Keyboard Shortcuts
Mastering Noust's keyboard shortcuts will significantly speed up your documentation workflow.
General Actions
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
Alt + Q | Create a new note |
Alt + Shift + D / Alt + Shift + S | Create a new domain |
Alt + ArrowLeft | Go to previous domain (left) (globally active) |
Alt + ArrowRight | Go to next domain (right) (globally active) |
Alt + W / A / S / D | Move canvas viewport (up, left, down, right) (supports Smart and Static modes) |
Alt + E | Toggle Outline Sidebar (Left Sidebar) |
Ctrl + Alt + Click | Set anchor at clicked position (works over canvas and minimap) |
Alt + X | Go to workspace anchor (Home) |
Alt + T | Consolidation of chronology blocks (Manual Stamp) |
Drag Anchor | Real-time preview on Minimap to visualize positioning |
Alt + Z | Toggle Agent Chat panel |
Alt + ' | Toggle Intel Board overlay |
Alt + C | Toggle Easy Copy mode (Creates a Note Cluster if multiple notes selected) |
Ctrl + Z | Undo (scoped to current domain) |
Ctrl + Y / Ctrl + Shift + Z | Redo |
Delete | Delete all selected notes |
| Alt | Pull up notes below (when deletion clean-up prompt is active) |
Alt + Right Click (Drag) | Pan workspace (even over notes) |
Alt + R | Open Atlas (Search, Multi-Domain Overview and Analytics) |
Alt + V | Toggle Nexus (Chronos and Objectives) |
Alt + Q (Objectives) | Create a new objective |
Enter | Accept pending Agent action proposal (in chat) |
Esc | Reject pending Agent action proposal (in chat) / Dismiss any active modal, overlay, or sidebar outline panel (when focused/hovered) |
Note Formatting
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
Ctrl + B | Toggle Bold |
Ctrl + U | Toggle Underline |
Ctrl + \ | Remove all formatting |
Ctrl + E | Toggle Code formatting |
Ctrl + 1 to 4 | Apply predefined theme colors |
Ctrl + ' | Apply custom color-picker color |
List & Block Formatting
Type these at the start of a line followed by a Space:
| Pattern | Result |
|---|---|
* | Bulleted List |
1. | Numbered List |
< | Checkbox / To-Do |
> | Toggle / Collapsible Block |
--- + Enter | Horizontal Line |
``` | Code Block (Nexus only) |
Mouse & Selection
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
Ctrl + Click / Hover | Select multiple notes to drag, or attach notes and Nexus documents to Agent context (Hold Ctrl to select on hover) |
Ctrl + Drag | Box select multiple notes (on empty background; attaches selected notes to Agent Chat when panel is open) |
Shift + Drag | Draw a new sector divider manually (on empty background) |
Click (Empty Area) | Click anywhere on empty space inside a note to drag it |
Alt + Left Click (Drag) | Move note by clicking anywhere on its surface (even over text) |
Alt + Click (Octagon Handle) | Select pending link source on octagon handle for cross-domain connection (in Linking Mode) |
Alt + Left Click | Insert additional text cursor (multi-cursor) |
Ctrl + Shift + L | Select all occurrences of current selection (multi-cursor) |
Ctrl + L | Add selected text or focused note / Nexus document to Agent context |
Ctrl / Alt + Scroll | Zoom in/out of the canvas (See Linux fix) |
Mouse Scroll | Scroll nexus |
Shift + Mouse Scroll | Scroll horizontally |
Double Click (Note Header / Border) / Alt + Double Click | Reset zoom to 1:1 and center view on note (See Linux fix) |
Double Click (Resize Handle / Corner) | Expand note to display all content without scrollbars (Auto-Fit) or up to available space limit |
Left Click (Background) | Pan workspace (Click and Drag) |
Alt + Right Click (Drag) / Alt | Free canvas pan (Hold Alt + Right Click to pan from anywhere, or press Alt to toggle free drag mode based on Settings) (See details) |
Hold Alt | Highlight reference badges on canvas (boost brightness & opacity) |
Double Click (Domain Name) | Rename domain |
Double Click (Nav Item) | Jump to item |
Right Click (Canvas / Note) | Opens custom context menu |
Shift + Right Click | Open native browser context menu |
Double Click (Image Note) | Open high-resolution image lightbox viewer |
Drag & Drop (Image File) | Create standalone image note at target position |
Ctrl + V (Image Clipboard) | Create standalone image note at cursor position (when not editing text) |
Topology Canvas
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
Alt + Q | Create a new node |
Alt + W | Tidy Up (Align & distribute nodes) |
Alt + E | Create cluster from selection (when >1 nodes selected) |
Alt + S | Link nodes in series (when >1 nodes selected) |
Ctrl + Click | Select/deselect multiple nodes |
Ctrl + Click (on Workspace Notes) | Select multiple sidebar notes to drag together |
Ctrl + Drag | Box select multiple nodes (on empty background) |