Glossary
The words Superliner uses in its menus, panels and these docs, with what each one means and where to read more.
- Groups
- Notes and pages, writing, supertags and fields, views, and finding and capturing
- Words in menus
- The menus and panels use the same words as this list
Notes and pages
| Term | What it means | Read more |
|---|---|---|
| Note | Any item in an outline. A note has text, and it can have notes under it. | Core ideas |
| Page | A note opened full-width, with its notes below its title. | Pages and history |
| Breadcrumbs | The row above a page's title that shows where the page sits. Click a part of it to go there. | Pages and history |
| Reference | Another place where the same note appears. Editing either place edits the one note. | References |
| Trash | Deleted notes. They stay recoverable until you remove them for good. | Undo and Trash |
| Pane | One of the two side-by-side areas of a window. Each pane has its own page and history. | Panes and windows |
| Open Beside | Shows a second pane next to the page you are reading. | Panes and windows |
| Workspace | One set of notes, kept in one folder, with its own settings, saved searches and history. | Workspaces |
| Inbox | The place to start writing. New notes go here when the page you are on cannot take them. | Your first ten minutes |
| Today | The page for today's date. It is a day page, filed under the Journal. | Today and the Journal |
| Journal | The page that holds your day and week pages. | Today and the Journal |
| Status line | The line at the foot of the sidebar that says Saved, Saving… or Couldn't save. | Saving and recovery |
Writing and structure
| Term | What it means | Read more |
|---|---|---|
| Checkbox | A box on a note, which makes the note a to-do. A checked note is struck through. | Checkboxes and to-dos |
| Code block | A note whose text is code, in a monospaced face and coloured by language. | Code blocks |
| Table (in a note) | A grid of rows and columns under a note's text. It belongs to that one note. | Tables inside a note |
| Quote | A note set apart with a bar at its left. Its text is ordinary text. | Headings, quotes, dividers and lists |
| Divider | A note that draws a horizontal rule and holds no text. | Headings, quotes, dividers and lists |
| Numbered list | The child notes of one note, shown as 1, 2, 3 in their order. The numbers are not stored. | Headings, quotes, dividers and lists |
| Insert command | An entry in the list that opens at the caret when you type /, \ or two backticks. It inserts text, changes the note or acts on its notes. | Insert commands |
| Keep as plain text | The footer button of the Insert command list. It keeps what you typed and closes the list for that opener. | Insert commands |
| Unlinked mention | Text in another note that names a page without linking to it. | Related content |
Supertags, fields and automation
| Term | What it means | Read more |
|---|---|---|
| Supertag | A tag that says what a note is, such as a task or a person. A note can carry several. | Supertags |
| Field | A named value on a note, such as Due or Status. It says what the note has. | Fields |
| Default value | A supertag's starting value for one of its fields. It is copied once, when the supertag is applied. | Defaults and required fields |
| Placement | Where a field shows on a note: Pinned, Default, Optional or Hidden. | Where a field shows |
| Needs review | A stored value that no longer fits its field's type. The row offers Fix. | Fields |
| Changed elsewhere | The note or supertag changed while a form was open. Your input is kept beside the current value. | Fields |
| Child template | A note that a supertag adds under each note that gets it. | Child templates |
| Automation | A rule on a supertag. When a note changes in the way the rule names, its steps run on that note. | Automations |
| Command button | A button on the notes of a supertag. Pressing it runs that button's steps on the note. | Automations |
| Saved search | A question kept as a note. It lists the notes that match its conditions, and can be shown in a view. | Saved searches |
| Related content | The notes that link to or mention a page, and the saved searches its supertag brings in. It shows in the inspector or below the page. | Related content |
Views
| Term | What it means | Read more |
|---|---|---|
| View | One way of showing a page's notes: Outline, Table, Cards, Calendar, List, Lanes or Side menu. Each page can keep several views in tabs. | Choosing a view |
| Table view | A page's notes as rows, with their fields as columns. It sorts and filters by column. It is not a table in a note. | Table |
| Card | A note drawn as a small box in the Cards view, or a result in a picker. | Cards |
| Calendar | Notes placed on a date, by day, week or month. | Calendar |
| Lane | One column of the Lanes view: a child note, with its own children inside it. | Lanes |
| Side menu | The list of a page's child notes in the Side menu view, with the chosen note's page beside it. | Side menu |
| Inspector | The optional column on the right. It shows a note's related content, and the settings of a supertag, field or saved search. | A tour of the window |
Finding and capturing
| Term | What it means | Read more |
|---|---|---|
| Palette | The search opened with ⌘K. It finds notes, supertags and commands. | The ⌘K palette |
| Quick Capture | A small panel that adds one note per line to Today or the Inbox. | Quick Capture |
| Markdown copy | The Markdown files Superliner writes beside your notes, for other tools to read. Your notes are kept in JSON, and the Markdown copy is written from them. | The Markdown copy |
| Backup | A verified, self-contained folder with a copy of a workspace. You restore it as a new workspace. | Back up and restore |