Settings reference

Open Settings with the button at the bottom of the sidebar. The window has ten tabs down the left side. Changes apply right away unless a Save button says otherwise.

Themes

Pick and create themes. See Themes and appearance.

Setting	What it does	Default
Dark / Light theme cards	Applies a built-in theme.	Midnight
New theme	Opens the custom theme editor.	–

Appearance

Setting	What it does	Default
Mode	Switches between a dark and a light theme (the last one you used of each).	Dark
Glass sidebar	Shows the desktop through the sidebar. macOS only.	Off
Glass body	Shows the desktop through the note list and editor. macOS only.	Off
Glass intensity	How see-through the glass is, from 0% to 100%. Only shown when a glass option is on.	50%

Editor

Setting	What it does	Default
Font family	The editor’s typeface. Pick a built-in font or any font installed on your computer.	Inter
Font size	Small 13px, Default 15px, Medium 17px, Large 19px.	Default (15px)
Line height	Compact 1.4, Default 1.7, Relaxed 2.0, Double 2.4.	Default (1.7)
Vim mode	Edit notes with Vim keybindings, including modal editing, motions and : commands.	Off
Default note mode	Normal (one pane) or Markdown (source and preview side by side) for notes you haven’t set individually.	Normal

A Preview under the options shows how your font choices look.

Features

Setting	What it does	Default
Canvas	Adds the Draw page to the sidebar. See Canvas.	Off
Canvas storage	Shows whether drawings are global or stored in a vault. Link to a vault… stores them in a chosen vault, and Unlink goes back. Only shown when Canvas is on.	Not linked (global)

Shortcuts

Lists the in-app shortcuts. Click a shortcut, press the keys you want, or press EscEsc to cancel. A shortcut must include ⌘Ctrl, ⇧Shift or ⌥Alt so it doesn’t fire while you type, and it can’t match another shortcut. Reset to defaults restores all of them.

Shortcut	What it does	Default
Search	Opens the search window.	⌘KCtrl+K
Toggle Sidebar	Shows or hides the sidebar.	⌘BCtrl+B
Open File	Opens a standalone .md file into this vault.	⌘OCtrl+O
Find in Note	Searches within the current note.	⌘FCtrl+F
New Note	Creates a note at the top level of the vault.	⌘⇧NCtrl+Shift+N
New Folder	Creates a folder inside the selected folder.	⌘⇧FCtrl+Shift+F

See the full list in Keyboard shortcuts.

Abbreviations

Type a trigger character plus a keyword and inkwell expands it. See Expand shortcuts with abbreviations.

Setting	What it does	Default
Trigger character	The prefix that starts an abbreviation. Choose one of : ! ; # $ % ^ ~ `	`.
Built-in	today, tomorrow, nextweek, nextmonth and now. These can’t be edited.	–
Custom	Your own abbreviations. Click Add abbreviation, type a keyword and the text it expands to, then Add. Use the pencil to edit and the bin to delete.	None

Click Save to apply changes to the trigger or your list, or Reset to discard them.

Vaults

Manage the vault you’re in and switch to others. See Vaults and your files.

Section	What it does
Active	The vault you have open and where it lives on disk.
Team	Share vault and Join a shared vault, or a status line for a vault that’s already shared. See Real-time collaboration.
Other vaults	New vault, Open folder, and your recent vaults with a Switch button.

GitHub

Connect GitHub to push and pull notes. See GitHub sync.

Setting	What it does	Default
Personal Access Token	Your GitHub token. Stored only on this computer.	Empty
Default Owner / Username	Your GitHub username or organisation.	Empty
Save / Test connection	Saves your details, and checks them by listing your repositories.	–

Team

Sign in, create teams, and invite people. See Real-time collaboration.

Setting	What it does
Sign in / Sign out	Your inkwell account. Required only for collaboration.
Create a team	Name and create a team. Each account can own up to 2.
Team members	Invite by email, and remove members.

About

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