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

Dendron: Copy Note Link

• description: Copy wiki link to note
• shortcuts:
  • key: ctrl+shift+c
  • mac: cmd+shift+c
  • when: editorFocus

Dendron: Copy Note Ref

• description: Copies a reference to the current open document
• shortcuts:
  • key: ctrl+shift+r
  • mac: cmd+shift+r
  • when: editorFocus

Dendron: Delete Node

• description: Delete a note or schema
• shortcuts:
  • key: ctrl+shift+d
  • mac: cmd+shift+d

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

Navigation

Dendron: Lookup

• description: Initiate note lookup
• shortcuts:
  • mac: cmd+L
  • key: ctrl+l

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'}

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'}

Dendron: Lookup Schema

• description: Initiate schema lookup
• shortcuts:
  • mac: cmd+shift+L
  • key: ctrl+shift+l

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

Dendron: Go Next Sibling

• description: Go to the next sibling
• shortcuts:
  • key: ctrl+shift+]
  • when: editorFocus

Dendron: Go Previous Sibling

• description: Go to the previous sibling
• shortcuts:
  • key: ctrl+shift+[
  • when: editorFocus

Dendron: Go Down

• description: Go down the hierarchy
• shortcuts:
  • mac: cmd+shift+down
  • key: ctrl+shift+down
  • when: editorFocus

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

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