Note navigation

• UP/DOWN - go up/down in the list of notes
• LEFT/RIGHT - collapse/expand node
• ALT+LEFT/RIGHT - go back / forwards in the history
• CTRL+J - show "Jump to" dialog
• CTRL+. - scroll to active note
• BACKSPACE - jumps to parent note
• ALT+C - collapse whole note tree
• ALT+- (alt with minus sign) - 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):

• CTRL+T opens empty tab
• CTRL+W closes active tab
• CTRL+Tab activates next tab
• CTRL+Shift+Tab activates previous tab

Creating notes

• CTRL+O - creates new note after the active note
• CTRL+P - creates new sub-note into active note
• F2 - edit prefix of active note clone

Moving / cloning notes

• CTRL+UP/DOWN - move note up/down in the note list
• CTRL+LEFT/RIGHT - move note up in the hierarchy
• SHIFT+UP/DOWN - multi-select note above/below
• CTRL+A - select all notes in the current level
• CTRL+click - select note
• CTRL+C - copies active note (or current selection) into clipboard (used for cloning)
• CTRL+X - cuts current (or current selection) note into clipboard (used for moving notes)
• CTRL+V - pastes note(s) as sub-note into active note (which is either move or clone depending on whether it was copied or cut into clipboard)
• DEL - delete note / sub-tree

Editing notes

• ENTER in tree pane switches from tree pane into note title. Enter from note title switches focus to text editor. CTRL+. switches back from editor to tree pane.
• CTRL+K - create / edit external link
• CTRL+L - create internal link
• ALT+T - inserts current date and time at caret position
• CTRL+. - 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

• F5 or CTRL-R - reloads Trilium frontend
• CTRL+SHIFT+I - show developer tools
• ALT+O - show SQL console

Other

• ALT+M - distraction-free mode - display only note editor, everything else is hidden
• CTRL+S - toggle search form in tree pane
• CTRL+F - in page search
• ALT+A - show note attributes dialog