The editor

Ramble shows you the markdown source: the headings, the syntax, the exact characters that another tool will parse later. There is no rich-text mode that hides your work behind rendered output. The source text is the artifact.

This matters because Ramble is built for writing that becomes something else: system prompts, agent instructions, README files, specs. You need to see and control the markdown, not a visual approximation of it. A preview is available when you want to check the result.

Formatting shortcuts

Formatting shortcuts apply markdown syntax to your selection. With nothing selected, they wrap the word at the cursor.

ShortcutAction
Cmd+BBold, wraps with **
Cmd+IItalic, wraps with *
Cmd+EInline code, wraps with backticks
Cmd+Shift+7Bullet list, toggles -
Cmd+Shift+8Numbered list, toggles 1.
Cmd+Shift+9Task list, toggles - [ ]
Cmd+Shift+.Blockquote, toggles >

On Windows and Linux, use Ctrl in place of Cmd. Select some text and a small formatting toolbar appears above it with the same actions.

Working with lines

ShortcutAction
Ctrl+Shift+KDelete line
Alt+UpMove line up
Alt+DownMove line down
Cmd+Shift+DCopy line down

Delete line uses Ctrl+Shift+K on every platform, including Mac, to avoid clashing with other applications.

Paste as markdown

When you paste formatted content (from a web page, a Google Doc, or another rich-text editor), Ramble converts it to markdown. Headings become #, bold becomes **, links become [text](url).

To paste the raw clipboard text instead and skip the conversion, use Cmd+Shift+V.

Find and replace

ShortcutAction
Cmd+FFind
Cmd+Shift+FFind and replace
Cmd+GFind next
Cmd+Shift+GFind previous

The preview panel

The preview renders your markdown as formatted output, side by side with your source. With your cursor outside the editor text, press e to toggle it. Drag the divider to resize it, or expand it to fill the width.

Use the preview to check your output: that a table aligns, that a link points where you meant. The source is still where you work.

e is a single-key shortcut: it fires when your cursor is outside the editor text, not while you type in the document. The same goes for Ramble’s other single-key shortcuts.

The preview and the AI assistant share the same space beside the editor, so opening one closes the other.

Copy and export

To copy the whole draft to your clipboard, use Copy content. To download it as a file, open the draft menu and select Export. The file is named with the draft title and the date, for example My Prompt - 2026-02-19.md.