Properties & Tags

Add structured metadata to notes with custom properties and free-form tags.

Use Add property or Add tag above the note title to attach metadata before you start writing.

Tags Row

A row under the title shows the note's free-form labels.

• Click the tag area to add a tag
• Comma or space confirms
• Tags are global — the same tag on two notes is the same tag

Tags appear in the sidebar Tags section. Click any tag to drill into a list of notes that share it.

Renaming or Deleting Tags

Manage tags globally from Settings → Tags. Renames apply across every note instantly.

Tag Icons

Give any tag a custom icon to tell it apart at a glance. In Settings → Tags, click the icon next to a tag name and pick an emoji or icon (or clear it to fall back to the default). The icon is stored on the tag and syncs across your devices.

You can also set a tag's icon straight from the sidebar: drill into a tag and click the chip in its detail header. Once set, the icon shows everywhere the tag appears — the sidebar tag list, the tag chips on a note or journal entry, and inline #tags in the editor.

Properties Panel

A collapsible section under the title for structured metadata. Properties are typed and reusable.

Property Types

Type	Use for	Example
Text	Free-form short strings	"Author"
Number	Numeric values	"Pages"
Date	Dates and date ranges	"Started", "Due"
Select	One value from a defined set	"Status: Draft / Live"
Multi-select	Many values from a defined set	"Topics: Coding, Health"
Checkbox	Boolean	"Archived"
Status	Workflow stage with color	"Todo / In progress / Done"

Defining Properties

Open Settings → Properties to create, rename, recolor, or reorder property definitions and their options.

A property definition is reused across every note that adopts it — adding a Topics multi-select once means every note has access to the same vocabulary.

Adding a Property to a Note

In the property panel, click Add property and pick from the list. Set the value inline.

Showing Dates on the Calendar

A Date property can surface its value on the calendar. On a date property's row, click the calendar icon to turn on Show on calendar — the icon stays tinted while it's on, so you can see the state at a glance. The note then appears as an all-day chip on that date, and clicking the chip opens the note. The setting is vault-wide per property name and syncs across your devices.

Tags vs Properties — When to Use Which

Need	Use
Quick free-form labels you don't pre-define	Tags
A controlled vocabulary across many notes	Multi-select property
A single workflow state per note	Status property
A date or numeric value	Typed property

Tags are zero-cost and discoverable. Properties are structured and great for filtering Folder View.

Filtering and Discovery

• Sidebar tag list — click any tag for a tag detail view
• Folder view columns — show any property as a sortable column
• Search palette — type #tag to filter results by tag

Where Tags Show Up

• Tags row on each note
• Sidebar Tags section (alphabetical, with usage counts)
• Wiki link autocomplete ([[#tag]])
• Search (#tag filter)

Storage

Tags and property values live in the data DB. Tag indexes and link graphs are mirrored into the index DB for fast lookups.