June 23, 2020 — Today’s update to Notion introduces a handful of overdue welcomed aesthetic enhancements.
Columned Databases
A longstanding bug caused databases to indent awkwardly when arranged as columns. That bug is resolved, and in-line databases look much nicer within columns.
To arrange databases as columns, you’ll first need to create columns with empty Text blocks. You can then drag in-line databases into those columns.
Underlined Text
To the bewilderment of many users, underlining text has remained unsupported Notion. Today, underlining joins bold, italic and other formatting options.
Polished Links
External hyperlinks and @-mentioned pages boast a polished new look.
Bug Fixes
As with all Notion updates, today’s included a handful of bug fixes and minor tweaks. From Notion itself:
- Navigating databases is much faster, thanks to improved caching
- The 5,000-block limit on duplicating blocks, pages, and public templates has been removed – no more error messages!
- Improved keyboard and slash command support for inline math
- Fixed a bug that caused \tags to only work for display equations in inline math
- Fixed a bug where hitting the right arrow key closed the inline math dialogue box and lost changes
- Fixed a bug that caused the action bar to jump on mobile when opening and closing the keyboard
- Fixed a bug that prevented admins from changing the sharing settings on pages that exceed the guest limit on the free Personal Plan
- Fixed a bug that prevented comments from saving for some users with guest access
- Fixed a bug that prevented @-mentions from appearing in board and gallery view
- Fixed a bug that caused PDF files to become corrupted during export