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link📍 Navigation
Shortcuts for moving between notes and linking to notes.
linkQuick Open
Navigate by note titles, recent notes, or tag hierarchy. More on Quick Open here: How do I use Quick Open navigation?.
Windows/Linux | macOS | Function |
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| Opens and closes the Quick Open menu |
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| Cycles through visible results |
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| Opens the result as the main note |
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| Opens the result in the Peek Viewer: Sidebar for multi-note viewing |
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| Switches between Note Lookup and Task Lookup |
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| In Task Lookup, shows possible task actions |
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| Close the Quick Open menu |
linkOpen Peek Viewer
Check out the Peek Viewer: Sidebar for multi-note viewing.
LINUX/WINDOWS Ctrl-J MAC Cmd-J
linkOpen a note inside the Peek Viewer
LINUX/WINDOWS Ctrl-Click on a note or note link Ctrl-Enter when in Quick Open MAC Cmd-Click on a note or note link Cmd-Enter when in Quick Open
Notes can also be dragged from the note list and into the Peek Viewer pane.
linkCreate a new note
LINUX/WINDOWS Ctrl-Alt-N MAC Cmd-Alt-N
linkVisit link at cursor
LINUX/WINDOWS Ctrl-Shift-. (think Ctrl->) Ctrl-Space MAC Cmd-Shift-. (think Cmd->) Ctrl-Space
linkReturn to the previous note
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🔗 Note linking
Create a new or link to an existing note Demo
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
LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS Shift-Ctrl-[ (aka Ctrl-{) Available when text is selected
Link to a new or existing note
TEXT [[Hello world note]] [[deeply nested/tag hierarchy/Cool new note title]] [[personal/memories/holidays/December 25, 2020]]
link🖥️ Display & Layout
Increase or decrease the number of panes shown
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.
Most task-related operations can be achieved Using the Keyboard-driven ! Task Commands Menu.
linkCreate a task
LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS [] <-- Start a line with empty brackets followed by space to create a task :-)
Alternately, you can press Ctrl-Enter twice on any block. The first press will transform your current block into a bullet list item; the second press will transform it into a task:
LINUX, MAC, & WINDOWS Ctrl-Enter MAC Cmd-Enter
linkMark task complete
Read about task completion: Creating tasks & to-do lists, and configuring task options#✅ Completing tasks.
LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS Ctrl-Space or !complete
linkDismiss task
Read about task dismissal: Creating tasks & to-do lists, and configuring task options#✏️ Dismissing tasks.
LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS Alt-Shift-Space or !dismiss
Tasks can also be dismissed by holding Alt
and clicking the task's checkbox.
linkCross out task
Read about crossing out tasks: Creating tasks & to-do lists, and configuring task options#☑️ Crossing out tasks.
LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS Shift-Ctrl-Space or !cross-out
Tasks can also be crossed out by holding Shift
and clicking the task's checkbox.
linkOpen/close Task Details
LINUX/WINDOWS Ctrl-. MAC Cmd-. TAB to navigate between fields SPACE to select
linkMark task Urgent
LINUX/WINDOWS Alt-Shift-U MAC Ctrl-U LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS !urgent
Alternately, tasks can be marked "Urgent" Using the Keyboard-driven ! Task Commands Menu
linkMark task Important
LINUX/WINDOWS Alt-Shift-I MAC Ctrl-I LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS !important
Alternately, tasks can be marked "Important" Using the Keyboard-driven ! Task Commands Menu
linkMark task duration
LINUX/WINDOWS Alt-Shift-[First number] MAC Ctrl-[First number] LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS !duration
Alternately, task duration can be designated Using the Keyboard-driven ! Task Commands Menu
linkCreate a new line in a task
LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS Shift-Enter
linkPaste into a task
LINUX/WINDOWS Ctrl-Shift-V MAC Cmd-Shift-V
linkExpand or collapse sub-tasks
LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS Ctrl-,
Works when cursor resides within the parent task.
link🔮 Evaluation (calculator)
Amplenote can evaluate various quantities via the following text incantations.
Make sure to type the closing }
bracket manually in order to trigger the evaluation of the expression inside.
Math calculation, e.g., 2 314.15
{1+1} {pi*10**2}
linkDate and time calculation
💡 Quick tip: date and time calculation works in the Ctrl-O
Quick-open menu too! Try it out or read more at How do I use Quick Open navigation?#Jump to a Daily Jot using date expansion.
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}
Date and time calculation
{Today at 8pm} {Tomorrow at 10:45} {Tuesday 22:00} {Mar 12 8am}
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.
linkRich Footnotes
LINUX/WINDOWS Ctrl-K MAC Cmd-K TEXT [Link](https://www.amplenote.com)
Ctrl-K
when no text is selected will bring up an extended Rich Footnote menu, where you can also type in the footnote text, like so.
Pressing Ctrl-K
after selecting text will jump directly to the link menu, where you can insert a link to a web page or another note.
To remove a footnote, press Ctrl-K
with the cursor positioned on the footnote's text.
Jump in or out of Rich Footnotes
LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS Tab
Tab
is the quickest way to start editing a Rich Footnote. When your cursor is over a Footnote's text, Tab
enters the RF editor for you. When your cursor is inside the RF, Tab
saves the changes you made to the RF and minimizes it for you.
linkOther text formatting
Emoji 😄 🐶 🏀🎉
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
See also the ✅ Tasks section above.
Highlighted text
TEXT ^highlighted text^
Bullet list
Bullet
Bullet
Bullet
TEXT * text - text LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS Ctrl-Enter Tab to indent, Shift-Tab to outdent Shift-Ctrl-Up and Shift-Ctrl-Down to move items up or down in a list
Expand or collapse list items (bullet, numeric or task)
LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS Ctrl-,
Works when your cursor is in a task, bullet, or numeric list item with sub-bullets underneath it.
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 so it goes
Block Quote
LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS Shift-Ctrl-> TEXT > text
Code Snippet
LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS Ctrl-` TEXT `text`
Code Block
LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS Shift-Ctrl-\ TEXT ``` text ```
Strikethrough text
TEXT ~Strikethrough text~
Undo
LINUX/WINDOWS Ctrl-Z MAC Cmd-Z ⌘z
Redo
LINUX/WINDOWS Shift-Ctrl-Z MAC Shift-Cmd-Z ⇧⌘z
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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
Convert header to standard paragraph
LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS Shift-Ctrl-0
Horizontal Line
LINUX & WINDOWS Shift+Ctrl+- MAC Shift+Cmd+- TEXT ---
linkCreate a hard break/new line inside the current block
LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS Shift-Enter
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
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And here's an example of a task with rich footnote