Shortcuts & CLI¶

In a note¶

Keys	Action
`Ctrl`+`N`	New note
`Ctrl`+`E`	Switch between edit and read view
`Ctrl`+`D`	Toggle draw mode
`Ctrl`+`B` / `Ctrl`+`I`	Bold / italic (wraps the selection)
`Tab` / `Shift`+`Tab`	Indent / outdent list item
`Enter`	Continue list; on an empty item, end it
`Ctrl`+`W`	Close (hide) the note
`Esc`	Read view, or leave draw mode
`Ctrl` + click	Open a link while editing
`Ctrl`+`Q`	Save everything and quit

In draw mode¶

Keys	Action
`P` / `H` / `E`	Pen / highlighter / eraser
`Ctrl`+`Z`	Undo
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`Z` or `Ctrl`+`Y`	Redo

Command line¶

Realer Xpad runs as a single instance. Running the command again sends the action to the instance that's already running, which makes it easy to bind to keys in any compositor.

Command
`realer-xpad`	Start, or show all open notes
`realer-xpad new`	Create a new note
`realer-xpad toggle`	Hide all notes, or show them if hidden
`realer-xpad hide`	Hide all notes
`realer-xpad manager`	Open the notes manager
`realer-xpad import-xpad`	Import notes from xpad
`realer-xpad quit`	Save everything and quit
`realer-xpad --version`	Print the version

Environment variables¶

Variable
`REALER_XPAD_DATA`	Where notes are stored (default `~/.local/share/realer-xpad`)
`REALER_XPAD_NO_HYPR`	Set to turn off the Hyprland integration