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Outliner User Manual

Welcome to the Outliner user manual. This guide provides human-readable instructions on how to use Outliner, from basic navigation to advanced features.

Table of Contents

  1. Basic Operations
  2. Text Editing and Formatting
  3. Item Manipulation
  4. Links
  5. Selection and Copy & Paste
  6. Schedule Management
  7. Graph View
  8. Keyboard Shortcuts

Basic Operations

An overview of the basic interface and navigation.

Switching to Edit Mode

Click on any text to place your cursor there and enter edit mode.

Moving Between Items

Use the keyboard arrow keys (, , , ) to freely move your cursor.

  • Move to the beginning of the line: Home
  • Move to the end of the line: End

Text Editing and Formatting

Outliner supports various text formatting options (e.g., bold, italic, code blocks).

Applying Formatting

Select text and use keyboard shortcuts to quickly apply formatting.

  • Bold: Ctrl + B (Mac: Cmd + B)
  • Italic: Ctrl + I (Mac: Cmd + I)
  • Code: Wrap the selection in ```

Item Manipulation

Powerful item manipulation features expected in an outliner.

Adding New Items

Press Enter to insert a new item below the current one.

Indenting Items

  • Decrease indent: Tab at the beginning of a line
  • Increase indent: Shift + Tab at the beginning of a line

Moving Items

Easily reorder items using drag and drop.


Create links to other pages within Outliner or external websites.

Type [ twice ([[), then enter a page name to create a link to another page.

Paste any URL to automatically create an external link.


Selection and Copy & Paste

Efficiently select and copy multiple items or text ranges.

Selecting Text

  • Shift + Arrow keys: Select character by character or line by line
  • Shift + Home/End: Select to the beginning or end of the line
  • Ctrl + L: Select the entire current line

Box Selection (Rectangle Selection)

Select a rectangular area spanning multiple lines.

  • Mouse: Alt + Shift + Drag
  • Keyboard: Alt + Shift + Arrow keys

Schedule Management

Schedule pages for automatic publishing at a specific time.

Managing Schedules

You can open the schedule management screen from the page menu.

  • Create a schedule: Specify the desired publish time and strategy to create a new publishing task.
  • View existing schedules: Check the list of existing schedules for the current page.
  • Edit or cancel: You can modify or cancel schedules from this management screen.

Graph View

Visualize inter-page links as an interactive graph that updates in real time when pages change.

  • Interactive visualization: View the structure and connections of your project's pages in a visual node graph.
  • Navigate by clicking: Click on any node in the graph to quickly navigate to that corresponding page.
  • Real-time updates: The graph structure automatically updates in real time whenever links or pages are modified.

Keyboard Shortcuts

ActionWindows/LinuxMac
Add new itemEnterEnter
Select entire lineCtrl + LCmd + L
Select to start of lineShift + HomeShift + Home
Select to end of lineShift + EndShift + End
Box selection (Mouse)Alt + Shift + DragOption + Shift + Drag
Box selection (Key)Alt + Shift + ArrowOption + Shift + Arrow
Expand selectionShift + Alt + RightShift + Option + Right
Shrink selectionShift + Alt + LeftShift + Option + Left
Move line upCtrl + UpCmd + Up
Move line downCtrl + DownCmd + Down
Move line leftCtrl + LeftCmd + Left
Move line rightCtrl + RightCmd + Right
Move block upAlt + UpOption + Up
Move block downAlt + DownOption + Down