Shortcuts

Linux / Windows

In the main window

• Ctrl + N creates a new note with the current date and time in the name
• Ctrl + ⇧ + N creates a new note in a new tab
• Ctrl + ⇧ + 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 + ⇧ + P switches to the previous workspace
• Ctrl + ⇧ + E edits an encrypted note
• Alt + R removes the current note
• Alt + ⇧ + U checks for updates
• Ctrl + ⇧ + T opens the todo list
• Ctrl + ⇧ + O opens the current note in an external editor
• Alt + ⇧ + O opens the current note in a view
• Alt + ⇧ + F shows the current note in the file manager
• Alt + ⇧ + E enables or disables editing of notes
• Alt + Up jumps to the previous visible note
  • alternate shortcut is Ctrl + PgUp
• Alt + Down jumps to the next visible note
  • alternate shortcut is Ctrl + PgDown
• Alt + PgUp jumps to the previous note tab
• Alt + PgDn jumps to the next note tab
• Ctrl + W closes the current note tab
• Ctrl + ⇧ + D toggles the distraction free mode
  • you can also close it with Esc
• Ctrl + P prints the current note as text
• Ctrl + ⇧ + P prints the current note as markdown
• Ctrl + ⇧ + V pastes notes, images and html from the clipboard
• Ctrl + , opens the settings
• Alt + ⇧ + A adds a new tag to a note
• Ctrl + ⇧ + R reloads the current note folder
• Ctrl + Alt + F lets you select a different note folder
• Ctrl + ⇧ + S reloads the scripting engine
• Ctrl + ⇧ + M hides or shows the main menu bar
• Ctrl + ⇧ + A lets you search for actions
• Ctrl + S manually saves modified notes
• Alt + ⇧ + 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 + ⇧ + 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

• 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 ⇧ + 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 + ⇧ + L opens a dialog to add note link
• Ctrl + T inserts the current date in ISO 8601 format
• Ctrl + ⇧ + I inserts an image (the image will be copied to the media folder in the current notes folder)
• Ctrl + ⇧ + X inserts an attachment (the file will be copied to the attachments folder in the current notes folder)
• Alt + ⇧ + T inserts a table
• Ctrl + ⇧ + C inserts a code block at the current position
• Ctrl + ⇧ + 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 + ⇧ + S strikes out the selected text
• Ctrl + ⇧ + U cycles through the cases of the selected text
• Tab indents the selected text (also works on multiple lines)
  • ⇧ + Tab un-indents the selected text
• Tab after an unordered list character indents the list item
  • ⇧ + 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 + ⇧ + 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 + ⇧ + H inserts a headline from the note filename at the top of the note
• Alt + ⇧ + X splits the current note into two notes at the current cursor position
• Alt + ⇧ + W searches for the selected text on the web
• Ctrl + Up scrolls the content up
• Ctrl + Down scrolls the content down
• Ctrl + ⇧ + Down moves the current line down
• Ctrl + ⇧ + Up moves the current line up
• ⇧ + 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 ⇧ + 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

• ⌘ + N creates a new note with the current date and time in the name
• ⌘ + ⇧ + N creates a new note in a new tab
• ⌘ + ⇧ + 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 + ⇧ + P switches to the previous workspace
• ⌘ + ⇧ + E edits an encrypted note
• Ctrl + R removes the current note
• Ctrl + ⇧ + U checks for updates
• ⌘ + ⇧ + T opens the todo list
• ⌘ + ⇧ + O opens the current note in an external editor
• Ctrl + ⇧ + O opens the current note in a view
• Ctrl + ⇧ + F opens the folder of the current note in Finder
• Ctrl + ⇧ + E enables or disables editing of notes
• Ctrl + Up jumps to the previous visible note
  • alternate shortcut is ⌘ + PgUp
• Ctrl + Down jumps to the next visible note
  • alternate shortcut is ⌘ + PgDown
• Alt + PgUp jumps to the previous note tab
• Alt + PgDn jumps to the next note tab
• ⌘ + W closes the current note tab
• ⌘ + ⇧ + D toggles the distraction free mode
  • you can also close it with Esc
• ⌘ + P prints the current note as text
• ⌘ + ⇧ + P prints the current note as markdown
• ⌘ + Ctrl + V pastes notes, images and html from the clipboard
• ⌘ + , opens the settings
• Ctrl + ⇧ + A adds a new tag to a note
• ⌘ + ⇧ + R reloads the current note folder
• ⌘ + Ctrl + F lets you select a different note folder
• ⌘ + ⇧ + S reloads the scripting engine
• ⌘ + ⇧ + M hides or shows the main menu bar
• ⌘ + ⇧ + A lets you search for actions
• ⌘ + S manually saves modified notes
• Ctrl + ⇧ + 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
• Ctrl + ⇧ + 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

• ⌘ + 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

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

In the note preview panel

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

In the Todo list

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