Undo and Trash

What Undo covers

Every change to the notes is one step: a split, a join, a move, a checkbox, a format, a field value, a supertag change, a paste, an import and a move to Trash. Edit shows the name of the step it will undo, such as “Undo Move to Trash”. Redo brings back the step you undid.

Typing in one note counts as one step, and keeps going while you type. A pause of about a second starts a new step. The workspace keeps the last 500 steps.

Undo puts the caret back where the step began, so a split followed by Undo leaves you where you pressed Return.

Move a note to Trash

Select the note with Esc, then press ⌘⌫, or choose Note ▸ Move to Trash. The note leaves the page with everything under it. A notice confirms it and offers Undo.

Dragging a note onto Trash in the sidebar does the same. A note that holds a supertag's own note, and a supertag itself, asks first, because the supertag's notes go with it.

Backspace at the start of a note with tags, fields, references or links moves that note to Trash too, instead of deleting it. A plain note with none of these is removed when it joins the note above.

Restore from Trash

Open the Trash page from the sidebar or from Go ▸ Trash. Each note there has a Restore control that shows when you point at it. A restored note goes back to the place it came from. Right-click a trashed note for Open, Restore and Delete Permanently. Trashed notes cannot be moved or formatted.

Restore All, at the top of the Trash page, restores everything in Trash as one step. The notice that follows says how many notes came back, and offers Undo.

Delete for good

Deleting for good works only on the Trash page. Select the notes, then choose Note ▸ Delete Permanently…. Empty Trash… removes every note in Trash that nothing uses. Both show a confirmation first. It counts the notes that will go, the references and the field values elsewhere that will change.

Notes that a supertag, a field or a saved search uses stay in Trash, and so do notes a supertag's template made while the note that owns them still exists. Neither command has a shortcut, so ⌘⌫ never deletes for good.

Combine it

• Back up before a clean-upBack up the workspace before you empty Trash. A backup keeps notes that were deleted before it was made.
• Trash and a supertagMoving a supertag's own note to Trash asks first, and the move can be undone.
• Check savingThe status line shows Saved once a change is stored. A failed save leaves your change pending, and it says so.
• Look up the keysEvery key on this page is in the shortcuts reference.

Limits

• Undo is kept in memory. It is not saved in the workspace, so it is empty when you open the workspace again.
• Undo is refused while text is being composed with an input method. Finish the composition first.
• Deleting for good does not erase copies in older saved history or in backups.