Sidebar, panels, and shortcuts

Pinning panels

The left sidebar's bottom strip has tab icons (Calendar, Files, Outline, etc.). To keep a panel visible at the top of the sidebar:

  • Right-click the tab icon → Pin to top.
  • Or drag the tab icon UP to the pinned-area drop zone.

To unpin: right-click the mini-strip icon → Unpin.

You can have multiple pinned groups stacked vertically. Drag a tab from one group's strip onto another group's strip to combine them.

Hiding tabs

Don't use a tab? Right-click it → Hide tab. It disappears from both strips.

To restore: Settings → Sidebar lists every hidden tab with a Show button.

Collapsing pinned panels

Each pinned group has a chevron at the left of its mini-strip. Click to collapse the panel body (the strip stays visible). Click again to expand.

Collapse state persists across reloads, per group.

Right sidebar

The right edge of the screen has a thin strip with a panel-toggle icon. Click → 280px panel opens showing Properties for the active note (title, tags, pin toggle, gitPath, timestamps).

The body is hidden by default; the strip stays as a quick-access affordance.

Keyboard shortcuts

Open the shortcuts cheatsheet with Ctrl+/. Some highlights:

ActionShortcut
SearchCtrl+K
Command palette(via the ribbon icon)
New noteAlt+N
New folderCtrl+Shift+N
Toggle previewCtrl+E
Toggle sidebarCtrl+B
Close tabAlt+W
Open settingsCtrl+,
Toggle task at cursorAlt+L
Remove task prefixAlt+Shift+L
Find in noteCtrl+F
Find & replaceCtrl+H
Insert markdown tableCtrl+Alt+T
Open today's daily note(via ribbon button or empty-state CTA)

Shortcut conflicts? Settings → Shortcuts lets you remap any of them.

Sidebar, panels, and shortcuts — Noteser help