Find and search
| To | Press |
|---|---|
| Open a note by name | Ctrl+O |
| Search the text of all notes | Ctrl+Shift+F |
| Open the next or previous search result | F4 / Shift+F4 |
| Find and replace in the current note | Ctrl+F |
| List links whose target is missing | Run Find broken links (details) |
Open a note by name
Section titled “Open a note by name”Press Ctrl+O and type part of a note’s name. Case does not matter. Notes whose name matches best come first, then notes whose folder path matches. Use ↑ and ↓, then Enter. The list shows up to 50 notes.
Search all notes
Section titled “Search all notes”Press Ctrl+Shift+F, or open the Search tab, and type in Search all notes.
- Every word you type must appear in the note, either in its text or in its path. Case does not matter. There are no regular expressions or operators.
- Notes whose file name has all the words come first.
- Each note shows up to three matching lines. Choose a line to open the note there.
- Previous and Next above the list open the result lines one after another, also with F4 and Shift+F4 (commands Next search result and Previous search result). After the last line they go back to the first.
- While the search text stays, the words are marked in the open note and in each note you open.
- The list shows up to 200 notes. Add a word to narrow it down.
Search covers the Markdown notes in the folder. It skips hidden files, files that are not UTF-8, and the contents of attachments. Results update when files change, and the search stays when you switch tabs.
Etonym builds the search index the first time you search in a folder and keeps a cache in the Windows app data folder, not in your notes folder. When an answer takes a moment, the list shows Indexing notes… the first time and Searching… after that.
Find and replace in a note
Section titled “Find and replace in a note”Press Ctrl+F (command Find in note). A bar opens at the top of the note.
- Enter, F3 or Ctrl+G goes to the next match, Shift+Enter to the previous one.
- match case, regexp and by word narrow the search.
- replace and replace all change the matches. Ctrl+Z undoes them.
- Esc closes the bar.
Replacing across all notes is not available.