Keyboard Shortcuts
Default shortcuts. Every entry in the Navigation, Tabs, Editor, and View categories is rebindable in Settings → Keyboard Shortcuts.
macOS uses ⌘; Windows / Linux use Ctrl for the same action. Ctrl+Tab always uses Ctrl on every platform.
Navigation
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| New note | ⌘+N |
| New task | ⌘+⇧+T |
| Go to Inbox | ⌘+⇧+I |
| Go to Notes | ⌘+⇧+E |
| Go to Tasks | ⌘+⇧+K |
| Go to sidebar section | ⌘+1 … ⌘+6 |
| Open search | ⌘+F |
| Open settings | ⌘+, |
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 |
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 |
| Save (manual flush) | ⌘+S |
| Bold | ⌘+B |
| Italic | ⌘+I |
| Underline | ⌘+U |
| Insert wiki link | Type [[ |
| Open block menu | Type / |
| Find in page | ⌘+F |
View
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Toggle sidebar | ⌘+B |
| Show keyboard shortcuts dialog | ⌘+/ or ? |
The same shortcut reference opens from the question-mark button in the sidebar footer. It groups shortcuts into General, Tabs & Splits, Inbox, Journal, Notes / Editor, Tasks, and Settings sections so you can scan by workflow.
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 |
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.
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. Conflicts are flagged inline. Reset All restores defaults; it's only visible if you've made changes.
You can also set a Global Capture hotkey there to bring memrynote to focus from any app (macOS requires Accessibility permission).