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Keyboard shortcuts

The table shows the currently configured shortcuts. They can be changed in the settings (File → Settings).

Keys Effect
Ctrl+N Open new Untitled tab
Ctrl+O Open file
Ctrl+T Open a file in the area by typing part of its name
Ctrl+Alt+Page Down Open the next chapter of the book (reading order of the table of contents)
Ctrl+Alt+Page Up Open the previous chapter of the book (reading order of the table of contents)
Ctrl+W Close active tab
Ctrl+S Save active tab
Ctrl+Shift+S Save As
Ctrl+P Print the active tab
Ctrl+Shift+P Export the active tab as PDF
Ctrl+, Open Settings
Ctrl+E Toggle edit mode
Ctrl+Shift+D Insert the current timestamp at the cursor position (in edit mode)
Ctrl+Alt+T Open the date/time picker and insert date plus time at the cursor position (in edit mode)
Ctrl+Alt+D Open the date picker and insert only the date at the cursor position (in edit mode)
Ctrl+Alt+U Open the time picker and insert only the time at the cursor position (in edit mode)
Ctrl+Alt+A Opens the task dialog: edits the task line under the cursor or creates a new task on an empty line.
Ctrl+Alt+R Set or change the reminder marker on the task line
Ctrl+1 / Ctrl+2 / Ctrl+3 Switch view: Rendered, Split, Source
Ctrl+4 Switch to Live mode
Ctrl+5 Shows a document’s headings and lists as a mind map. Body text appears as a note on the node. Branches can be collapsed, the canvas zoomed and panned; clicking a node jumps to that place in the document.
Ctrl+6 Shows a document’s canvas: cards with their own text are placed freely on the surface and joined by lines — directed, directed at both ends or without an arrow head, optionally in one of eight colours and with a label. Card text is rendered Markdown; if it does not fit, the card scrolls, and it never grows by itself. Cards are created by double-clicking the surface, through its context menu or through a command; connections are drawn from the connection handles of a selected card. Position, size, text, direction, colour and connection sides can be changed, and every action is exactly one undo step; in plain display mode the surface is view-only. It is the only view mode that depends on the document: without a surface, button and menu entry stay visibly disabled. If a document holds several surfaces, one tab per surface above the surface leads to each of them. Outside the canvas view the surface appears as a block with kind, size and a preview of the card texts. The surface can be panned, zoomed and fitted to its contents; details on the manual page ‘Canvas surface’.
Ctrl++ / Ctrl+- / Ctrl+0 Zoom in, zoom out, reset to 100 %
Ctrl+Shift+F Toggle focus mode
Ctrl+Shift+I Show/hide table-of-contents sidebar in the active column
Ctrl+Shift+O Show/hide outgoing-links sidebar in the active column
Ctrl+Shift+B Show/hide backlinks sidebar in the active column
Ctrl+D Bookmark the active file
Ctrl+Shift+L Show/hide bookmarks sidebar in the active column
Ctrl+; Show/hide properties sidebar in the active column
Ctrl+Shift+T Show/hide tags sidebar in the active column
Ctrl+Shift+[ Fold heading or block region at cursor
Ctrl+Shift+] Unfold region at cursor
Ctrl+Alt+[ / Ctrl+Alt+] Fold or unfold all regions
Ctrl+B Make selection bold
Ctrl+I Make selection italic
Alt+↑ / Alt+↓ Move a list item with its sub-items up or down; outside lists, the single line
Ctrl+Tab / Ctrl+Shift+Tab Switch to next / previous tab
Ctrl+Alt+→ / Ctrl+Alt+← Move active tab to the other column
Ctrl+F Open search
Ctrl+H Search and replace (in edit mode)
F3 / Shift+F3 Next / previous match
F1 Open the manual
Ctrl+K Open the command palette
Ctrl+Mouse wheel Zoom in/out via mouse wheel
Tab / Shift+Tab Indent or outdent list item; in pipe tables: next / previous cell
Middle click Close tab (click on the tab)
Enter / Shift+Enter Next / previous match (in the search bar)
Shift+Enter / Alt+Enter Replace all (in the replace field of the search bar)
Esc Close search, menu, or dialog
Alt Activate menu bar