Keybindings¶

This page documents the default keybindings that most users care about first.

Note

The in-app help view is the live source of truth if you override keybindings in your config.

Everyday keys¶

n: new note (shows a template picker if .templates/ contains any template files; press e on a template entry to edit it)
D: open or create today's daily note (defaults to daily/YYYY-MM-DD.md; see [daily_notes] in the configuration reference)
ctrl+n: new template in .templates/
ctrl+k: edit templates (opens template picker in edit mode)
N: new temporary note
T: new todo list
C: create category
R: rename
m: move
d: delete the current item, or trash marked notes after confirmation
A: add tags to the current note or marked notes
v: mark the current note/category/temp note
V: clear current marks

p: pin current item or marked notes
P: show pinned items
s: open sort menu; then n=name, m=modified, c=created, s=size, r=reverse order, esc=cancel

M: promote the selected temporary note or marked temp-note batch into main notes
ctrl+a: archive the selected temporary note or marked temp-note batch into archive/tmp/
ctrl+r: move the selected note or marked note batch into temporary notes

B: toggle preview privacy
L: toggle preview line numbers
]f / [f: enter link nav mode and jump to the next or previous link; navigates both [[wikilinks]] and regular [text](url) links; the selected link is highlighted
In link nav: f or enter follows the selected link; for wikilinks, opens the referenced note; for external URLs, opens the URL in the system browser; esc exits link nav
enter: when not in link nav, follows the first visible [[wikilink]] on screen
n / N: next or previous search match in preview
]h / [h: next or previous heading in preview
]t / [t: next or previous todo in preview
tt: toggle the current todo checkbox
ta: add a todo item
te: edit the current todo item
td: delete the current todo item
tu: set or clear the current todo due date
tp: set or clear the current todo priority
ctrl+u / ctrl+d: half-page scroll
ctrl+b / ctrl+f: page up/down

E: toggle encryption
H: open the version history modal for the selected local note
X: open the trash browser; lists notes trashed from the current workspace, sorted by deletion date; press enter to restore, esc to close
S: toggle sync for the selected local note (sync: local ↔ sync: synced)
ctrl+s: toggle shared status of the selected note (sync: shared ↔ sync: local)
O: open the generated conflict copy for the selected conflicted synced note
ctrl+e: open sync details for the selected unhealthy synced note; shows the issue, how long ago it occurred, and recovery options (r to retry sync, u to unlink a note whose remote copy is missing)
Y: open the sync timeline, a scrollable log of recent sync runs with status, timestamps, and counts
U: delete only the remote copy of a synced local note
i: import the selected remote-only note
I: import all missing synced notes
Z: undo the last trash operation; restores the trashed note or category to its original path (available until the next deletion or workspace switch)

ctrl+y: open the theme picker; hover over themes to preview them live across the whole UI; esc restores the original theme, enter saves the selection

Keybindings can be overridden in the [keys] section of the config file.

For end-to-end sync behavior, see the Sync guide.