Cheatsheet
This is a cheatsheet for Dendron.
Useful Links
- Dendron Discord: Get answers to all your questions here
- Dendron Onboarding: If you are a new user, Kevin, our founder, does a personal onboarding to help you setup your workspace. You can see an example of said onboarding here.
- Github Issues: If you found a bug or want to submit a feature request, you can file a ticket
- Hierarchal First Approach to Note Taking: An article about the principle that Dendron was built around
- VSCode Keyboard Shortcuts
Commands
Lookup
Dendron: Contribute
- description: Become an environmentalist and keep Dendron sustainable
- shortcuts: none
Notes
Dendron: Create Daily Journal Note
- description: Create a global journal note
- shortcuts:
- key:
ctrl+shift+i
- mac:
cmd+shift+i
- when:
editorFocus
- key:
Dendron: Copy Note Link
- description: Copy wiki link to note
- shortcuts:
- key:
ctrl+shift+c
- mac:
cmd+shift+c
- when:
editorFocus
- key:
Dendron: Copy Note Ref
- description: Copies a reference to the current open document
- shortcuts:
- key:
ctrl+shift+r
- mac:
cmd+shift+r
- when:
editorFocus
- key:
Dendron: Delete Node
- description: Delete a note or schema
- shortcuts:
- key:
ctrl+shift+d
- mac:
cmd+shift+d
- key:
Dendron: Rename Note
- description: Rename a note and all backlinks
- shortcuts: none
Dendron: Show Preview
- description: Show Markdown Preview
- shortcuts:
- windows:
windows+ctrl+p
- mac:
cmd+ctrl+p
- windows:
Navigation
Dendron: Lookup
- description: Initiate note lookup
- shortcuts:
- mac:
cmd+L
- key:
ctrl+l
- mac:
Dendron: Lookup (Journal Note)
- description: Initiate note lookup with journal note pre-selected
- shortcuts:
- key:
ctrl+shift+j
- mac:
cmd+shift+j
- args:
{'noteType': 'journal'}
- key:
Dendron: Lookup (Scratch Note)
- description: Initiate note lookup with scratch note pre-selected
- shortcuts:
- key:
ctrl+shift+s
- mac:
cmd+shift+s
- args:
{'noteType': 'scratch', 'selectionType': 'selection2link'}
- key:
Dendron: Lookup Schema
- description: Initiate schema lookup
- shortcuts:
- mac:
cmd+shift+L
- key:
ctrl+shift+l
- mac:
Dendron: Open Link
- description: Open link to external file (eg. pdf, .mov, etc) use system default
- shortcuts: none
Hierarchies
Dendron: Reload Index
- description: Reload the index. Necessary for Dendron to pick up on schema changes.
- shortcuts: none
Dendron: Archive Hierarchy
- description: Move current note and all children under the
archive
hierarchy - shortcuts: none
Dendron: Refactor Hierarchy
- description: Update hierarchy using regex
- shortcuts: none
Dendron: Go Up
- description: Go to closet non-stub parent of the currently open note
- shortcuts:
- mac:
cmd+shift+up
- key:
ctrl+shift+up
- when:
editorFocus
- mac:
Dendron: Go Next Sibling
- description: Go to the next sibling
- shortcuts:
- key:
ctrl+shift+]
- when:
editorFocus
- key:
Dendron: Go Previous Sibling
- description: Go to the previous sibling
- shortcuts:
- key:
ctrl+shift+[
- when:
editorFocus
- key:
Dendron: Go Down
- description: Go down the hierarchy
- shortcuts:
- mac:
cmd+shift+down
- key:
ctrl+shift+down
- when:
editorFocus
- mac:
Workspace
Dendron: Vault Add
- description: Add a new vault
- shortcuts: none
Dendron: Vault Remove
- description: Remove a vault
- shortcuts: none
Remove a vault from your workspace. Note that the underlying files wil not be deleted - the vault will lose its association with your workspace.
Dendron: Initialize Workspace
- description: Create a new workspace
- shortcuts: none
Dendron: Change Workspace
- description: Change into existing workspace
- shortcuts: none
Dendron: Snapshot Vault
- description: Create a snapshot of your vault
- shortcuts: none
Dendron: Restore Vault
- description: Restore your vault from a snapshot
- shortcuts: none
Dendron: Show Help
- description: Dendron will open your current browser to the cheatsheet page.
- shortcuts: none
Dendron: Configure (yaml)
- description: Modify Dendron Config as raw YAML
- shortcuts: none
Dendron: Configure
- description: Modify Dendron Config using Dendron UI
- shortcuts: none
Pods
Dendron: Build Pod
- description: Build your notes for export. Currently, only export to github pages is supported.
- shortcuts: none
Dendron: Configure Pod
- description: Update your pod configuration
- shortcuts: none
Dendron: Import Pod
- description: Import notes from an external data source. Currently, only the local file system is supported
- shortcuts: none
Dendron: Export Pod
- description: Export notes to an external data source. Currently only JSON is supported.
- shortcuts: none
Dendron: Publish Pod
- description: Publish your note to a different format/location
- shortcuts: none
Dendron: Copy Note URL
- description: Get URL of current note from published site
- shortcuts:
- mac:
cmd+shift+u
- windows:
ctrl+shift+u
- mac:
Publishing
Dendron: Publish
- description: Build, commit and publish your notes with a single command
- shortcuts: none
Dendron: Site Build
- description: Build your notes using publishing v2
- shortcuts: none
Dendron: Site Preview
- description: Preview your notes on localhost using publishing v2
- shortcuts: none
Dev
Dendron: Doctor
- description: Auto fix issues with frontmatter
- shortcuts: none
Dendron: Dump State
- description: Dump internal state of Dendron inside logs
- shortcuts: none
Dendron:Dev: Open Logs
- description: Open Dendron logs for current session
- shortcuts: none