Keyboard shortcuts

Notarium gives you one customizable set of keyboard shortcuts: the shortcuts, the cheat sheet, and the editor all read from the same active map, so they never drift apart. You can switch the layout with a preset (Notarium, VS Code, Obsidian, Vim, JetBrains) and override any key in Settings → Keyboard.

Cmd/Ctrl below means Cmd on macOS and Ctrl on other platforms. Keys are matched by physical key rather than by the printed symbol, so your OS layout (RU/EN) has no effect on whether a shortcut fires.

Default layout (Notarium preset)

The default is web-native: single keys and g sequences (press g, then a letter) so nothing collides with the critical browser combos Cmd/Ctrl+T/N/W/L/R. A single key fires only when focus is outside an input field.

Navigation and interface

Action	Key
Quick switcher (Spotlight)	`Cmd/Ctrl+P`
Search	`/`
Keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet	`?`
Light/dark theme	`t`
Left / right panel	`[` / `]`
Home / Feed / Graph	`g h` / `g f` / `g g`
Files / Agents / Trash / Settings	`g i` / `g a` / `g t` / `g s`

Working with a note

Action	Key
New note	`c`
Edit note	`e`
Save draft	`Cmd/Ctrl+Enter` or `Cmd/Ctrl+S`
Cancel / close draft	`Esc`

Editor (formatting)

These fire while focus is in the editor.

Action	Key
Bold / italic / code	`Cmd/Ctrl+B` / `Cmd/Ctrl+I` / `Cmd/Ctrl+E`
Link / strikethrough	`Cmd/Ctrl+K` / `Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+X`
Multi-cursor (next occurrence)	`Cmd/Ctrl+D`
Focus / typewriter mode	`Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+F` / `Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+Y`
Undo / Redo	`Cmd/Ctrl+Z` / `Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+Z` or `Cmd/Ctrl+Y`

Undo/redo are built-in editor commands

Undo (Cmd/Ctrl+Z) and redo are built-in commands of the editor itself, not customizable keyboard shortcuts, so you can't override them in Settings → Keyboard. Redo is bound to Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+Z and Cmd/Ctrl+Y on every OS.

How the presets differ

A preset is the Notarium base with the matching editor's signature combos layered on top. Anything a preset doesn't override keeps the web-native default. Below are only the actions that differ between presets.

Action	Notarium	VS Code	Obsidian	Vim	JetBrains
Quick switcher	`Cmd/Ctrl+P`	`Cmd/Ctrl+P`	`Cmd/Ctrl+O`	`Space f`	`Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+O`
Search	`/`	`Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+F`	`Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+F`	`/`	`Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+F`
Left panel	`[`	`Cmd/Ctrl+B`	`[`	`Space e`	`[`
Right panel	`]`	`Cmd/Ctrl+J`	`]`	`]`	`]`
Files	`g i`	`Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+E`	`g i`	`g i`	`Cmd/Ctrl+1`
Graph	`g g`	`g g`	`Cmd/Ctrl+G`	`g g`	`g g`
Settings	`g s`	`g s`	`g s`	`g s`	`Cmd/Ctrl+,`
Theme	`t`	`Cmd/Ctrl+K Cmd/Ctrl+T`	`t`	`t`	`t`
Cheat sheet	`?`	`Cmd/Ctrl+K Cmd/Ctrl+S`	`?`	`Space ?`	`?`
New note	`c`	`c`	`Cmd/Ctrl+N`	`o`	`c`
Edit	`e`	`e`	`e`	`i`	`e`
Save	`Cmd/Ctrl+Enter`, `Cmd/Ctrl+S`	`Cmd/Ctrl+S`	same as Notarium	same as Notarium	same as Notarium

The browser intercepts some desktop combos

A few of these signature combos (for example, Cmd/Ctrl+N in the Obsidian preset) are reserved by the browser in an ordinary tab — they won't fire there. Settings → Keyboard flags such bindings with a ⚠ icon. You pick a preset deliberately, for the familiar feel.

Cheat sheet and customization

Press ? to open the cheat sheet, grouped by section. The list is read from the active map, so it always matches what actually fires and reflects your edits.
Settings → Keyboard — pick a preset and rebind row by row: an action can have several bindings, the + button adds another one (recording your next keypress), and reset buttons restore a row, or everything, to the preset. A conflict with another action is highlighted.
For editor actions the recorder requires a modifier — a single key would break typing. Esc and Tab cancel recording, so they can't be recorded as a binding.