What's your TextExpander Wish List?

TextExpander Talk
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Yes, by embedding HTML in a JavaScript Snippet. The code looks like this:

TextExpander.expandHTML = true;

`

<ul>

<li>Item 1</li>

<ul>

<li>Item 1a</li>

</ul>

<li>Item 2</li>

<ul>

<li>Item 2a</li>

</ul>

</ul>

`;

If you subscribe to the Community Snippets Public Group, I’ve created an example that you can expand with com.nlist.

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Would love to have the ability to format a single line field as currency and have it formatted correctly when expanded.
ie: enter 1269.69 in field and have it look like $1,269.69 upon expansion.

If this exists now, I am not aware of how to implement it. Thanks!

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I would love if in the future names of fields such as optional fields could be in a greyed out or different color so that it was clear to see which parts of a text are included in the email. For example, here the checkbox is named “introduction?” to cue the user to include this if they want to introduce themself but for general users it is hard to figure out if that is in the text of the email until they are done and expand.
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I would also like this

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Maybe this exists but I am not sure, I appreciate the new admin options to see what changes but it is can be a bit overwhelming. I was wondering 2 things:

  1. when i want to nest a snippet in a snippet allowing it populate the possible snippets as I type. I keep finding i need to so a separate search to remember the shortcut for the Snippet I am trying to add.
  2. Sometimes we need to adjust the snippet shortcuts but we are using a lot of nested snippets it would be nice to somehow flag where a snippet is no longer functional if the abbreviation is changed
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I use Pop-Ups a lot to insert names of people, applications, locations and such into my meeting notes. Some of my Pop-Up menus have 30 items in them. I would love to be able to sort them in the list so it would be easier to find an item to modify. When the pop-up is used it would be nice to have the sorted list there too. I can manually sort but the interface makes it difficult with a lot of items in the Pop-Up. I have to count the items as I scroll to find the position to move the item to. Drag and drop would work so much better to manually sort the list. If that is not possible then numbering the list so it would be to get get the index would help.

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Hi KnoxMcCormac - Great idea - ability to sort items in a pop up menu to make items easier to find when expanding and when editing a snippet. We will add this to our features request tracker. :+1:

Thank you posting and I’m so excited to hear you’re leveraging the power of pop-up menus!

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Hi Amanda – These are great feature requests. We’ve heard this from others who leverage nested snippets. We will log +1’s for each of these:

  1. Ability to search for snippets when editing a snippet so abbreviation for a nested snippet doesn’t need to be remembered. :+1:
  2. Ability to flag when a nested snippet is no longer functional so you know to attend to it. :+1:

Thank you for writing in! Keep the feature requests coming!

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52

Hi everyone,
I use TextExpander extensively in a professional context and I’m very happy with it overall. That said, there are a few features that would significantly improve my workflow – and I imagine others might benefit as well.

1. Full Markdown Support

I’d love to see native support for Markdown syntax like **bold**, _italic_, - lists, or # headers, with automatic conversion to Rich Text when inserting a snippet. This would make it much easier to write and maintain structured snippets, especially for formatted email content.

2. Horizontal Rules in Rich Text (not HTML)

In longer emails, it would be extremely helpful to include true horizontal lines (similar to <hr>) directly within snippets – rendered as Rich Text, not HTML. Right now I’m using external apps as a workaround, but that’s not sustainable with a high email volume.

3. Multi-Snippet Composer / Modular Snippet Combination

It would be great to have a way to combine multiple snippets into one, ideally with a visual interface or selection preview. This would be especially useful for modular texts like quotes, support replies, or internal templates.

Thanks again for your great work – and maybe others would also find these features helpful in their day-to-day use!