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Hey, you! Thanks for supporting Notion this year.
For our last update of 2021, the team spent a week shipping these liâl mini-features and bug fixes â we hope they make your workspace a cozier spot to hang out in the new year.
Stay tuned for lots of exciting new ways to use Notion in 2022 âïž
Toggles for H1, H2 & H3 headers
We know that toggles are a lot of folksâ favorite Notion feature. If youâve ever thought âI wish toggles could be bigger,â youâre in luck! Here are a few ways you can add header toggles to your pages:
Open the block menu by typing
/
or clicking the+
button that appears to the left of your paragraph, then select Toggle heading 1/2/3 in the dropdown menu that appearsType
>
in an empty heading block, or#
/##
/###
in an empty toggle blockUse the Turn into command by clicking the âźâź block handle to the left of any block, or use a slash command such as
/turnintotoggleh1
Add background colors to simple table rows & columns
Weâve been keeping an eye on your feedback since launching simple tables last month! One of the biggest requests was the ability to make simple tables more colorful. Now youâll find a new Color menu when you click the column & row handles, giving you another way to organize your content.
Create flowcharts & diagrams in code blocks
Create flowcharts, pie charts, user journey diagrams and more with Mermaid, right inside a code block. No need to screenshot or embed charts from other tools! Mermaid syntax is easy to learn, even if you donât usually write code.
Just select Mermaid
in the language dropdown at the top left of any code block to get started. Once youâve written your code, use the second dropdown at the top left to see a live Preview
of your chart, or select Split
to see your code and chart together.
Create page columns on iPad & Android tablets
In the past, multi-column layouts could only be created on desktop. Now, you can create multi-column page layouts on iPad & Android tablets too.
Just hover your cursor over any block and grab the âźâź block handle that appears (or tap and hold a block if you donât have a mouse or trackpad), then drag to the far left or far right side of your screen.
Better rollups
Rollups are one of Notionâs most powerful features, allowing you to bring in specific pieces of information from your databases into other workflows. Now, interacting with rollups is even easier.
Rollups of URL, email & phone number properties are now clickable
Hover your cursor over any rollup and click the âïžÂ button to configure the rollupâs relation, property & calculation
Bug fixes & improvements
Itâs much easier to find the emoji youâre looking for as inline emojis or page icons (e.g. only the âbubble teaâ keyword found the đ§Â emoji before, but now âbobaâ works too)
Smart quotes & apostrophes are now supported
Clicking on a pageâs title in the breadcrumbs at the top left of the page now scrolls you to the top of the page
Recursive page mentions are now supported (i.e. mentions of pages whose titles contain links to other pages whose titles contain links to other pages now include all of the associated links within the mention đȘ)
The keyboard shortcuts for dark mode and transforming block type are now supported on iPad and Android tablets with an external keyboard
Checkbox properties can now be resized to perfectly fit the little checkbox in your Table view databases
Newly created linked databases now reflect the sort, column order & column visibility of the first Table view of the source database
Long titles now wrap onto new lines on Gallery view cards, and the
+ New
button is smaller when itâs the only item in a rowDouble click column separators in your simple tables to automatically resize the column based on the longest cell
Databases with three or more views now include a search box within the view switcher dropdown menu
When you change a database propertyâs visibility to âHide when empty,â new properties added to the database will default to âHide when emptyâ
You can paste the same content into multiple selected cells simultaneously in Table view databases
On mobile, you can now re-order columns in Table view databases, properties on database pages, and columns & rows in simple tables
Numeric values in Table view databases now use tabular lining for better readability
The dropdown menu that appears when you click the âźâź block handle of a sub-page now includes a button to
Open in new tab
The pop-up that appears when hovering your cursor over hyperlinked text now includes an
Edit
button for easier link editingInvoices for your Notion subscription are now more detailed and easier to read
In the Members section of Settings & members, you can now sort the member list by name or access level by clicking the User and Access level column headings
The dropdown menu that appears when you start to @mention a teammate now prioritizes internal employees who use your teamâs email domain
Workspace admins now have an
ADMIN
badge next to their names in Settings & members â Members â GroupsWhen youâre logged into multiple accounts and navigate to a URL that your active account doesnât have access to, Notion will now automatically switch to your other account that has access
Mentions to pages that you donât have access to are now titled âNo accessâ instead of âUntitledâ
Fixed a bug that prevented previews from appearing in the page history tool for pages where the
Move to
function had been usedThe order of page properties is retained in PDF exports
Sorts on a database view are retained in PDF exports
Cyrillic characters are now supported in exported file names
Inline links to Notion pages become links in exported PDFs
Large pages are less likely to result in an error message during a PDF export
File blocks become links in the exported PDF
The Confluence importer tool is better at determining whether a Confluence table column should become a Checkbox property in Notion
More date formats are supported when inputting dates as mentions or database properties, especially in Korean
Lots of interface fixes in the Korean & Japanese apps: button and menu item names that were too long, broken padding and spacing, miscellaneous rough edges
Fixed a bug that prevented the
Ctrl
/â
+\
keyboard shortcut for opening and closing the sidebar from working correctly on Japanese keyboardsIn the page history tool, date timestamps now use relative formatting (e.g. â1 day agoâ instead of â12/20/2021,â or âFebruary 1, 2022â instead of â2/1/2022â)