Reference
Keyboard shortcuts
The complete AnyMind shortcut reference. Core editing is single-key by design — your hands never leave the home row to reshape a tree.
Edit the tree
- EnterSplit node / create siblingsplits at the cursor position
- TabIndent node
- ⇧TabOutdent node
- ⌫Merge with previous nodewhen the cursor is at the start of a line
- ⌘/CtrlEnterCycle todo statenone → todo → done
- ⌘/CtrlZUndo
- ⌘/Ctrl⇧ZRedo
Navigate & focus
- ↑↓Move focus between nodes
- ⌘/Ctrl.Zoom into current nodethe branch becomes your whole screen
- ⌘/Ctrl,Zoom out one level⌘⇧. works too
- ⌘/Ctrl↑Collapse node
- ⌘/Ctrl↓Expand node
- ⌘/Ctrl⇧↑Move node up
- ⌘/Ctrl⇧↓Move node down
- ⌘/CtrlUSearch the tree
Select & batch-edit
- EscExit editing → select nodepress again to clear the selection
- ⇧↑ / ↓Extend selection
- ⌘/CtrlC / X / VCopy / cut / paste nodeswhole subtrees travel together
- ⌦Delete selected nodesBackspace works too
- TabIndent selection
- ⇧TabOutdent selection
Slash commands & mouse
- /Open the slash menufilter with keystrokes, Enter to apply
- /todo · /doneMark the line as a todo / done
- /date · /todayAttach a date decoration/date opens an inline date picker
- /cardSchedule the node for spaced review
- ⇧ + click rowSelect a range of nodes⌘ + click toggles a subtree selection
- drag bulletReorder / re-parent a subtree
Muscle memory in an afternoon
Five keys do 90% of the work: Enter, Tab, Shift+Tab, and the arrows.