Preferences and help
Keyboard shortcuts
A quick reference for browser shortcuts, Linux menu commands, text formatting, selection, and panel controls.
Glob has a small set of workspace shortcuts and more keys that apply while you are editing or selecting items. Use Command on a Mac keyboard and Ctrl elsewhere for the browser shortcuts below.
Workspace shortcuts in the browser
| Action | Windows and Linux browsers | Mac browsers |
|---|---|---|
| New note | Ctrl+Enter |
Command+Return |
| Show or hide the list panel | Ctrl+Shift+L |
Command+Shift+L |
| Show or hide node titles | Ctrl+Shift+Y |
Command+Shift+Y |
| Open Settings | Ctrl+Shift+, |
Command+Shift+, |
| Open Keyboard shortcuts | Ctrl+/ |
Command+/ |
These workspace shortcuts do not run while focus is in a text field, selector, or editable area. Click the canvas first if a shortcut seems to do nothing while you are writing.
The browser owns some familiar key combinations, including new-window and address-bar commands. Use the combinations in this table for Glob. The Keyboard shortcuts sheet shows the browser bindings and the corresponding native Mac commands; those native commands belong to the Mac application.
Close the sheet with its Close shortcuts button, by clicking outside it, or with Escape.
Linux desktop menus
The Linux desktop app adds menu accelerators to the same workspace actions. Press Alt to reveal its hidden menu bar:
| Menu command | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| File → New note | Ctrl+N |
| File → Settings | Ctrl+, |
| View → Toggle list panel | Ctrl+L |
| View → Toggle node titles | Ctrl+Shift+T |
These actions also respect the typing rule: leave the text field before using them. The Edit menu supplies the usual text editing commands, including Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, Paste, and Select All. The View menu also has reload, page zoom, and full-screen controls.
Writing
In an editable note entry, select text and use:
| Format | Windows and Linux | Mac |
|---|---|---|
| Bold | Ctrl+B |
Command+B |
| Italic | Ctrl+I |
Command+I |
| Underline | Ctrl+U |
Command+U |
When an entry uses Enter to leave the field, Shift+Enter adds a line break. In Ask Glob, Enter sends your message and Shift+Enter adds a line break.
Text undo belongs to the browser or desktop text field. Glob does not provide a workspace undo history for moving or deleting nodes.
In New node title, Enter or Escape finishes the title entry. Escape does not reverse text already entered. Tab finishes the title and opens the body, including when you want to start with a body and leave the title blank. An empty title entry closed with Enter or Escape discards the empty new node.
Canvas and list controls
The list selection keys below apply to Snippets and Tasks. The Nodes tree uses its own row selection and canvas controls.
| Where you are | Key | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| Canvas, outside a text field | Hold Shift |
Show body previews; release to return to the previous view. |
| Editable canvas with nodes selected | Delete or Backspace |
Ask to delete the selected node or nodes. |
| List surface with focus | Up / Down |
Move the list's focus position. |
| List surface with focus | Shift+Up / Shift+Down |
Extend a range selection. |
| List surface with focus | Ctrl+A / Command+A |
Select the visible rows. |
| List surface with focus | Escape |
Clear the selection. |
| List resize handle with focus | Left / Right |
Widen or narrow the list panel. |
| List resize handle with focus | Shift+Left / Shift+Right |
Resize in larger steps. |
The list keys act on the list itself, rather than on a field inside a row. The desktop-sized resize handle can receive keyboard focus with Tab.
Menus and project panels
In the node menu, use Up and Down to move through actions, and Home or End to move to the first or last action. On Color, Right opens the colour choices. Left or Escape returns from those choices to the main menu.
On a project row, the keyboard's menu key or Shift+F10 opens its actions. In the project panel, Left and Right move between Local projects, Sharing, and Import and export, wrapping at the ends. Tab and Shift+Tab stay within that panel while it is open.
For Settings and other dismissible panels, Escape closes the topmost panel. See the canvas, nodes and the editor, and capture and lists for the actions behind these keys.