Creating Notes
Summary
While we call it the Lookup Bar
, you can also use it to create notes that don't exist. When you lookup for a note that hasn't been created, Dendron will create it for you.
To try it yourself, bring up the lookup bar. Type hello
and hit Enter
.
Creating Special Notes
Dendron has builtin notion for certain types of notes with pre-defined hierarchies. These notes can be created by toggling the corresponding note button on the lookup menu or by using the respective builtin shortcuts.
- values:
- none (default): create a regular note
- journal: create a journal note (cmd/ctrl + shift + j)
- scratch: create a scratch note (cmd/ctrl + shift + s)
Creating Notes with a Selection
If you have text highlighted while creating a new note with a lookup, the new note will be created using the text selected. How the text will be used depends on the dendron.defaultLookupCreateBehavior
setting.
- values:
- selectionExtract (default): create new note with text from the old note. remove text from the old note
- selection2link: create new empty note and turn selection into a link referencing the old note
