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Dashboard

When VNote opens, you land in its main interface. This page introduces the areas you will use every day so the rest of the documentation feels familiar.

The main interface

VNote's window is organized into three parts: the dock widgets on the sides, the content area in the middle, and the toolbar and menus along the top.

Notebooks panel

On the left, the Notebooks panel shows your notebooks, folders, and notes in a tree. Use it to switch notebooks, expand folders to any depth, and open notes. Right-click any item for actions such as creating, renaming, importing, and exporting. See Notebooks, Folders & Notes.

Content area

The middle area is the Content Area, where you read and edit notes. VNote opens notes in tabs, so you can keep several notes at once and switch between them. Tabs can be split into multiple side-by-side views, which is handy for comparing notes or writing while referencing another.

Dock widgets

Around the content area are dock widgets. They can be dragged and dropped freely and docked to the left, top, right, or bottom of the window. The most used are:

  • Notebooks — the notebook/folder/note tree described above.
  • Outline — the interactive heading structure of the current note; click a heading to jump to it.
  • Search — full-text and name search across notebooks; see Search Panel.
  • Tags — browse and filter notes by tag.
  • History — recently opened notes; see Quick Access & History.
  • Snippets — insert reusable text; see Snippets.

You can show or hide any dock widget from the view menu, and reset the layout if you rearrange things.

Toolbar and menus

The top of the window provides quick access to common actions — new note, import, export, Quick Access, Tasks, United Entry, Settings, and more. The New → Quick Note action lets you jot something down instantly without deciding where it belongs yet.

Command-driven navigation

Beyond clicking, VNote is built for the keyboard. Press the United Entry shortcut to search and jump anywhere with short commands, and use Keyboard Shortcuts — including full Vi mode — to work without leaving the home row.

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