Writing in a note

You write in a note in the side panel, or on its card on the board. Type // for headings and lists, select words to format them, and type @@ to link to a day, a board or another note.

The title and the text

Click the title to type it. Press ↵Enter to go on into the text. An empty note says “Write here”, and the empty line you’re on says “Type / for headings, lists and more”.

Everything is saved as you type. ⌘ZCtrl+Z undoes your typing and ⇧⌘ZCtrl+Shift+Z redoes it.

Type // at the start of a line, or after a space. A menu named “Headings, lists and more” opens under it.

Type a word after the / to narrow the menu, such as “h2” or “todo”. The first choice left is selected.
↑↑ and ↓↓ move through the choices, round from the last to the first.
↵Enter or TabTab chooses. A click chooses too.
EscEsc closes the menu and leaves what you typed.

Choosing makes your line that kind and keeps its words; the / and the word after it go. When nothing matches, the menu says “No matches”, and a space closes it. In a code block, / is only a slash.

Choice	What it makes	Markdown	Keys
Text	A plain line		`⌥⌘0Ctrl`+`Alt`+`0`
Heading 1	The largest heading	`#`	`⌥⌘1Ctrl`+`Alt`+`1`
Heading 2	A smaller heading	`##`	`⌥⌘2Ctrl`+`Alt`+`2`
Heading 3	The smallest heading	`###`	`⌥⌘3Ctrl`+`Alt`+`3`
Bulleted list	A list with dots	`-`	`⇧⌘8Ctrl`+`Shift`+`8`
Numbered list	A list numbered 1, 2, 3	`1.`	`⇧⌘7Ctrl`+`Shift`+`7`
Checklist	A list with boxes to tick	`[ ]`	`⇧⌘9Ctrl`+`Shift`+`9`
Quote	A line set apart, with a rule on its left	`>`	`⇧⌘BCtrl`+`Shift`+`B`
Code block	Lines of code in a fixed-width font	```	`⌥⌘CCtrl`+`Alt`+`C`
Divider	A line across the note, under the line you’re on	`---`

The Markdown works too: type it at the start of a line, then a space. The divider needs no space.

The slash menu open in a note, listing Text, three headings, three lists, Quote, Code block and Divider, each with its Markdown on the right.

A note has three levels of heading; a deeper one pasted from a web page comes in as Heading 3.

In a list, TabTab moves an item in a level and ⇧TabShift+Tab moves it back out. ↵Enter on an empty item ends the list. Click a checklist’s box to tick it.

Format words: the formatting bar

Select words outside a code block. When you let go of the mouse, the formatting bar shows above them.

Button	What it does	Keys
Bold	Makes the words bold	`⌘BCtrl`+`B`
Italic	Slants the words	`⌘ICtrl`+`I`
Strikethrough	Draws a line through the words	`⇧⌘SCtrl`+`Shift`+`S`
Code	Sets the words in a code font	`⌘ECtrl`+`E`
Link	Opens a field for a web address
Open link	On a web or mail link only: opens it outside Bloomingo	`⌘ClickCtrl`+`Click`

A button looks pressed while the words have that style; press it again to take the style away. The keys work without the bar. ⌘UCtrl+U underlines words, and has no button.

You can also type a style around words: **bold**, *italic*, ~~struck through~~ or `code`.

The bar goes when you type, when the selection goes, or on EscEsc. A second EscEsc ends your typing, and in the side panel it closes the panel.

Words selected in a note, with the formatting bar above them: Bold, Italic, Strikethrough, Code and Link.

Add a link to a web page

Select the words, choose Link, then paste or type the address in the field and press ↵Enter.

An address typed without “https://” gets it.
An email address becomes a mail link.
EscEsc leaves the field and goes back to the buttons.

To change a link, put the caret in it and choose Link: the field holds its address. Change it and press ↵Enter, or choose Remove link. Pressing ↵Enter on an empty field removes the link too.

Two faster ways: a web address you type becomes a link when you type a space after it, and an address pasted over selected words links them.

A click in a link puts the caret there, so you can edit its words. To open it, ⌘ClickCtrl+Click it, or choose Open link in the bar. A web address opens in your browser and a mail address in your mail app. Only web and mail links open. If one can’t, Bloomingo says “Could not open the link.”

Link to a day, a board or a note

Type @@ at the start of a line, or after a space. A menu named “Link to a day, a board or a note” opens.

With nothing typed, it offers Today, Tomorrow and your five most recent boards and notes.
Type to find a day by its name or date (“friday”, “9 october”), a board or a note. Each shows where it lives, or for a day, its date or how far away it is.
Choose with ↑↑, ↓↓ and ↵Enter, or a click. EscEsc closes the menu and leaves what you typed.

The note you’re writing in is never offered.

The link shows the thing’s icon and name. Click it to open it: a day or a board shows, and a note shows on its board, or in the side panel when it lives on no board. ⌘ClickCtrl+Click opens it in a new tab; from any window but the first, in a window of its own. The arrow keys select a link as they pass it, and ↵Enter then opens it. ⌫Backspace right after a link removes it whole.

A link follows its thing’s name when it is renamed. If the thing goes to Trash or is deleted, the link keeps the name it had, struck through, and opens nothing.

The link menu open under an @ in a note, offering Today, Tomorrow and three boards, each with its date or where it lives.

Pictures in a note

Paste a picture, or drop one onto the text. PNG, JPEG, GIF and WebP pictures go in, each on a line of its own:

pasted, where the caret is, in place of any selected words;
dropped, on the line after the one under the pointer, which it never splits.

It shows as wide as it is, up to the width of the text, with a new line after it to keep typing. It is kept as the note’s file: counted in your storage, listed on the Files page, and included in an export.

Click a picture to select it. ⌫Backspace removes it, and ⌘ZCtrl+Z brings it back while Bloomingo stays open.
Double-click it to open it in the side panel, in place of the note.

Dropped with PDFs or other files, the pictures go into the text and the rest onto the board. A note in a window of its own has no board, so only pictures go in: “Only pictures can go in a note: Brief.pdf.” A picture that can’t be kept leaves the text, with “Could not keep Shot.png.” A picture copied into another note becomes a copy of its own.

Move a line up or down

Press ⇧⌘↑Ctrl+Shift+↑ or ⇧⌘↓Ctrl+Shift+↓ to move the line with the caret past the one next to it. A list item takes the items inside it, and stays in its own list. Select across several lines to move them together, or select a picture or a divider to move it. Each move is one undo step.

Every key in a note

What it does	Keys
Headings, lists and more	`//`
Bold	`⌘BCtrl`+`B`
Italic	`⌘ICtrl`+`I`
Underline	`⌘UCtrl`+`U`
Strikethrough	`⇧⌘SCtrl`+`Shift`+`S`
Code	`⌘ECtrl`+`E`
Heading 1	`⌥⌘1Ctrl`+`Alt`+`1`
Heading 2	`⌥⌘2Ctrl`+`Alt`+`2`
Heading 3	`⌥⌘3Ctrl`+`Alt`+`3`
Bulleted list	`⇧⌘8Ctrl`+`Shift`+`8`
Numbered list	`⇧⌘7Ctrl`+`Shift`+`7`
Checklist	`⇧⌘9Ctrl`+`Shift`+`9`
Quote	`⇧⌘BCtrl`+`Shift`+`B`
Code block	`⌥⌘CCtrl`+`Alt`+`C`
Move the line up	`⇧⌘↑Ctrl`+`Shift`+`↑`
Move the line down	`⇧⌘↓Ctrl`+`Shift`+`↓`