QOwnNotes

# Shortcuts

# Linux / Windows

# In the main window

  • Ctrl + N creates a new note with the current date and time in the name
  • Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + N creates a new note in a new tab
  • Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + F lets you search for notes (in the name of the note and its content)
  • Alt + F lets you search for notes in all tags / subfolders
  • Alt + ⇧ Shift + P switches to the previous workspace
  • Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + E edits an encrypted note
  • Alt + R removes the current note
  • Alt + ⇧ Shift + U checks for updates
  • Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + T opens the todo list
  • Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + O opens the current note in an external editor
  • Alt + ⇧ Shift + O opens the current note in a view
  • Alt + ⇧ Shift + F shows the current note in the file manager
  • Alt + ⇧ Shift + E enables or disables editing of notes
  • Alt + Up jumps to the previous visible note
    • alternate shortcut is Ctrl + Page Up
  • Alt + Down jumps to the next visible note
    • alternate shortcut is Ctrl + Page Down
  • Alt + Page Up jumps to the previous note tab
  • Alt + Page Down jumps to the next note tab
  • Ctrl + W closes the current note tab
  • Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + D toggles the distraction free mode
    • you can also close it with Esc
  • Ctrl + P prints the current note as text
  • Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + P prints the current note as markdown
  • Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + V pastes notes, images and html from the clipboard
  • Ctrl + , opens the settings
  • Alt + ⇧ Shift + A adds a new tag to a note
  • Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + R reloads the current note folder
  • Ctrl + Alt + F lets you select a different note folder
  • Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + S reloads the scripting engine
  • Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + M hides or shows the main menu bar
  • Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + A lets you search for actions
  • Ctrl + S manually saves modified notes
  • Alt + ⇧ Shift + I opens the Script repository dialog
  • F4 jumps to the note edit panel
  • F5 jumps to the note list
  • F6 jumps to the note subfolder panel
  • F7 jumps to the tags panel
  • F8 jumps to the navigation panel
  • F10 activates the context menu of the current widget
  • F11 toggles full-screen mode
  • Alt + ⇧ Shift + H copies the headline of the current note
  • Down or Tab sets the focus to the note list
  • Return creates a new note with the text from the search bar as headline

# In the note list

  • double-click on note to open note in a new tab (keep in mind that there is a scripting hook that can override the double-click action)
  • Ctrl + A selects all notes (to move, copy or remove them with a right click)
  • Tab or Return lets you edit the current note

# In the note text edit panel

  • Ctrl + Click on a link to open it
  • Ctrl + F lets you search in the current note
    • use the Up and Down keys or F3 and ⇧ Shift + F3 keys to jump to the previous and next matches
    • Esc closes the search bar
  • Ctrl + R lets you search and replace in the current note
  • Ctrl + D duplicates the current line or the selected text
    • Ctrl + Alt + Down does the same
  • Alt + Backspace deletes the current line
  • Ctrl + Backspace deletes the current word
  • Ctrl + L opens a dialog to add a text link (also works on selected text)
  • Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + L opens a dialog to add note link
  • Ctrl + T inserts the current date in ISO 8601 format
  • Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + I inserts an image (the image will be copied to the media folder in the current notes folder)
  • Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + X inserts an attachment (the file will be copied to the attachments folder in the current notes folder)
  • Alt + ⇧ Shift + T inserts a table
  • Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + C inserts a code block at the current position
  • Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + B inserts a block quote at the current position
  • Ctrl + B formats the selected text bold
  • Ctrl + I formats the selected text italic
  • Ctrl + U formats the selected text underline
  • Alt + ⇧ Shift + S strikes out the selected text
  • Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + U cycles through the cases of the selected text
  • Tab indents the selected text (also works on multiple lines)
    • ⇧ Shift + Tab un-indents the selected text
  • Tab after an unordered list character indents the list item
    • ⇧ Shift + Tab after an unordered list character un-indents the list item
  • Return in lists creates a new list item
  • Alt + Left jumps back in the note history
    • Alt + Right jumps forward in the note history
  • Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + 1..9 sets a note bookmark on bookmark slot 1..9
  • Ctrl + 0..9 jumps to the note bookmark on bookmark slot 0..9
  • Ctrl + + increases the note text font size by one point
  • Ctrl + - decreases the note text font size by one point
  • Ctrl + 0 resets the note text font size
  • Ctrl + Space tries to solve simple equations like (4+5)*3= in front of the cursor, auto-completes text or opens urls
  • Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + H inserts a headline from the note filename at the top of the note
  • Alt + ⇧ Shift + X splits the current note into two notes at the current cursor position
  • Alt + ⇧ Shift + W searches for the selected text on the web
  • Ctrl + Up scrolls the content up
  • Ctrl + Down scrolls the content down
  • Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + Down moves the current line down
  • Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + Up moves the current line up
  • ⇧ Shift + Return adds two spaces and a newline character to force a markdown newline

# In the note preview panel

  • Ctrl + F lets you search in the current note
    • use the Up and Down keys or F3 and ⇧ Shift + F3 keys to jump to the previous and next matches
    • Esc closes the search bar

# In the Todo list

  • Ctrl + S saves the current todo item
  • Ctrl + I saves the current todo item and inserts in into the current note
  • Ctrl + R removes the current todo item

# macOS

# In the main window

  • ⌘ Cmd + N creates a new note with the current date and time in the name
  • ⌘ Cmd + ⇧ Shift + N creates a new note in a new tab
  • ⌘ Cmd + ⇧ Shift + F lets you search for notes (in the name of the note and its content)
  • ⌃ Ctrl + F lets you search for notes in all tags / subfolders
  • ⌃ Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + P switches to the previous workspace
  • ⌘ Cmd + ⇧ Shift + E edits an encrypted note
  • ⌃ Ctrl + R removes the current note
  • ⌃ Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + U checks for updates
  • ⌘ Cmd + ⇧ Shift + T opens the todo list
  • ⌘ Cmd + ⇧ Shift + O opens the current note in an external editor
  • ⌃ Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + O opens the current note in a view
  • ⌃ Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + F opens the folder of the current note in Finder
  • ⌃ Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + E enables or disables editing of notes
  • ⌃ Ctrl + Up jumps to the previous visible note
    • alternate shortcut is ⌘ Cmd + Page Up
  • ⌃ Ctrl + Down jumps to the next visible note
    • alternate shortcut is ⌘ Cmd + Page Down
  • ⌥ Alt + Page Up jumps to the previous note tab
  • ⌥ Alt + Page Down jumps to the next note tab
  • ⌘ Cmd + W closes the current note tab
  • ⌘ Cmd + ⇧ Shift + D toggles the distraction free mode
    • you can also close it with Esc
  • ⌘ Cmd + P prints the current note as text
  • ⌘ Cmd + ⇧ Shift + P prints the current note as markdown
  • ⌘ Cmd + ⌃ Ctrl + V pastes notes, images and html from the clipboard
  • ⌘ Cmd + , opens the settings
  • ⌃ Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + A adds a new tag to a note
  • ⌘ Cmd + ⇧ Shift + R reloads the current note folder
  • ⌘ Cmd + ⌃ Ctrl + F lets you select a different note folder
  • ⌘ Cmd + ⇧ Shift + S reloads the scripting engine
  • ⌘ Cmd + ⇧ Shift + M hides or shows the main menu bar
  • ⌘ Cmd + ⇧ Shift + A lets you search for actions
  • ⌘ Cmd + S manually saves modified notes
  • ⌃ Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + I opens the Script repository dialog
  • F4 jumps to the note edit panel
  • F5 jumps to the note list
  • F6 jumps to the note subfolder panel
  • F7 jumps to the tags panel
  • F8 jumps to the navigation panel
  • F10 activates the context menu of the current widget
  • ⌘ Cmd + F11 toggles full-screen mode
  • ⌃ Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + H copies the headline of the current note

# In the note search bar

  • Down or Tab sets the focus to the note list
  • Return creates a new note with the text from the search bar as headline

# In the note list

  • double-click on note to open note in a new tab (keep in mind that there is a scripting hook that can override the double-click action)
  • ⌘ Cmd + A selects all notes (to move, copy or remove them with a right click)
  • Tab or Return lets you edit the current note

# In the note text edit panel

  • ⌘ Cmd + Click on a link to open it
  • ⌘ Cmd + F lets you search in the current note
    • use the Up and Down keys or F3 and ⇧ Shift + F3 keys to jump to the previous and next matches
    • Esc closes the search bar
  • ⌘ Cmd + R lets you search and replace in the current note
  • ⌘ Cmd + D duplicates the current line or the selected text
    • ⌘ Cmd + ⌃ Ctrl + Down does the same
  • ⌘ Cmd + Backspace deletes the current line
  • ⌃ Ctrl + Backspace deletes the current word
  • ⌘ Cmd + L opens a dialog to add a text link (also works on selected text)
  • ⌘ Cmd + ⇧ Shift + L opens a dialog to add note link
  • ⌘ Cmd + T inserts the current date in ISO 8601 format
  • ⌘ Cmd + ⇧ Shift + I inserts an image (the image will be copied to the media folder in the current notes folder)
  • ⌘ Cmd + ⇧ Shift + X inserts an attachment (the file will be copied to the attachments folder in the current notes folder)
  • ⌃ Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + T inserts a table
  • ⌘ Cmd + ⇧ Shift + C inserts a code block at the current position
  • ⌘ Cmd + ⇧ Shift + B inserts a block quote at the current position
  • ⌘ Cmd + B formats the selected text bold
  • ⌘ Cmd + I formats the selected text italic
  • ⌘ Cmd + U formats the selected text underline
  • ⌃ Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + S strikes out the selected text
  • ⌘ Cmd + ⇧ Shift + U cycles through the cases of the selected text
  • Tab indents the selected text (also works on multiple lines)
    • ⇧ Shift + Tab un-indents the selected text
  • Tab after an unordered list character indents the list item
    • ⇧ Shift + Tab after an unordered list character un-indents the list item
  • Return in lists creates a new list item
  • ⌘ Cmd + ⌃ Ctrl + Left jumps back in the note history
    • ⌘ Cmd + ⌃ Ctrl + Right jumps forward in the note history
  • ⌘ Cmd + ⇧ Shift + 1..9 sets a note bookmark on bookmark slot 1..9
  • ⌘ Cmd + 0..9 jumps to the note bookmark on bookmark slot 0..9
  • ⌘ Cmd + + increases the note text font size by one point
  • ⌘ Cmd + - decreases the note text font size by one point
  • ⌘ Cmd + 0 resets the note text font size
  • ⌘ Cmd + Space tries to solve simple equations like (4+5)*3= in the current line in front of the cursor, auto-completes text or opens urls
  • ⌘ Cmd + ⇧ Shift + H inserts a headline from the note filename at the top of the note
  • ⌃ Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + X splits the current note into two notes at the current cursor position
  • ⌃ Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + W searches for the selected text on the web
  • ⌘ Cmd + Up scrolls the content up
  • ⌘ Cmd + Down scrolls the content down
  • ⇧ Shift + Return adds two spaces and a newline character to force a markdown newline

# In the note preview panel

  • ⌘ Cmd + F lets you search in the current note
    • use the Up and Down keys or F3 and ⇧ Shift + F3 keys to jump to the previous and next matches
    • Esc closes the search bar

# In the Todo list

  • ⌘ Cmd + S saves the current todo item
  • ⌘ Cmd + I saves the current todo item and inserts in into the current note
  • ⌘ Cmd + R removes the current todo item

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