When to use

Bullet types in Workflowy let you give special meaning to your bullets. You can mark a bullet as a task, note, or event, helping you quickly distinguish what’s actionable vs informational. They also work with filters - so you can instantly view all your tasks or just your events across your entire outline. It’s a lightweight way to add structure without losing the fluidity of your thinking.

Paragraphs & headings

Turning a bullet into a header or a paragraph hides the bullet but you can access it by moving your mouse over the text.

Slash command: To turn bullets into paragraphs or headings, you can use the context menu or the slash commands '/Paragraph', '/h1', and '/h2'.

Search operator: You can filter all paragraphs and headings using the 'is:paragraph', 'is:h1', and 'is:h2' search operators.

Code block

Code blocks let you post code in Workflowy in an easier to read format that preserves the spacing commonly used in code. You can also create code blocks using the ‘code-block’ slash command.

Slash command: You can use the '/code block' slash command to create a new code block.

Search operator: You can search for code blocks using the ‘is:code-block’ search operator. This also allows you to search inside code blocks.

Inline code

The inline code option lets you give any piece of text the code format. Putting text between two backticks ` will also format your text as inline code.

Search operator: You can use the ‘text:code’ search operator to filter all instances of inline code.

Quote block

You can format text into quotes to indicate when you're referring to something someone else wrote or said.

Slash command: You can create a quote block with the '/quote' slash command.

Search operator: Quote blocks also come with their own search operator 'is:quote'. You can use this to filter all quote blocks.

To-do's

To-do's let you add a checkbox to items to show that they are tasks or activities to be completed. You can create to-do’s with the bullet menu, the context menu or a slash command.

Slash command: You can use the the slash command 'to-do' to turn an item into a to-do.

Search operator: You can use the 'is:todo' search operator to search for all to-do’s.

Hide complete to-do’s

You can auto-hide completed items so they don't clutter your document. At any point you can choose to unhide them.

Notes

You can add notes to bullets. The note will be displayed under the bullet in a lighter font. Notes can be styled in the same way as text and can contain links and tags.

Keyboard shortcut: Win: Shift + Enter, Mac: Shift + Return

Numbering

You can create numbered lists where new items are auto-numbered. To stop auto-numbering new items, use the /number command or use the bullet menu to change the new item back into a bullet to stop the auto-numbering.

Remove a format

To remove or change the format simply open the context menu for the item you want to change or open the slash command menu and choose the new format.

In the case of the context menu you would select the same format the item currently has to remove that format.

Slash command: If you use the slash command, you can select the "Bullets" option to remove the current format.