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Block System

Blocks are the universal unit in Mead. Everything addressable is a block. This page shows how each block type looks and behaves.

Anatomy

Every block has: content (primary), a toolbar when selected (secondary), and an optional settings panel (tertiary). Click a block to show its toolbar.

Block types

Note

Original authored text.

Write a note…

A block adapts to its content. This one holds prose — flowing, readable, annotatable.

Highlight

Excerpt from a text or PDF media asset.

Excerpt from text or PDF

Excerpt from a longer text or PDF. The highlight block stores the excerpt and a reference to the source.

Clip

Time-range excerpt from video or audio.

Select time range from video/audio

00:42 – 01:18 · Transcript excerpt appears here when available.

Region

Spatial region of an image.

Select region of image

Image region (normalized 0–1). Optional note.

Annotation

Comment attached to a span of another block.

Comment on a span

Comment attached to a span of another block. Links are first-class.

Quote

Transclusion or reference to another block.

Reference another block

Live transclusion of another block. Snapshot stored for drift detection.

Canvas ref

A sub-canvas embedded as a block.

Choose a canvas to embed

Embedded sub-canvas: "Research — Act II"

Embed

External URL embed (e.g. YouTube).

Paste URL (YouTube, etc.)

YouTube · Title of the video