Keyboard Shortcuts

Use shortcuts to navigate and edit notes quickly across Notely.

Global & Navigation

Action	Shortcut	Scope / Notes
Open Command Palette	Ctrl/Cmd + K	Global
Open Global Search	Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + F	Global
Open Keyboard Shortcuts	Ctrl/Cmd + /	Global
Open Help Center	F1	Global
Open Markdown Guide	Ctrl/Cmd + M	Global
Open Workspace	Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + N	Workspace
Open Workspace Activity	Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + A	Workspace
Open Workspace Graph	Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + G	Workspace
Open P2P Status	Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + P	Sync
Switch to Next Tab	Ctrl + Tab	Editor
Switch to Previous Tab	Ctrl + Shift + Tab	Editor

Note Editor

Action	Shortcut	Scope / Notes
Create New Note	Ctrl/Cmd + N	Notes
Save Current Note	Ctrl/Cmd + S	Editor
Rename Current Note	F2	Editor
Move Note to Removed	Ctrl/Cmd + Delete	Editor
Reload Current Note from Disk	Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + R	Editor
Back to Notes / Close Dialog	Esc	Editor / Dialogs
Undo	Ctrl/Cmd + Z	Editor
Redo	Ctrl/Cmd + Y or Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + Z	Editor
Toggle Split Preview	Ctrl/Cmd + \	Editor
Switch to Edit Mode	Ctrl/Cmd + 1	Editor
Switch to Split Mode	Ctrl/Cmd + 2	Editor
Switch to Preview Mode	Ctrl/Cmd + 3	Editor
Toggle Focus Mode	Ctrl/Cmd + Alt + F	Editor
Toggle Outline Panel	Ctrl/Cmd + Alt + L	Editor
Open Reference Note	Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + K	Editor
Insert Reference Link	Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + L	Editor

Search & Find Panel

Action	Shortcut	Scope / Notes
Find in Current Note	Ctrl/Cmd + F	Editor
Find and Replace in Current Note	Ctrl/Cmd + H	Editor (Non-macOS menu accelerator)
Next Find Match	Enter	Find Panel
Previous Find Match	Shift + Enter	Find Panel

AI & Features

Action	Shortcut	Scope / Notes
Open AI Palette	Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + I	AI (Document screens)
Open Downloads & Export History	Ctrl/Cmd + J	Global
Open AI Settings	Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + ,	AI

View, Media & Tools

Action	Shortcut	Scope / Notes
Open Versions / History	Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + H	Editor
Export PDF	Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + E	Editor
Open Note in VS Code	Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + O	Editor
Open Website View	Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + W	Editor
Capture Screen Area (Windows)	Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + S	Media
Zoom In / Out / Reset	Ctrl/Cmd + = / - / 0	View
Open Preview Context Menu	Shift + F10 / ContextMenu	Preview
Image Zoom In / Out / Reset	+ / - / 1 or 0	Media Preview
Landing Tile / Table View	Ctrl/Cmd + 1 / 2	Landing View
Landing Comfortable / Compact Density	Ctrl/Cmd + 3 / 4	Landing View