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The day-by-day editor — markdown as you type, emoji shortcodes, find in entry, and how saving works.
Each day in Consistent Notes is one entry, dated and saved automatically. This page covers the editor itself; formatting syntax lives in the Markdown reference.
The entry for today is always one keystroke away (⇧⌘C). Use ⌘[ and ⌘] to move to yesterday’s and tomorrow’s entries — or click the ‹ › buttons in the editor’s header, which step between days the same way (the entry is saved before you move on). Pick any day from the notes list instead: ↑ ↓ move between days, ⏎ opens the selected one, and ⎵ jumps back to today. Prefer a minimal header? Settings → General → Editor → Hide day navigation buttons removes the ‹ › buttons — the shortcuts keep working.
Days you haven’t written yet sit in the list as empty rows. The filter button in the header — or ⌘⇧H — collapses them so only days with entries remain; today stays pinned at its place in the list. While the filter is on, the footer shows how many days are hidden.
The editor highlights markdown live — bold shows bold, headings get color, code gets a chip background — while the raw characters stay in the file. By default, formatting characters (the asterisks, backticks, and friends) are hidden except on the line you’re editing, so yesterday’s entries read clean. Prefer to always see them? Settings → General → Markdown delimiters → Always show.
The editor also gives you a hand while typing:
(, [, {, a quote, or a backtick inserts the closing character; backspacing an empty pair removes both.[text](url).Type : followed by letters to insert an emoji: :fire matches, ⏎ inserts 🔥. Matches are fuzzy and ranked; the six you use most appear when you just type : alone. ⇥ and the arrow keys move through matches, and the chevron (or a wide query) expands the full grid.
⌘F searches within the entry you’re reading. Matches highlight as you type with an “n of m” counter; ⏎ and ⇧⏎ step forward and back; ⎋ closes the bar and selects the current match. To search across every entry instead, use search (⌘⇧F).
Entries autosave one and a half seconds after you stop typing, and save again when you close an entry or leave the app. ⌘S saves immediately if you want the certainty. When you reopen a day, the cursor returns to where you left off. Every save also writes the entry’s Markdown file to disk — see where your entries live.
The formatting toolbar at the bottom of the editor has buttons for the common formats (bold, italic, code, link, underline, lists, and more). Hide it with ⌘⇧T if you’d rather have the space.