Manual · Pro, settings and help
Settings and keyboard shortcuts
Every setting on the settings page - what it does, what it offers, what it starts as and where it exists - and every keyboard shortcut of the app.
The settings page
The gear in the toolbar of the day view opens Settings. The page has three parts:
| Part | Holds | Kept |
|---|---|---|
| Notes, or Profile: and the profile's name | Where the notes are, how they sync, linked folders, day templates, tag colours | Per profile |
| App | Language, week, appearance, the task form, reminders, widgets, the background sync, Pro | Per device, the same in every profile |
| Help & info | Shortcuts, feedback, diagnostics, imprint, version | - |
Each part is a stack of sections that fold. One section is open at a time: opening one closes the one that was open, and it is open again the next time. Two open by themselves when something needs you: Storage when the notes folder is missing, a day exists twice or the notes exist only inside the app, Sync when the last sync failed.
Sections that a platform cannot offer are not shown at all. The browser showcase on the website keeps its notes in memory, so it has no sync and no linked folders.
The open profile
The first part belongs to the profile that is open. With one profile it is headed Notes, with a Profiles... button beside it. From the second profile on it is headed Profile: and the profile's name, in the profile's colour, with Switch or manage... beside it. Switching shows the other profile's values in every section of this part. Profiles are explained in Profiles and storage.
Storage
| Setting | What it does | Options and default | Platform |
|---|---|---|---|
| The folder line | Shows the notes folder and how many notes it holds. Says This folder does not exist. Nothing was loaded from it. when it is gone. | - | All |
| Notes live inside the app | A warning while the notes exist only in the app's own storage and no sync is set up. | - | Android |
| Choose folder... | Copies the notes into another folder and uses that from then on. The old folder is left untouched. | See below | Windows, Linux, Android |
| Export notes as ZIP | Writes every note into a ZIP file. | - | Windows, Linux, Android |
| Review | Appears while a day exists twice and opens Days that exist twice. | - | Windows, Linux, Android |
Where the folder starts out on each platform is in Your notes folder.
Sync
The section exists wherever the notes are in a folder: Windows, Linux and Android.
| Setting | What it does | Options and default |
|---|---|---|
| Set up sync... | Opens the wizard: server, account, notes folder, check. | - |
| Test connection | Runs the checks again and shows each step. Appears once sync is set up. | - |
| Sync now | Starts a sync. Afterwards a line says what moved. | - |
| Check for changes | How often the open app asks the server for changes. Appears once sync is set up. | Off, 5, 15, 30, 60 min. Default 15 min. |
Everything about it is in Sync.
Linked folders
| Setting | What it does | Options and default | Platform |
|---|---|---|---|
| Link a folder... | Adds a folder in which a link like [[Note]] is looked for. Folders are searched in the order listed. | None linked | Windows, Linux, Android |
| Read the folder again | Reads the folder's file list anew. | - | Windows, Linux, Android |
| Remove folder | Takes the folder off the list. Nothing in it is touched. | - | Windows, Linux, Android |
The list belongs to the profile on this device; another device has its own. What such links do is in Links to files.
Templates & tag colours
| Setting | What it does | Options and default |
|---|---|---|
| Day templates | Write a template... or Manage templates... opens the templates: one for every new day, one per weekday, one per day of the month. | New days start empty. |
| Tag colours | Assign colours... opens the list of your tags, each with a colour. | No colours |
| In the note (inside Assign colours...) | How a coloured tag looks in the note. | Coloured tag, Dot, Nothing. Default Coloured tag. |
| Colour bar at the start of the line (inside Assign colours...) | A bar in the tag's colour at the left edge of its line. | Off |
Templates and colours are files in the profile's folder, so they travel with its notes. How the note shows a coloured tag is kept per profile on the device.
See Day templates and Tag colours.
The app
The second part belongs to the app on this device. It looks the same in every profile, and a profile switch does not change it.
Display & controls
| Setting | What it does | Options and default |
|---|---|---|
| Language | The language of the app. | English, Deutsch. Default: the device's language, German on a German system and English on any other. |
| Week starts on | The first column of every calendar and date picker. | System, Monday, Sunday, Saturday. Default System, which follows the device's regional format. |
| Calendar weeks | A column of week numbers in the calendars. A line below says which rule is chosen. | Off, ISO 8601, 1 January. Default Off. |
| Appearance | Light or dark colours. | System, Light, Dark. Default System. |
| Tasks - Apply task changes immediately | A change in the task form is written into the note as it is made, and the form only has Close. Switched off, the form has Cancel and Save. A new task always waits for Create. | On |
The week settings are explained in First day of the week and week numbers.
Reminders
This section exists on Android and on Windows in the version from the Microsoft Store. The settings apply to this device and to every profile.
| Setting | What it does | Options and default |
|---|---|---|
| Remind me on this device | Switches reminders on. The rest of the section appears only then. | Off |
| Which lines | Which lines get a reminder. Below it, how many reminders are due in the next 14 days. | Only lines with C/, Every line with a time. Default Only lines with C/. |
| Lead time | How long before the time a reminder comes. With Every line with a time only; a line with C/ has its own lead time. | At the time, 5, 15, 30 min before, 1 hour before. Default At the time. |
| Remind me of | Appointments and tasks with a time, separately. With Every line with a time only. | Appointments on, Tasks with a time off |
| Delivery | What the platform does with a reminder. Where something is missing, Allow notifications and Allow exact alarms; on Android always Choose sounds. | - |
What a reminder shows and what its buttons do is in Reminders.
Home screen & system
This section exists on Android only.
| Setting | What it does | Options and default |
|---|---|---|
| Widgets - Appearance | Light or dark widgets on the home screen. | System, Light, Dark. Default System. |
| On the home screen | Lists the widgets placed on the home screen. Tap one to set it up. | - |
| Sync in the background | How often Android syncs the open profile while the app is closed. Appears once sync is set up, and with Pro. | Off, 15, 30 min, 1, 3, 6 h. Default 1 h. |
| Text selection menu - Offer "Add to tagwerk" | Text selected in another app can be sent to today's note from the selection menu. | On |
Setting up a single widget is described in Widgets.
tagwerk Pro
This section exists where Pro can be bought: on Android and on Windows. On Linux every Pro feature is included, so there is no section. What the section shows depends on how Pro was bought:
| Button | What it does | Platform |
|---|---|---|
| Buy Pro | On Android from Google Play: buys through Google Play. On Windows and the Android build from caliora.org: opens the licence page in the browser. | Windows, Android |
| Restore purchase | Asks Google Play again for a purchase made earlier. | Android from Google Play |
| Licence lost? | Opens the page where a licence is sent to you again. | Windows, Android from caliora.org |
| Import licence | Takes a licence pasted from the purchase e-mail. | Windows, Android |
| Use Pro on your other devices | Turns a Google Play purchase into a licence file in your notes folder. Name for the licence and E-mail for recovery (optional) can be filled in first. | Android from Google Play |
| Your licence, Copy licence | Shows the licence as text, for a device that does not share the folder. | Windows, Android |
| Remove licence | Takes the licence file off this notes folder. | Windows, Android |
What Pro includes and how a licence moves between devices is in tagwerk Pro.
Help & info
Help
| Entry | What it does | Platform |
|---|---|---|
| Keyboard | Lists the keyboard shortcuts, the same as below. | Windows, Linux, browser |
| Feedback - Report a bug or an idea | Opens the public issue tracker on GitHub in the browser. Whatever you write there is public. | All |
| Server speed | How long the sync server took per kind of request. See Server speed. | All |
| Numbers and diagnostics | Counts of notes, tasks, tags and database contents, as text to copy. See Numbers and diagnostics. | All |
| Diagnostics - Log | The app's log, with Copy and Clear log. Appears once something has been logged. | Windows, Linux, Android |
When something goes wrong, Troubleshooting says what to look at first.
Imprint and version
Below the last section, outside the folds:
| Entry | What it does | Platform |
|---|---|---|
| Imprint | The publisher's imprint, readable without a network. | All |
| Privacy policy | Opens the privacy policy on caliora.org in the browser. | All |
| Version | The installed version, selectable for a bug report. | All |
| Check now | Looks for a newer version. The line beside it says whether one is waiting. | Windows from the Microsoft Store, Android from caliora.org |
| Download | Fetches the waiting version. | Android from caliora.org |
| Show above the note | Brings back the update notice over the note after it was closed. | Windows from the Microsoft Store |
| View in the Store | Opens tagwerk in the Microsoft Store, for an installation that did not come from it. | Windows |
Keyboard shortcuts
The shortcuts apply with mouse and keyboard on Windows and Linux, and in the browser showcase. They are not for touch. Settings → Help → Keyboard shows the same list in the app.
In the day view
These work on the day view, also while the cursor is in the note, but not while a dialog is open.
| Keys | Does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+F or Ctrl+K | Search |
| Ctrl+G | Jump to date |
| Ctrl+Page Up | Previous day; with the calendar open, one step of its view back |
| Ctrl+Page Down | Next day; with the calendar open, one step of its view forward |
| Alt+Home | Today |
In the note
| Keys | Does |
|---|---|
| Tab | Indent every selected line |
| Shift+Tab | Outdent every selected line |
| Ctrl+Enter | Done: ticks off the task on the cursor's line, or takes the tick back |
| Ctrl+D | Duplicate line, or the selection |
| Ctrl+B | Bold on or off around the selection |
| Ctrl+E | Code on or off around the selection |
| Ctrl+Alt+F | Fold section under the heading the cursor is in |
| Ctrl+Alt+Enter | Open link on the cursor's line; a web address before a link to a file |
| Ctrl+click on a link | Opens the link |
| Menu key or Shift+F10 | On a task: the task menu, where the arrow keys walk the entries. On a #tag or @name: its overview. |
| Escape | Leave the note, since Tab indents inside it |
| Ctrl+Z | Undo |
| Ctrl+Y or Ctrl+Shift+Z | Redo |
| Alt+↑ / Alt+↓ | Move line up or down |
| Shift+Alt+↑ / Shift+Alt+↓ | Copy line above or below |
| Ctrl+Shift+K | Delete line |
In calendars and dialogs
| Keys | Does |
|---|---|
| ← → ↑ ↓ | Move in the calendar: a day or a week, in the small calendar of the side panel, in the calendar's Month view and in every date picker |
| Page Up / Page Down | The same day one month back or forward (not in the Month view, which pages with the arrows beside the date) |
| Enter or Space | Picks the day that has the focus |
| ↑ / ↓, then Enter | In the search: walks the results and opens one at its line |
| Enter | In a one-line field of a sheet - a time, a title, a reading, a profile name: does what the sheet's main button does. In the description it starts a new line |
| Escape | Closes the dialog in front, or a side panel that has slid in over the page |
The calendar is one stop for Tab; inside it the arrows do the walking.