Editing Nodes

Editing Nodes

The outline is a tree of nodes. Each node has a title, an optional body (notes), and optional children.

Creating nodes

Action	How
New node below current	Enter
New child node (indent)	Enter then Tab
New node at same level	Enter (on an existing node)

Editing titles

Click a node title, or navigate to it with arrow keys and press Enter to open it for editing. Press Escape to exit editing and return to navigation.

While editing a title:

Key	Action
Enter	Create a new sibling node below
Shift+Enter	Open the body/notes area for this node
Tab	Indent node (make it a child of the node above)
Shift+Tab	Outdent node (promote to parent's level)
Alt+↑ / Alt+↓	Move node up or down among siblings
Escape	Exit editing, return to navigation

Body / notes

Each node can have body text (multi-line notes) beneath its title. Body text supports inline markup and org tables.

• Open notes: click the … hint that appears when a node has a body, or press Shift+Enter while in the title
• Close notes: press Escape from inside the notes textarea
• The notes area auto-expands as you type

Notes toolbar

When the notes area is open, a small toolbar appears to the right with three quick-insert buttons:

Button	Inserts
fn	A footnote reference [fn:N] at the cursor
img	An inline image picker
tbl	A blank 2×2 table, opening the table editor immediately

Navigating the outline

Key	Action
↑ / ↓	Move between nodes
← / →	Collapse / expand a node's children
Alt+← / Alt+→	Fold / unfold all nodes to a given depth
Home / End	Jump to first / last node

Deleting nodes

Select a node and press Backspace or Delete while not editing. A confirmation is shown before deleting nodes that have children.

Undo / Redo

• Ctrl+Z — undo
• Ctrl+Shift+Z or Ctrl+Y — redo

Undo history is per-session and does not persist across page reloads.

Drag and drop

Nodes can be dragged by their bullet point to any position in the outline, including re-parenting under a different node.

Collapsing and expanding

Click a node's bullet (▶/▼) to toggle its children. Use View → Fold to depth (or the depth buttons in the header) to collapse the entire outline to a given level.