Markdown support was already complete and documented, but nothing in the
composer pointed at it -- unlike @, # and : (which advertise themselves
when typed), formatting syntax was only discoverable via Help, buried in
the account menu.
The composer stays a plain markdown textarea; a new "Aa" button opens a
toolbar that inserts the syntax for you: bold, italic, strikethrough,
inline code, code block, link, quote, bulleted/numbered lists, H1-H3,
sub/superscript. Collapsed by default, remembered across reloads and
room switches. Clicking a button again removes the formatting (native
undo doesn't track programmatic edits), and bold/italic/sub/strike
toggles are run-length aware so "***x***" is handled correctly. The
selection math is pure functions in lib/markdownFormat.ts, unit-tested.
The "?" opens /help#formatting in a new tab so the draft isn't lost;
HelpPage now scrolls to the hash once the guide has loaded, since the
browser's own hash scroll fired before the async-fetched headings
existed.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
ksmithandClaude Sonnet 5.5
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