Quick capture

Quick capture is a small pop-up for ideas that can’t wait. It works even when inkwell’s window is hidden.

Capture a note

1. Press ⌘NCtrl+N from any app. A Quick Note window opens in the middle of the screen and stays on top of other windows.
2. Type your note. It supports markdown, including the same / commands as the main editor.
3. Press ⌘EnterCtrl+Enter, or click Save.

The window briefly shows Saved and closes. Press EscEsc to close it without saving.

Choose where it goes

The name at the top-left of the window is the vault your note will be saved in. By default it’s the vault you last used.

• Click the name to pick another vault from your recent vaults.
• Choose Choose another folder… to use any folder.

How your note is saved

Captured notes land in a folder called Quick Notes inside the chosen vault. If the folder doesn’t exist, inkwell creates it. Each note is an ordinary .md file:

• The title is the first # Heading if you wrote one, otherwise the first line (up to 80 characters), otherwise “Quick Note”.
• The file name is the title plus a timestamp, for example buy-milk-1768473000000.md, so nothing is overwritten.

You don’t need the vault to be open in the main window, so you can capture into one vault while working in another.

Open the pop-up from the menu bar

inkwell puts an icon in your menu bar (macOS) or system tray (Windows and Linux). Click it for:

Item	What it does
Open inkwell	Brings the main window forward.
New Quick Note	Opens the capture pop-up.
Quit inkwell	Closes the app completely.

If the shortcut doesn’t work

⌘NCtrl+N is registered system-wide. If another app has already claimed it, inkwell can’t register it. Use the tray icon instead, or free up the shortcut in the other app. See Troubleshooting.