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Note navigation

  • UP, DOWN - go up/down in the list of notes
  • LEFT, RIGHT - collapse/expand node
  • , - go back / forwards in the history
  • - show "Jump to" dialog
  • - scroll to active note
  • Backspace - jump to parent note
  • - collapse whole note tree
  • - collapse sub-tree

Tab shortcuts

  • CTRL+click (or middle mouse click) on note link opens note in a new tab
Only in desktop (electron build):
  • open empty tab
  • close active tab
  • activate next tab
  • activate previous tab

Creating notes

  • - create new note after the active note
  • - create new sub-note into active note
  • - edit prefix of active note clone

Moving / cloning notes

  • , - move note up/down in the note list
  • , - move note up in the hierarchy
  • , - multi-select note above/below
  • - select all notes in the current level
  • Shift+click - select note
  • - copy active note (or current selection) into clipboard (used for cloning)
  • - cut current (or current selection) note into clipboard (used for moving notes)
  • - paste note(s) as sub-note into active note (which is either move or clone depending on whether it was copied or cut into clipboard)
  • - delete note / sub-tree

Editing notes

  • in tree pane will switch from tree pane into note title. Enter from note title will switch focus to text editor. will switch back from editor to tree pane.
  • Ctrl+K - create / edit external link
  • - create internal link
  • - insert current date and time at caret position
  • - jump away to the tree pane and scroll to active note

Markdown-like autoformatting

  • #, ##, ### etc. followed by space for headings
  • * or - followed by space for bullet list
  • 1. or 1) followed by space for numbered list
  • start a line with > followed by space for block quote

Troubleshooting

  • - reload Trilium frontend
  • - show developer tools
  • - show SQL console

Other

  • - Zen mode - display only note editor, everything else is hidden
  • - toggle search form in tree pane
  • - in page search