Every shortcut in Burst Notes on one page. The Control combinations in the command window and the editor shortcuts match on the character you type, so they are the same on Dvorak, AZERTY and other layouts.

Anywhere

Shortcut	Action
Command-Shift-B	open the command window (changeable under Settings)

In the command window

Shortcut	Action
up arrow, down arrow	move the highlight
Return	drill into the highlighted header or file, or run the highlighted command
right arrow, Command-right arrow	drill into the highlighted header or group
left arrow	back up one level
Escape	close the window
Command-Return	open the editor at the start of the highlighted header’s section
Command-Shift-Return	open the editor at the end of the highlighted header’s section
Return in a text field	write the line and open the editor on it
Command-Return in a text field	write the line without opening the editor
Control-M	cycle the mode: Normal, Navigation, Edit, Copy, Paste
Control-N	Normal mode
Control-G	Navigation mode
Control-E	Edit mode
Control-C	Copy mode
Control-P	Paste mode
Control-W	toggle the insertion position: end of section, just below header
Control-L	cycle the line type: bullet, to-do, text

In Edit mode, Return on a header opens the editor at the end chosen by the insertion position and Shift-Return at the other end.

In the editor

Shortcut	Action
Command-1	Visual tab
Command-2	Source tab
Command-P	switch to the other tab
Command-B	bold
Command-I	italic
Command-T, Option-Space	make the line a to-do, or tick and untick it
Option-up arrow, Option-down arrow	move the line up or down
Command-Plus, Command-Minus	larger, smaller text
Command-0	text size back to 100%
Command-Z, Command-Shift-Z	undo, redo
Command-X, Command-C, Command-V, Command-A	cut, copy, paste, select all
Escape, Command-W	save and close

In the Visual tab, typing [] at the start of a line turns it into a to-do item and Backspace on an empty list item leaves the list. See The Built-in Editor.

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