Command-Left)
  • Go > First Subheading (Control-Option-Command-Right)

Hold Shift to step to the previous or next heading at the same level.

Heading Overview Mode ​

Heading Overview Mode shrinks everything except your headings, so your document's structure fills the screen.

A long document zoomed out in Heading Overview Mode, its headings readable and body text shrunk

To see your headings ​

  • View > Heading Overview Mode (Option-Command-O)

Press Escape, type, or click to leave.

Folding ​

Folding hides a section so you can see around it. Headings, lists, and other blocks fold.

To fold the section at the caret ​

  • Edit > Fold > Collapse (Command-9)
  • Edit > Fold > Expand (Command-0)

To fold every section ​

  • Edit > Fold > Collapse All (Control-Command-9)
  • Edit > Fold > Expand All (Control-Command-0)

Hold Option to fold or unfold one level at a time. Click a fold's … to open it.

Folds come back when WriteRoom reopens a window. If the file changed in another app, folds that no longer fit open instead.

Sticky Headings ​

With View > Sticky Headings (Control-Command-H) turned on, the heading of the section you're reading stays pinned to the top of the window as you scroll. Click a pinned heading to jump to it.

A document scrolled into a section, with its heading chain pinned in the sticky band at the topA document scrolled into a section, with its heading chain pinned in the sticky band at the top

Set the default for new windows in WriteRoom > Settings > General.

See also ​