Outline panel: heading-hierarchy navigation

The Outline panel (i18n: 大綱) turns your headings into clickable navigation — the fastest way to jump around a long chapter.

Slima Writing Studio editor (single-pane reference; switching to the Outline panel shows the heading hierarchy of the current file)

How to open

The Outline panel is typically reached via the left activity bar, or via a "Toggle Outline" control on the right (i18n: features.toggleOutline: '切換大綱'). The exact entry varies slightly by Slima version — hover activity bar icons for tooltips that say "Outline" or "Headings".

You can also open the command palette (Cmd/Ctrl K) and search "outline".

What it shows

A hierarchical tree of every H1–H6 in the current file:

# Chapter 1 (H1)
## Shadows of the lighthouse (H2)
### J. Doe's morning (H3)
## A guest arrives (H2)
# Chapter 2
...

Click any heading → editor jumps there.

Two uses

1 · Navigate within a chapter

In a long chapter, want to jump to "A guest arrives"? Click in the outline — 10× faster than scrolling.

2 · See structure at a glance

Open the outline and scan — you immediately spot uneven pacing, missing middles, sections that drag.

Outline is generated from heading syntax

Hint string (i18n editor.outline.hint): "Use # heading syntax to build the outline"

The outline is extracted directly from Markdown headings (# / ## / ###) — write a heading, it appears. Paragraphs without headings don't show.

See: Markdown basics

Advanced features (vary by version)

These features may or may not be available in your Slima version — try them in-app:

Drag to restructure: drag a heading and the whole section (including sub-headings) moves with it
Fold / unfold: each parent heading has an arrow you can collapse
Cross-file outline: a toggle may show every file's headings together for whole-book structure review

Whether Slima auto-creates a version snapshot before such operations is governed by the auto-version rules, not strictly tied to outline-specific actions.