Shortcuts for freely rearranging ideas and flexibly expressing thoughts through block-level editing, movement, and structuring

Enter

Create new block

Creates a new block (bullet point).

💡 Hint: Enter = new block

🎯 Used to quickly create new blocks when adding new ideas or information

Tab

Indent block

Indents the block.

💡 Hint: Tab = indent

🎯 Used to organize hierarchical structures of ideas and group related concepts

Shift+Tab

Unindent block

Removes indentation from the block.

💡 Hint: Shift + Tab = outdent

🎯 Used to adjust idea hierarchy and flexibly change thought structure

Ctrl+Shift+Up → Alt+Shift+Up

Move block up

Moves the block up.

💡 Hint: Up arrow moves up

🎯 Used to adjust block order and optimize the flow of ideas

Ctrl+Shift+Down → Alt+Shift+Down

Move block down

Moves the block down.

💡 Hint: Down arrow moves down

🎯 Used to adjust block order and optimize the flow of ideas

Shift+Up → Shift+Up

Select block and children

Selects the current block and all child blocks.

💡 Hint: Shift + Up twice

🎯 Used to select related idea groups for efficient moving or copying

Ctrl+.

Zoom in on current block

Zooms in to show only the current block.

💡 Hint: Ctrl + .

🎯 Used to focus on specific ideas for detailed editing

Ctrl+,

Zoom out from block

Restores the normal view from zoomed block.

💡 Hint: Ctrl + ,

🎯 Used to check overall structure and understand idea relationships

Ctrl+Up

Collapse child blocks

Collapses all child blocks under the current block.

💡 Hint: Ctrl + Up arrow

🎯 Used to collapse information hierarchy for better overview and focus on summary

Ctrl+Down

Expand child blocks

Expands all child blocks under the current block.

💡 Hint: Ctrl + Down arrow

🎯 Used to expand detailed information and grasp the complete picture of ideas

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Shortcuts for freely rearranging ideas and flexibly expressing thoughts through block-level editing, movement, and structuring