Feature

Commands and shortcuts

All commands, keyboard shortcuts, and command line commands for Tana Outliner.

Every command below can be triggered via keyboard shortcut, the command line (Cmd+KCtrl+K), or both. Any command line command can get a custom keyboard shortcut — press Cmd+Shift+KCtrl+Shift+K on any command.

Zoom in panel
Focus on a node, making it the root of your view
Mac Cmd+.Windows Alt+
Command line Zoom in panel
Zoom out
Go back to the previous view
Mac Cmd+,Windows Alt+
Command line Go back (Zoom out)
Expand
Expand child nodes under the focused node
Mac Cmd+Windows Ctrl+
Command line Expand
Expand all
Expand all descendant nodes
Mac Ctrl+Cmd+Windows Ctrl+Alt+
Command line Expand all
Collapse
Collapse child nodes under the focused node
Mac Cmd+Windows Ctrl+
Command line Collapse
Collapse all
Collapse all descendant nodes
Mac Ctrl+Cmd+Windows Ctrl+Alt+
Command line Collapse all
Open in new panel
Open the focused node in a side panel
Mac Option+Shift+.Windows Alt+Shift+.
Command line Open in new panel
Show today node
Jump to the current day node
Mac / Windows Ctrl+Shift+D
Command line Show today node
Open in new panel
Open a node in a new panel to the right
Mac / Windows Shift+Click
Secondary action
Trigger the secondary action or navigate to the secondary destination
Mac Option+ClickWindows Alt+Click
Open config in panel
Open supertag or field configuration directly in a side panel
Mac Option+Shift+ClickWindows Alt+Shift+Click
Node toolbar
Toggle the node editor toolbar on the focused node
Mac / Windows Esc
Open supertag config
Open the supertag configuration panel directly
Mac Cmd+Shift+ClickWindows Ctrl+Shift+Click
Previous calendar node
Navigate to the previous day, week, month, or year node
Mac / Windows Ctrl+[
Next calendar node
Navigate to the next day, week, month, or year node
Mac / Windows Ctrl+]
Remind me
A reference of the selected node will be sent to daily page of choice
Command line Remind me
Open calendar for →
Open a daily page
Command line Open calendar for →
Set up day tag for this workspace
Only runs on workspace node. Creates the journal tags and nodes on the workspace root.
Command line Set up day tag for this workspace
Join collaborative space →
Add workspaces you've been invited to
Command line Join collaborative space →
Open sidebar node
Open the node that drives the sidebar content
Command line Open sidebar node
Open layout node
Open the node that saves all layouts (Tana Labs savedLayout)
Command line Open layout node
Open in new browser
Opens node in a new browser instance
Command line Open in new browser
Open workspace →
Open the home node of chosen workspace
Command line Open workspace →
Hide sidebar
Hides the left sidebar
Command line Hide sidebar
Show sidebar
Shows the full left sidebar
Command line Show sidebar
Show mini sidebar
Shows the collapsed mini sidebar
Command line Show mini sidebar
Toggle sidebar
Cycles through sidebar states
Command line Toggle sidebar
Set theme to dark mode
Toggles dark mode theme on
Command line Set theme to dark mode
Set theme to light mode
Toggles light mode theme on
Command line Set theme to light mode
Set theme to system theme
Matches system theme
Command line Set theme to system theme
Open trash (deleted)
Opens node where all deleted items go
Command line Open trash (deleted)
Open library
Open your Library page
Command line Open library
Open home node of current workspace
Open your home node
Command line Open home node of current workspace
Open schema
Open your schema, where definitions for supertags and fields live by default
Command line Open schema

Editing

Insert node below
Create a new sibling node below
Mac / Windows Enter
Insert after
Create a new sibling node below the current node
Mac / Windows Shift+Enter
Command line Insert after
Insert before
Create a new sibling node above the current node
Mac Cmd+Shift+EnterWindows Ctrl+Shift+Enter
Command line Insert before
Mark done
Toggle checkbox state on the focused node
Mac Cmd+EnterWindows Ctrl+Enter
Duplicate node
Duplicate the focused node
Mac Cmd+Shift+DWindows Ctrl+Shift+D
Command line Duplicate node
Delete node
Delete the focused node and its children
Mac Cmd+Shift+BackspaceWindows Ctrl+Shift+Backspace
Command line Delete node
Create new
Create a new node via the create dialog
Mac Cmd+NWindows Ctrl+N
Cut
Cut the focused node
Mac Cmd+XWindows Ctrl+X
Paste
Paste content or node
Mac Cmd+VWindows Ctrl+V
Get link to node
Copy a reference to the focused node
Mac Cmd+CWindows Ctrl+C
Command line Get link to node
Add description
Add a description to the focused node
Mac / Windows Ctrl+I
Command line Add description
Create field
Start creating a field on the focused node
Mac / Windows >
Command line Create field
Add reference
Start adding an inline reference
Mac / Windows @
Add tag #
Start adding a supertag to the focused node
Mac / Windows #
Command line Add tag #
Paste as plain text
Paste copied content as plain text instead of a reference
Mac Cmd+Shift+VWindows Ctrl+Shift+V
Add contextual content
Add related content below the focused node
Mac Cmd+Option+Windows Ctrl+Alt+
Command line Add contextual content
Notify @ →
Sends a notification to target user's Notification menu
Command line Notify @ →
Copy as HTML link
Copies URL of node along with node contents
Command line Copy as HTML link
Export plain html
Opens a new browser html page of the selected node and contents
Command line Export plain html
Copy as markdown
Copies the selected content in plain markdown format (.md files)
Command line Copy as markdown
Copy as markdown no fields, no tags
Copies the selected content in plain markdown format (.md files) without supertags or fields
Command line Copy as markdown no fields, no tags
Copy as Tana Paste
Copies the selected content in Tana Outliner Paste format
Command line Copy as Tana Paste
Download as markdown
Downloads the selected nodes as a zip file
Command line Download as markdown
Download as markdown no field, no tags
Downloads the selected nodes as a zip file without supertags and fields
Command line Download as markdown no field, no tags
Export workspace as markdown
Exports the whole workspace in markdown format (.md files)
Command line Export workspace as markdown
Set [Field] →
Set a field option on one or more selected nodes with the same field
Command line Set [Field] →
Show [Field] →
Switch on chosen hidden field
Command line Show [Field] →
Set Optional →
Toggle whether the field is Optional or not (Yes/No)
Command line Set Optional →
Set Cardinality →
Toggle what Cardinality a field is (single value/list of values)
Command line Set Cardinality →
Set Datatype →
Set the type of data the field can contain
Command line Set Datatype →
Set Autocollect options →
Toggle whether a field will autocollect values to populate options
Command line Set Autocollect options →
Set Hide field conditions →
Toggle Hide state of a field
Command line Set Hide field conditions →
Set Source supertag →
Set Source supertag for all field values
Command line Set Source supertag →
Clone Reference
Convert a Reference node into a non-referenced node with all contents cloned
Command line Clone Reference
Hard delete including references
Deletes a node and all References. Inline refs and refs in other workspaces stay, but with trash icon.
Command line Hard delete including references
Show edit attribution
Show Edit Attribution of node
Command line Show edit attribution
Hide edit attribution
Hide Edit Attribution of node
Command line Hide edit attribution
Configure node
Opens configuration for selected node
Command line Configure node
Configure node (legacy)
Opens legacy configuration for selected node
Command line Configure node (legacy)
Create URL node
Creates a node that receives and specially formats URLs
Command line Create URL node
Lock node
Locks a node from being edited
Command line Lock node
Unlock node
Unlocks a locked node
Command line Unlock node
Paste as code
Pastes contents in a special formatting code node
Command line Paste as code
Set move target
Adds selected node to list of places when using Move command
Command line Set move target
Copy full content to clipboard
Copies all contents of selected node as indented plain text
Command line Copy full content to clipboard
Iterate and convert URLs to URL nodes
Finds nodes that are just URLs and converts them to Tana Outliner URL nodes
Command line Iterate and convert URLs to URL nodes
Remove Reference
Remove a reference node
Command line Remove Reference
Remove tag #
Removes selected supertag from node
Command line Remove tag #
Create supertag
Convert the contents of a node to a supertag definition
Command line Create supertag
Insert current date and time
Adds text of current date and time (YY-MM-DD hh:mm)
Command line Insert current date and time
Insert current time
Adds text of current time (hh:mm)
Command line Insert current time
Create supertag based on content
Use node and contents (nodes, fields) to create a supertag
Command line Create supertag based on content
Edit supertag definition for [supertag]
Opens supertag configuration
Command line Edit supertag definition for [supertag]
Set default tag for children
Choose which supertag gets applied to all new child nodes of selected node
Command line Set default tag for children

Formatting

Underline
Toggle underline formatting
Mac Cmd+UWindows Ctrl+U
Highlight
Toggle highlight on text
Mac / Windows Ctrl+H

Organizing

Move up
Move the focused node up among its siblings
Mac Cmd+Shift+Windows Ctrl+Shift+
Command line Move up
Move down
Move the focused node down among its siblings
Mac Cmd+Shift+Windows Ctrl+Shift+
Command line Move down
Move to →
Open the Move to menu to relocate a node
Mac Cmd+Shift+MWindows Ctrl+Shift+M
Command line Move to →
Move left
Move a table column to the left
Mac Cmd+Shift+Windows Ctrl+Shift+
Command line Move left
Move right
Move a table column to the right
Mac Cmd+Shift+Windows Ctrl+Shift+
Command line Move right
Move and leave reference
Move a node and leave a reference at the original location
Mac Option+EnterWindows Alt+Enter
Hoist children to siblings
Move child nodes to the same level as selected node
Command line Hoist children to siblings
Indent nodes below
Indents nodes below selected node
Command line Indent nodes below
View as [view type]
Set view of child nodes as [view type]
Command line View as [view type]
Add column
Table view only: Creates column which will appear as a field within nodes listed in the table
Command line Add column
Add contextual column
Table view only: Creates contextual column/field for nodes listed in the table
Command line Add contextual column
Show column →
Table view only: Switch on chosen hidden column
Command line Show column →
Hide column
Table view only: Switch off column
Command line Hide column
Delete column and values
Table view only: Delete column/field and its values
Command line Delete column and values
Add calculation →
Table view only: On a numeric field, add a calculation type
Command line Add calculation →
Show view toolbar
Make view toolbar shown
Command line Show view toolbar
Hide view toolbar
Make view toolbar hidden
Command line Hide view toolbar
Remove all view options
Removes view type and view options
Command line Remove all view options
Filter by
Opens the filter menu in view toolbar
Command line Filter by
Sort by
Opens the sort menu in view toolbar
Command line Sort by
Group by
Opens the group menu in view toolbar
Command line Group by
Sort by Not Done → Done
Changes sorting of search results
Command line Sort by Not Done → Done
Sort by date created, Old → New
Changes sorting of search results
Command line Sort by date created, Old → New
Sort by date created, New → Old
Changes sorting of search results
Command line Sort by date created, New → Old
Sort by name, A → Z
Changes sorting of search results
Command line Sort by name, A → Z
Sort by name, Z → A
Changes sorting of search results
Command line Sort by name, Z → A

Selection

Extend selection up
Add the node above to the selection
Mac / Windows Shift+
Extend selection down
Add the node below to the selection
Mac / Windows Shift+
Select node
Selects the whole node
Command line Select node
Select children
Selects child nodes of selected node
Command line Select children

Tabs and panels

Previous tab
Cycle to the previous tab to the left
Mac / Windows Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Move tab left
Re-order the current tab to the left
Mac Ctrl+Shift+Fn+Windows Ctrl+Shift+Page Up
Move tab right
Re-order the current tab to the right
Mac Ctrl+Shift+Fn+Windows Ctrl+Shift+Page Down
Jump to tab 1-8
Jump directly to a specific tab by number
Mac Cmd+1-8Windows Ctrl+1-8
Jump to last tab
Jump to the rightmost tab
Mac Cmd+9Windows Ctrl+9
Zoom full page
Selected node opens to full page layout
Command line Zoom full page
Close this panel
Close panel that your cursor is in
Command line Close this panel
Close panel
Closes the active panel (when multiple panels are open)
Command line Close panel

Search and command

Command line
Open the command line to run commands
Mac Cmd+KWindows Ctrl+K
Open search
Open global search to find any node
Mac Cmd+SWindows Ctrl+S
Command line Open search
Open quick add
Search for a node or create a new one
Mac Cmd+EWindows Ctrl+E
Command line Open quick add
Global quick capture
Open the Global Clipper to capture from anywhere (desktop app)
Mac Cmd+Shift+SpaceWindows Ctrl+Shift+Space
Create keyboard shortcut
Record a custom keyboard shortcut for a command in the command line
Mac Cmd+Shift+KWindows Ctrl+Shift+K
Command line Create keyboard shortcut
Find on page
Open in-page text search
Mac Cmd+FWindows Ctrl+F
Open as search list
Open a search list for the highlighted result in global search
Mac / Windows Alt+Enter
Search within
Narrow global search scope to inside the highlighted node
Mac / Windows Tab
Command line Search within
Find nodes
Starts query builder
Command line Find nodes
Find todos within
Retrieves todos from within the parent node
Command line Find todos within
Create search node
Create an empty search node. Also invoked by typing "?" on an empty node
Command line Create search node

AI

Global voice recording
Open system-wide voice recording modal (desktop app, customizable)
Mac Cmd+Shift+EWindows Ctrl+Shift+E
Ask AI
Ask AI anything. Write your prompt in the node and run this command. Accesses default GPT model.
Command line Ask AI
Ask AI to →
Ask AI to do a task, which will run on the node you are on, looking at both the node and context. Node must have content.
Command line Ask AI to →
Ask AI (creative)
Same as Ask AI, but with higher temperature.
Command line Ask AI (creative)
Run AI fields
Runs all AI-enhanced fields on a node.
Command line Run AI fields
Autofill fields
Uses AI to autofill fields within the node.
Command line Autofill fields
Generate image(s) with AI
Returns an AI-generated image
Command line Generate image(s) with AI
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