Ability to select a block as "ground level" on a page

[Limezy]

Hi,

I'll try to explain the best I can my idea.

The thing is outliners are incredibly helpful tools, but in the end not all documents are written using purely bullet points.
Usual documents are written using a hierarchy of titles (Header 1, Header 2, Header 3...), then a "ground" level made of paragraphs and sentences, and then some "underground" levels made of bullet or number lists / sublists.

I think it would be wonderful to be able to select one of the blocks of a page and define it as ground level. Then, all higher level bullets would be considered by the software as headers, and all under levels would be considered by the software as bullet lists / sublists.

That would allow both for

• A simplified Markdown export of each page
• A great "Document view" where bullets would "fade" and each level be rendered according to its level in real time, just like the Typora markdown editing software for instance. That would be, IMHO, far superior from the Roam Research "Document view" that basically just removes the bullets.

I'll try very soon to make some mockups and share them here for better understanding

[Limezy]

I've tried to make mockups to explain better :

This is a test page in Athens, standard view, where a bullet could be defined as "ground level"

This is how that same page would look when exported to .md

This is how that same page would look in "document mode"

As you see, there is some natural way of defining "higher than ground" bullets as H3, H2, H1. "ground" bullets as sentences, or paragraphs, and "lower than ground" bullets as lists and sub-lists.

[tangjeff0]

I love this idea

[shanberg]

I wonder how you'd communicate this feature to users who don't already have this model in mind.

[Limezy]

I wonder how you'd communicate this feature to users who don't already have this model in mind.

I think that if the text edition is "organic" and natural enough, could work. I've given a few ideas in the dedicated discussion