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Note navigation

  • UP, DOWN - go up/down in the list of notes
  • LEFT, RIGHT - collapse/expand node
  • not set, not set - go back / forwards in the history
  • not set - show "Jump to" dialog
  • not set - scroll to active note
  • Backspace - jump to parent note
  • not set - collapse whole note tree
  • not set - 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):
  • not set open empty tab
  • not set close active tab
  • not set activate next tab
  • not set activate previous tab

Creating notes

  • not set - create new note after the active note
  • not set - create new sub-note into active note
  • not set - edit prefix of active note clone

Moving / cloning notes

  • not set, not set - move note up/down in the note list
  • not set, not set - move note up in the hierarchy
  • not set, not set - multi-select note above/below
  • not set - select all notes in the current level
  • Shift+click - select note
  • not set - copy active note (or current selection) into clipboard (used for cloning)
  • not set - cut current (or current selection) note into clipboard (used for moving notes)
  • not set - 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)
  • not set - delete note / sub-tree

Editing notes

  • not set in tree pane will switch from tree pane into note title. Enter from note title will switch focus to text editor. not set will switch back from editor to tree pane.
  • Ctrl+K - create / edit external link
  • not set - create internal link
  • not set - follow link under cursor
  • not set - insert current date and time at caret position
  • not set - 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

  • not set - reload Trilium frontend
  • not set - show developer tools
  • not set - show SQL console

Other

  • not set - focus on quick search input
  • not set - in page search