Settings and help
Mac keyboard and mouse reference
Find the shortcuts for the canvas, editor, list panel and the app's main actions.
Glob's shortcuts depend on focus. A canvas key changes the canvas when you are interacting with it; the same key can type or move the caret inside an editor. Click the canvas before using canvas navigation keys.
App actions
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
Command-N |
New Note |
Command-Z |
Undo a supported change |
Command-Shift-Z |
Redo a supported change |
Command-, |
Settings |
Command-Shift-T |
Toggle Node Titles |
Control-L |
Show or hide the Mac list panel |
The menu also displays Toggle List Panel with Command-L. In this beta, use Control-L or the visible Show List (⌃L) / Hide List (⌃L) buttons to control the actual Mac panel. The menu action does not reliably toggle that panel's visibility.
Undo and Redo become unavailable when there is no supported change to undo or redo. They do not reverse every operation in every tool, including permanent removal and some maintenance actions.
Canvas controls
| Input | Action while the canvas has focus |
|---|---|
| Backtick | Cycle Navigate, Select and Connect |
Hold Option |
Temporary Select mode |
Hold Control |
Temporary Connect mode |
Hold Space and drag |
Pan outside text editing |
Hold Shift |
Temporary body previews while the editor is closed |
| Arrow keys | Select a node in that direction |
Tab |
Cycle positioned notes in the active project |
Return |
Focus the selected note for opening |
Escape |
Leave editing, dismiss a preview or clear selection, depending on state |
Delete / forward delete |
Move selected notes to Trash |
Command-C / Command-V |
Copy and paste supported canvas content |
Option takes precedence when both temporary-mode modifier keys are held. Backtick is handled across the window in this beta and can switch modes even when a text field is active. Use the mode button when that behaviour would interrupt writing.
Mouse-wheel scrolling zooms around the pointer. Precise trackpad scrolling pans; trackpad pinching zooms. In Select mode an empty-canvas drag draws a selection rectangle. In Connect mode it can cut crossed connections, so check the active mode before dragging.
Notes and text fields
Return in a note title moves into its body. Return in the Mac body inserts a new line. Tab from the body returns to the title. Escape leaves the inline editor and returns to the wider canvas.
Return submits the idea capture field and the journal's Log a moment... field. Knowledge Browser's search requires Return to fetch results. In the selected-document question box, Return performs text matching; Ask Model is a separate action.
When a shortcut seems ineffective
Check focus first, then the current view. The list panel is unavailable in the project summary view until you return to the ordinary node view. Temporary preview and mode keys also have conditions that prevent them interrupting text editing.
Use a visible action to establish what you intend: right-click Open for a note, choose the mode button for canvas dragging, or use the list show button. Canvas controls and troubleshooting explain the corresponding states.