Using the app
Shortcuts and the command palette
Common tasks have a key of their own. If you cannot remember one, press ? for the list, and if you would rather find a command by name, open the command palette.
The command palette
Press ⌘/Ctrl ⇧ K to open the command palette. Type part of a name and only the matching commands stay.
- Type a command Type a command's name. Choose with the up and down arrows, run with Enter, and close with Escape.
- Chosen command The command Enter runs. Clicking a row runs it too.
- Key and place The command's shortcut, or the place it opens.
The commands are go to Home, go to View, go to Search, new document, new node, add data, share a pack and open settings. In a web browser the browser may take ⌘/Ctrl N first, so pick New document and New node from the palette there.
Shortcuts
While the cursor is in a text field or the document editor, the keys below type as letters instead of acting as shortcuts. ⌘/Ctrl K, ⌘/Ctrl N and Esc still work then.
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| 1 · 2 · 3 | Go to the document home (1), the graph (2) or the Search screen (3) |
| ⌘/Ctrl K | Put the cursor in the search bar |
| ⌘/Ctrl ⇧ K | Open the command palette |
| ⌘/Ctrl N | New document |
| ⌘/Ctrl ⇧ N | New node |
| F | Fit the View to the screen |
| Esc | Step back: closes the node card, then the display settings, then the node detail, then goes back one step in the View |
| ? | Show the shortcut list |
Press ? to open this list inside the app as well.
- Keyboard The shortcut list inside the app. Close it with ✕ or Escape.
- Command palette Each row shows its key on the right.
While editing
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| ⌘/Ctrl S | In the document editor: save now. It also saves as you type. |
| / | In the document editor: on an empty line, opens the block menu. |
| [[ | In the document editor: after [[, type a few letters and pick a node with that name to mention it. |
| Enter | In the new node sheet: create the node. |
| ⌘/Ctrl Enter | In the new node sheet: create the node and open it. |
| ⌘/Ctrl + click | On the filter button at the end of a topic row in the sidebar: add the topic to the ones picked instead of switching to it. |
The mouse in the View
| Action | What it does |
|---|---|
| Drag | Rotate the 3D View. In 2D, move it. |
| Wheel | Zoom in and out. |
| Right-drag | Move the View. |
| Alt + drag | Drag from one node onto another to link them. Use Option on a Mac. The relation picker opens when you let go. |
| ⇧ + drag | In 3D, select an area and share it as a pack. |
| Right-click a node | Open, share from here, or delete. |