Search and the command palette

Oyma has three ways to find things: the command palette (⌘O) for notes, commands and tags; vault search (⌘⇧F) for the words inside your notes; and find and replace (⌘F) within the note you’re editing.

The command palette

Press ⌘O from anywhere. The palette has three modes, chosen by the first character you type:

Start with	You get
Anything else	Notes: fuzzy matching on note titles and paths
>	Commands: every action in the app, by name
#	Tags: the tags used in your vault

A small Command or Tag label appears at the left of the box when one of those modes is on. Use ↑ and ↓ to move, Enter to pick, and Esc to close.

Open a note

Type a few letters from its title. They don’t need to be next to each other, so qbr finds “Quarterly business review”. If two notes share a title, the folder path shown under each one tells them apart.

Run a command

Type > and part of the command’s name. Commands with a keyboard shortcut show it on the right, which is a handy way to learn them. Some useful ones:

• >Open today's daily note
• >Insert table
• >Duplicate current note and >Toggle pin on current note
• >Reveal current note in Finder
• >Export note as PDF…, >Export note as Word (.docx)… and >Export note as HTML…
• >Open knowledge graph
• >Show keyboard shortcuts

Formatting commands are here too, for example >Heading 2, >Task list or >Callout, so you can format without leaving the keyboard.

Look up a tag

Type # to list the tags in your vault. Pick one and Oyma opens vault search with that tag filled in.

Search across notes

Press ⌘⇧F to open Search the vault…. Results update as you type.

• Every word you type must appear in the note. Word order doesn’t matter.
• The last word matches as a prefix, so meet also finds “meeting” and “meetings” while you’re still typing.
• Punctuation is ignored, so searching for #roadmap finds the word “roadmap”.
• Results are ranked by relevance and show the title plus a snippet with your words highlighted.
• Click a result, or select it and press Enter, to open the note.

Search covers the full text of every Markdown note in the vault, including meeting transcripts and summaries, because those are saved in the note. The index lives on your Mac and updates as files change, including changes made by other apps.

Filter the notes list

The Filter notes box at the top of the notes list narrows the list by title and preview as you type. It’s quicker than a full search when you’re browsing a folder or a sidebar view such as Pinned or Meetings.

Find and replace in a note

Action	Shortcut
Find in note	⌘F
Next / previous match	Enter / ⇧Enter, or ⌘G / ⌘⇧G
Select every match	⌥Enter
Find and replace	⌘⌥F

The find bar floats over the top of the note without pushing the text down, and shows a count such as 3 / 12. Matching ignores case.

To replace, press ⌘⌥F or click the swap button in the find bar. Type the replacement, then click Replace for the next match or Replace all for every match in the note. In the replace box, Enter replaces the next match and ⇧Enter replaces them all. Undo (⌘Z) reverts a replacement.

Keyboard shortcuts

To see every shortcut in one place, run >Show keyboard shortcuts or open Settings › Shortcuts and click Open cheat sheet. The shortcuts tab also has a filter box. Shortcuts can’t be customized yet.

Related

• Links, backlinks and the graph covers moving between connected notes.
• Getting started lists the shortcuts for everyday actions.
• Tables explains the table you get from >Insert table.