Most, but not all, of the keyboard shortcuts on Amplenote can be found by hovering on the icon. We will highlight under-documented shortcuts or markdown that aren't exposed anywhere in the UX as of August 2020.
link📍 Navigation
Shortcuts for moving between notes and linking to notes.
Quick Open: Navigate by note titles, recent notes, or tag hierarchy
LINUX/WINDOWS
Ctrl-O
MAC
Cmd-O ⌘o
Tab or up/down arrows to navigate menu
Enter/return to select
Esc to close
Visit link at cursor. Under-documented
LINUX/WINDOWS
Ctrl-Shift-. (think Ctrl->)
Ctrl-Space
MAC
Cmd-Shift-. (think Cmd->)
Ctrl-Space
Return to the previous note. Under-documented
LINUX/WINDOWS
Ctrl-Shift-, (think Ctrl-<)
MAC
Cmd-Shift-, (think Cmd-<)
In most cases, you can also use your browser's "back" shortcut, which tends to be
LINUX/WINDOWS
Alt-Left arrow
MAC
Cmd-[
link
Create a new or link to an existing note Demo. Under-documented
LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
Ctrl-[ or [
Available when text is selected
Create or link to an existing note, transferring all the tags from the current note. Read more or see demo. Under-documented
LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
Shift-Ctrl-[ (aka Ctrl-{)
Available when text is selected
LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
[[Note title inside double brackets links to a note with this title if it exists, or creates a new note with this title if not]]
link🖥️ Display & Layout
Cycle through displayed panels
LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
Alt-[ and Alt-]
link✅ Tasks
All of the following shortcuts apply when the cursor is inside a task. The easiest way to remember most of the Task Context shortcuts is that the first letter/number of the task context, plus Alt-Shift on Linux/Windows or Ctrl on macOS. We'll run down each of those individually below, but just think of them as the first letter/number.
Create a task
LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
[] <-- Start a line with empty brackets followed by space to create a task :-)
Mark task complete
LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
Ctrl-Space
Dismiss task Under-documented
LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
Shift-Ctrl-Space
Open/close Task Context (and then use Tab key to navigate between fields, Space to select)
LINUX/WINDOWS
Ctrl-.
MAC
Cmd-.
LINUX/WINDOWS
Alt-Shift-U
MAC
Ctrl-U
LINUX/WINDOWS
Alt-Shift-I
MAC
Ctrl-I
Mark task duration as 15, 30, 60, or 90+ minutes
LINUX/WINDOWS
Alt-Shift-[First number]
MAC
Ctrl-[First number]
Create a new line in a task Under-documented
LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
Ctrl-Enter
LINUX/WINDOWS
Ctrl-Shift-V
MAC
Cmd-Shift-V
link🔮 Evaluation (calculator)
Amplenote can evaluate various quantities via the following text incantations.
Math calculation, e.g., 2 314.15 Under-documented
{1+1}
{pi*10**2}
linkDate and time calculation Under-documented
Relative date calculation:
{Today}
{Tomorrow}
{Yesterday}
{Monday}
{The weekend}
{September}
{October 31st}
{Oct 31}
{Next monday}
{Last week}
{Next year}
{In 14 days}
{A month ago}
{Now}
{10 minutes ago}
{In three hours}
{9 pm}
{21:30}
link🎨 Formatting
Most of these are available via the formatting toolbar when viewing note content. We've sorted roughly in order of how often they come in handy.
LINUX/WINDOWS
Ctrl-K
MAC
Cmd-K
TEXT
[Link](https://www.amplenote.com)
Create a new note (optionally in a tag) Under-documented
TEXT
[[Hello world note]]
[[deeply nested/tag hierarchy/Cool new note title]]
[[personal/memories/holidays/December 25, 2020]]
Emoji 😄 🐶 🏀🎉 Under-documented
TEXT
:emoji-name:
Task List
Do this
Do that
Do the other thing
TEXT
[ ] Do this
Tab to indent, Shift-Tab to outdent
Ctrl-. or Cmd-. (⌘.) to expand Task Detail panel
Shift-Ctrl-Up and Shift-Ctrl-Down to move tasks up or down in a list
Highlighted text Under-documented
TEXT
^highlighted text^
Bullet list
Bullet
Bullet
Bullet
TEXT
* text
- text
Tab to indent, Shift-Tab to outdent
Shift-Ctrl-Up and Shift-Ctrl-Down to move items up or down in a list
Numbered list
Item
Item
Item
TEXT
1. text
Tab to indent, Shift-Tab to outdent
Shift-Ctrl-Up and Shift-Ctrl-Down to move items up or down in a list
Note that ordered lists can begin with numbers other than 1
Type in any number
The list continues
And continues
Block Quote
LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
Shift-Ctrl->
TEXT
> text
Code Snippet
LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
Shift-Ctrl-`
TEXT
`text`
Code Block
LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
Shift-Ctrl-\
TEXT
```
text
```
Strikethrough text Under-documented
TEXT
~Strikethrough text~
Undo
LINUX/WINDOWS
Ctrl-Z
MAC
Cmd-Z ⌘z
Redo
LINUX/WINDOWS
Shift-Ctrl-Z
MAC
Shift-Cmd-Z ⇧⌘z
link
Bold Text
LINUX/WINDOWS
Ctrl-B
MAC
Cmd-B ⌘b
TEXT
*text*
Italic Text
LINUX/WINDOWS
Ctrl-I
MAC
Cmd-I ⌘i
TEXT
_text_
linkHeader 1
LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
Shift-Ctrl-1
TEXT
# text
linkHeader 2
LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
Shift-Ctrl-2
TEXT
## text
linkHeader 3
LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
Shift-Ctrl-3
TEXT
### text
Standard text
LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
Shift-Ctrl-0
Horizontal Line Under-documented
TEXT
---
link🤼 Mix and match
Note that you can combine inline styling (bold, italic, strikethrough, code snippets, and links/rich footnotes) to block elements (headers, list items, and block quotes).
linkHere's an example of inline styling applied
to a block element
link
And here's an example of a task with rich footnote
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