Keyboard Shortcuts
Default shortcuts. Navigation, tab, split-view (except the ⌘+K chords), zoom, sidebar and help shortcuts are rebindable in Settings → Keyboard Shortcuts; Editor formatting keys belong to the note editor and are listed there read-only.
macOS uses ⌘; Windows / Linux use Ctrl for the same action. Ctrl+Tab always uses Ctrl on every platform.
Navigation, tab, split-view, vault and zoom shortcuts work while the cursor is in the note editor or a text field, too — they never type anything there. The exceptions are ⌘+B, which is Bold inside a note, and the ⌘+K chords, since ⌘+K opens search. A shortcut you rebind to a key without ⌘ / Ctrl stays out of text fields so it cannot eat what you type.
Navigation
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| New note | ⌘+N |
| Go to sidebar section | ⌘+1 … ⌘+6 |
| Open search | ⌘+K or ⌘+P |
| Open settings | ⌘+, |
| Switch vault | ⌘+⇧+O |
| Next / previous vault | ⌘+⌃+→ / ← |
Switch vault opens the vault switcher at the top of the sidebar panel from anywhere — if the sidebar is hidden it slides open for the duration, and Esc closes the switcher and puts the sidebar back without changing vaults. It opens on the vault you are in: ↓ and ↑ move through the list (wrapping at either end) and Enter switches to the highlighted vault, so a switch never needs the mouse. It works from anywhere, including while you are typing in a field or in the note editor.
Next / previous vault moves the sidebar to the neighbouring vault with the same slide as a trackpad swipe (Ctrl+Alt+arrow on Windows and Linux). The arrows follow the page layout, so in right-to-left languages the next vault is to the left. See Switching vaults.
Hold ⌘ (Ctrl on Windows / Linux) to reveal the section numbers on the sidebar icons, then press the number to jump — ⌘+1 opens Home, ⌘+2 Inbox, and so on. Numbers follow the sidebar's visible top-to-bottom order (Home is always 1), so they shift if you hide a section. This shortcut works everywhere, including inside the editor, and is fixed rather than rebindable.
Tabs
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| New tab | ⌘+T |
| Close tab | ⌘+W |
| Close all tabs | ⌘+⇧+W |
| Reopen closed tab | ⌘+⇧+T |
| Next tab | Ctrl+Tab |
| Previous tab | Ctrl+⇧+Tab |
| Pin / unpin tab | ⌘+⇧+P |
| Duplicate tab | ⌘+⇧+D |
Duplicate tab opens a second tab on the same note or page.
Reopen closed tab brings back the most recently closed tab at its original position and focus. Press it repeatedly to walk back through closed tabs, most recent first — it also recovers tabs closed in bulk by Close all tabs. The history is kept for the current session only.
Split View
Some commands use a chord — press ⌘+K, release, then press the next key.
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Split right | ⌘+\ |
| Split down | ⌘+⇧+\ |
| Close split pane | ⌘+⌥+W |
| Focus right pane | ⌘+K, then ⌘+→ |
| Focus left pane | ⌘+K, then ⌘+← |
| Focus pane above | ⌘+K, then ⌘+↑ |
| Focus pane below | ⌘+K, then ⌘+↓ |
| Toggle maximize pane | ⌘+K, then M |
| Reset split ratios | ⌘+K, then = |
A chord indicator briefly flashes when the prefix is active.
Editor
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Undo | ⌘+Z |
| Redo | ⇧+⌘+Z |
| Bold | ⌘+B |
| Italic | ⌘+I |
| Underline | ⌘+U |
| Strikethrough | ⌘+⇧+S |
| Inline code | ⌘+E |
| Insert wiki link | Type [[ |
| Open block menu | Type / |
| Indent block | Tab |
| Outdent block | ⇧+Tab |
| Find in page | ⌘+F |
Tab and ⇧+Tab act on every block in the selection, not only the one holding the cursor.
With the cursor inside a table cell:
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Next / previous cell | Tab / ⇧+Tab |
| Row and column actions | ⌘+⇧+Enter, ⇧+F10, or Context Menu |
The menu holds Delete row, Add row above / below, Delete column and Add column left / right, is named after the cell it acts on, and returns the cursor to that cell on Esc. See Editing notes.
View
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Toggle sidebar | ⌘+B |
| Show keyboard shortcuts dialog | ⌘+/ or ? |
| Zoom in | ⌘+= or ⌘++ |
| Zoom out | ⌘+- |
| Actual size | ⌘+0 |
⌘+B is shared on purpose: with the caret in a note it bolds the selection and nothing else, and everywhere else it toggles the sidebar. Rebind Toggle Sidebar if you would rather keep the two apart.
Memry remembers whether the sidebar is open. Close it and it stays closed when you switch vaults and when you next start the app, until you open it again.
The same shortcut reference opens from Help → Keyboard Shortcuts in the menu bar. It groups shortcuts into General, Tabs & Splits, Inbox, Journal, Notes / Editor, Tasks, and Settings sections so you can scan by workflow, and shows your own bindings once you have rebound any.
Help
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Open documentation online | F1 |
F1 opens docs.memrynote.com in your browser — the same page you reach from Help → Documentation in the menu bar. It works everywhere, including inside the editor. This is a fixed menu shortcut and isn't rebindable.
Inbox
When the inbox or a card has focus:
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Refresh | R |
| Open source URL | O |
| Archive | Delete or Backspace |
Notes Tree
When a row in the sidebar Collections tree has focus — click one, or open a row's context menu and dismiss it. The arrow keys then move between rows instead of scrolling the sidebar.
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Next / previous row | ↓ / ↑ |
| Open a folder, then step inside it | → |
| Close a folder, or go to its parent | ← |
| Delete selected (asks first) | Delete or Backspace |
| Open / close a folder and all below | ⌥+click the folder |
↓ and ↑ walk every visible row in order, in and out of open folders, and stop at the ends rather than wrapping. → opens a closed folder; press it again to move onto the first item inside. ← closes an open folder, and on anything already closed — a note, or a folder you just shut — it jumps out to the parent folder. Moving onto a note opens it, the same as clicking it.
While a row is renaming, the arrow keys move the text cursor instead.
Canvases
When a row in the sidebar Canvases tree has focus. Tab reaches the rows and their ⋯ menus; there is no arrow-key tree navigation.
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Rename | F2 |
| Delete (asks first) | Delete or Backspace |
| Clear the filter box | Esc |
F2 turns the row itself into a text field rather than opening a dialog: Enter commits the name, Esc abandons it, and clicking away commits it too.
Moving a canvas or folder has no shortcut — use Move to folder in the row menu. See Organizing Canvases.
Hint Mode
Hint mode overlays letter badges on interactive elements so you can act without the mouse.
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Activate hint mode | F or ⌥+F |
| Pick a target | Type the letters shown |
| Undo a keystroke | Backspace |
| Exit | Esc |
Badges are mnemonics built from each target's own name — its accessibility label, its visible text, or its tooltip, in that order. A target whose first letter is unique on screen gets that single letter (Inbox → I). When several targets share a first letter they get two characters: the shared letter plus the next distinct letter from that target's own text (Tags → TA, Tasks → TS). Anything with no usable letter to start from — an icon-only button, or a name that doesn't begin with A–Z — falls back to a sequential two-letter code (AA, AB, …), and those codes never reuse a letter that is already a badge on its own.
Typing is case-insensitive and matches from the start of a badge. Each keystroke narrows the badges in place, keys that match nothing are ignored, and Backspace takes back the last character you typed. The moment what you've typed is a complete badge, that element is clicked and focused and hint mode exits. Only the badge overlay repaints as you type, so hint mode stays responsive on screens with a lot of targets.
Tasks in Notes
When a task in a note is selected — click its row's empty space, or press Esc in its title — single keys open its property pickers: S status, P priority, ⇧+P project, D due date, ⇧+D start date, R repeat, H reminder, L tags, E description, ⇧+L related items. Enter edits the title and ⌘+Enter opens the task in Tasks. See Editing a Task From the Note.
Global Undo (Tasks)
⌘+Z undoes recent task changes within a 10-second window. Coverage includes status, priority, due date, deletion, and bulk actions.
Customizing
Open Settings → Keyboard Shortcuts, find a row, and click to capture a new binding. A rebind applies immediately — no restart — and the old chord stops working, including the one shown next to the matching menu-bar item. Conflicts are flagged inline. While a row is waiting for keys, the app's own shortcuts pause, so pressing ⌘+K to record it does not also open search. Reset All restores defaults; it's only visible if you've made changes.
Rebinds are saved per vault: switching vaults switches to that vault's bindings.
The ⌘++ alias for zoom in only applies while Zoom In keeps its default binding. ⌘+P always opens search, whatever Search is bound to.
Editor formatting rows (Bold, Italic, Underline, Strikethrough, Inline code) are shown for reference and cannot be reassigned: the note editor owns those keys.
You can also set a Global Capture hotkey there to open quick capture from any app. It needs no extra system permission.