The ⌘K palette

The palette finds a note, a supertag or a command from a few letters of its name. Use it when you know what you want and do not want to hunt for it in the outline.

Open: ⌘K, or Note ▸ Find or Open Note…
Commands only: Type > first, then the command's name
Open the choice: Return or double-click. ⌘Return opens it beside the page
Close: Esc returns you to where you were

Find a note

Press ⌘K and type. The list shows the notes, supertags and commands whose names match. Matching ignores case and accents, so istanbul finds “İstanbul”.

The palette open over a workspace, with the text tide typed in. Matching notes are listed under Notes, each with its location below its name. — Each note shows the path that leads to it, so two notes with the same name are easy to tell apart.

Each note shows the path that leads to it, so two notes with the same name are easy to tell apart.

[[⌘K]]: Open the palette
[[↑]][[↓]]: Move between the rows
[[Return]]: Open the selected note, supertag or command
[[⌘Return]]: Open the selected note beside the page
[[Esc]]: Close the palette and return to the caret

Exact titles come first, then titles that start with the text, then titles that contain it. Three or more letters also match letters in order when nothing else does, so tdwtch can find “Tidewatch 2.0”. The list shows up to 50 notes for one search.

Start from recent pages or open beside

With the field empty, the palette lists your two most recent pages under Recent, then the commands. Choose one of them or type to search.

⌘ReturnThe page you were on stays open on the left.

Run a command from the palette

Type > to list only commands. Every command you can use at that moment is listed with its shortcut. Insert commands are marked Insert command, so Heading 1 and Mark as done appear here too. A command runs on the focused note.

The palette with >mark typed in the search field. Three commands are listed: two named Mark as done and one named Mark as not done. — Type after the `>` to narrow the list. The footer names the keys that work here.

Type after the `>` to narrow the list. The footer names the keys that work here.

Narrow the search to a supertag or a note

Type # and the start of a supertag's name. The palette offers Scope to supertag rows. Choose one and it becomes a chip, such as #Project ×. Only notes with that supertag, or a supertag that extends it, are then listed. Backspace in an empty field removes the last chip.

ReturnA chip narrows the results. Remove it with Backspace in an empty field.

The Within note button at the trailing end of the scope row limits results to one note. Its menu offers Anywhere (the default), This page, notes you searched within before, and Choose note…. Press ⌥↓ to open the menu from the keyboard. When the palette opens over a page, This page names that page.

Create a note from the palette

When no note has exactly the text you typed, a row reads “Create ‘your text’ in ‹page›”, where the page is the one you are on. Choosing it opens a draft under that page, prefilled with the text. Nothing is written until you type in the draft. An untouched draft is removed when you leave it.

The palette with a search for a title that matches no note. The first row reads Create with the typed title, in the page Tidewatch 2.0. — The page in the row's text is where the note will go.

The page in the row's text is where the note will go.

With a supertag scope on, the row reads “Create ‘your text’ in Inbox with #Project”, and the note is made in the Inbox with those supertags. The row is not offered under Within note, on a built-in page, on a supertag or field page, or in a read-only workspace.

Combine it

Limits

Trash and the built-in pages (Inbox, Journal, Trash and Schema) are not listed as results. Open the Inbox from the Go menu or the sidebar.
Notes in Trash are not listed. Restore them from the Trash page first.
A workspace that is open read-only offers no Create row.