Fennick Keyboard shortcuts
Every key Fennick knows, on a Mac and on Windows.
Fennick uses the keys people already know from other notes apps. On Windows and Linux, Ctrl takes the place of ⌘ and Alt takes the place of ⌥, except where the table says otherwise (the fold keys).
Getting around
| Action | Mac | Windows |
|---|---|---|
| Open the command menu (pages and actions) | ⌘K or ⌘P | Ctrl+K or Ctrl+P |
| Back and forward through pages | ⌘[ ⌘] | Ctrl+[ Ctrl+] |
| Go to today | ⌃⇧D | No key. Use the command menu: Go to today. |
| The day before or after (on a day page) | ⌃[ ⌃] | No key. Use ‹ and › above the title. |
| The sidebar: small (a strip of icons), hidden, full again | ⌘\ | Ctrl+\ |
| A new tab (on today) | ⌃⌥T | Ctrl+Alt+T |
| Close the tab | ⌃⌥W | Ctrl+Alt+W |
| Go to tab 1 to 8, or the last one | ⌃⌥1 … ⌃⌥9 | Ctrl+Alt+1 … Ctrl+Alt+9 |
| The tab before or after | ⌃⌥[ ⌃⌥] | Ctrl+Alt+[ Ctrl+Alt+] |
| A new page | ⌃⌥N | Ctrl+Alt+N |
| Show or hide the right panel | ⌘⌥\ | Ctrl+Alt+\ |
| Copy the page's link | ⌘L | Ctrl+L |
| Find on this page | ⌘F | Ctrl+F |
| The next or the previous match (while Find is open) | ⌘G ⇧⌘G, or Enter ⇧Enter | Ctrl+G Ctrl+Shift+G, or Enter Shift+Enter |
| From the page title to the first block | Enter or ↓ | Enter or ↓ |
The browser's own Back and Forward buttons, and the trackpad swipe, walk the same pages.
In the Mac app, tabs use the Mac's own keys: ⌘T a new tab, ⌘W close it, ⌘1 to ⌘9 go to one, ⌘⇧[ ⌘⇧] the tab before or after.
Blocks
| Action | Mac | Windows |
|---|---|---|
| New block | Enter | Enter |
| A new row inside the same block | ⇧Enter | Shift+Enter |
| Indent, outdent | Tab ⇧Tab | Tab Shift+Tab |
| Move the block up or down | ⌘⇧↑ ⌘⇧↓ | Ctrl+Shift+↑ Ctrl+Shift+↓ |
| Fold, unfold (a block with something inside) | ⌘↑ ⌘↓ | Ctrl+↑ Ctrl+↓ |
| Fold, unfold a block and every block inside it | ⌃⌘↑ ⌃⌘↓ | Alt+↑ Alt+↓ |
| Fold, unfold every block on the page | ⌘⌥↑ ⌘⌥↓ | Alt+Shift+↑ Alt+Shift+↓ |
| Tick a to-do, or open a page block. On any other block: make it a to-do. | ⌘Enter | Ctrl+Enter |
| Duplicate the block (a new copy, an entity too) | ⌘D | Ctrl+D |
| Open the block's menu | ⌘/ | Ctrl+/ |
| Move to another page | ⌘⇧M | Ctrl+Shift+M |
| Change the block's kind (the / menu) | / | / |
Turn into
| Kind | Mac | Windows |
|---|---|---|
| Text | ⌘⌥0 | Ctrl+Alt+0 |
| Heading 1, 2, 3 | ⌘⌥1 ⌘⌥2 ⌘⌥3 | Ctrl+Alt+1 to 3 |
| To-do | ⌘⌥4 | Ctrl+Alt+4 |
| Bulleted list | ⌘⌥5 | Ctrl+Alt+5 |
| Numbered list | ⌘⌥6 | Ctrl+Alt+6 |
| Quote | ⌘⌥7 | Ctrl+Alt+7 |
| Code | ⌘⌥8 | Ctrl+Alt+8 |
On keyboards with an AltGr key, Ctrl+Alt types letters such as # and @, so Fennick never reads it as a shortcut. Use the / menu or the command menu instead.
Text styles
| Style | Mac | Windows |
|---|---|---|
| Bold | ⌘B | Ctrl+B |
| Italic | ⌘I | Ctrl+I |
| Underline | ⌘U | Ctrl+U |
| Inline code | ⌘E | Ctrl+E |
| Strikethrough | ⌘⇧S or ⌘⇧X | Ctrl+Shift+S or Ctrl+Shift+X |
| Highlight | ⌘⇧H | Ctrl+Shift+H |
| Highlight and write a note (the highlight's peek opens, the caret in its note) | ⌃⌘H | Ctrl+Alt+H |
| Link the selected words (to a page, an entity or a web address) | ⌘K | Ctrl+K |
| Open a web link | Click it | Click it |
With words selected, the key styles them. With nothing selected, the next letters you type take the style.
In the peek that ⌃⌘H opens: Tab from the note's first block goes to About (type to find a page or an entity, Enter links it), and Esc puts the caret back in your writing, where it was. With the caret in a highlight, ⌃⌘H opens its peek. See Highlights.
Selecting
| Action | Mac | Windows |
|---|---|---|
| Select the block you are in | Esc | Esc |
| Select the block's words, then the block, then every block | ⌘A, again, again | Ctrl+A, again, again |
| Select blocks from the text's start or end | ⇧↑ ⇧↓ | Shift+↑ Shift+↓ |
| Select from this block to the one clicked | ⇧-click | Shift-click |
With blocks selected
| Action | Mac | Windows |
|---|---|---|
| Move to the Trash | Delete or ⌫ | Delete or Backspace |
| Copy, cut | ⌘C ⌘X | Ctrl+C Ctrl+X |
| Indent, outdent them together | Tab ⇧Tab | Tab Shift+Tab |
| Move them up or down | ⌘⇧↑ ⌘⇧↓ | Ctrl+Shift+↑ Ctrl+Shift+↓ |
| Make them to-dos, or tick them all | ⌘Enter | Ctrl+Enter |
| Duplicate them | ⌘D | Ctrl+D |
| Move them to another page | ⌘⇧M | Ctrl+Shift+M |
| Step up or down; grow the selection | ↑ ↓; ⇧↑ ⇧↓ | ↑ ↓; Shift+↑ Shift+↓ |
| Select every block | ⌘A | Ctrl+A |
| Edit the block again | Enter | Enter |
| Let go | Esc | Esc |
Undo, copy and paste
| Action | Mac | Windows |
|---|---|---|
| Undo | ⌘Z | Ctrl+Z |
| Redo | ⌘⇧Z or ⌘Y | Ctrl+Shift+Z or Ctrl+Y |
| Paste the words only (no styles, no blocks) | ⌘⇧V | Ctrl+Shift+V |
| Paste as copy (new blocks, never the same ones) | ⌥⌘V | Ctrl+Alt+V |
Making a new entity
After + New in a table, a board column, a list, a gallery or a calendar, the caret is in the new entity's name.
| Action | Mac | Windows |
|---|---|---|
| Add it and stop | Enter | Enter |
| Add it and start the next one | ⇧Enter | Shift+Enter |
| Stop (a new one with no name goes) | Esc | Esc |
In a sorted view, the new entity stays right above + New while you type its name, and takes its place in the sort when you press Enter or leave it.
In a menu
In the / menu, the @ menu, the # menu and the command menu: ↑ and ↓ move, Enter picks, Esc closes. In the /, @ and # menus, Tab picks too.
What typing does
| Type | What happens |
|---|---|
/ at the start or after a space | Opens the menu of block kinds. Writing |
#name after some words | Tags the block. Tags |
@ or [[ | Mentions a page, an entity or a day. Links |
?? in a block | Opens the formula builder. In an empty block, a query makes a query block. The builder |
Name:: | Adds a field called Name to what the block sits in (the page, or the block above). Fields |
# , - , [] … at the start of a block | Changes the block's kind. Markdown |
**bold**, *italic*, `code`, ~strike~ | Styles the words and drops the marks. Markdown |
⌘N is the browser's own, so a new page is ⌃⌥N, or New page in the sidebar or the command menu.