What desktop features are available?

The Tana desktop app is available for Mac and provides features beyond the web experience.

Tabs

Open multiple documents in separate tabs within one window. The tab bar appears at the top when you open a second tab. Each tab maintains its own navigation history and split view state.

Use Cmd+TCtrl+T to open a new tab, Cmd+WCtrl+W to close the current one, and Ctrl+TabCtrl+Tab or Ctrl+Shift+TabCtrl+Shift+Tab to cycle between them. Cmd+ClickCtrl+Click on any link opens it in a new tab.

Split view

Work with two documents side by side. Use Cmd+Option+ClickCtrl+Alt+Click on any link to open it in the other pane. Drag the divider to adjust the split ratio. Each pane can be closed independently.

Use Cmd+Shift+ClickCtrl+Shift+Click on a link to open it in a new window instead.

External meeting capture

The desktop app can detect active Zoom, Teams, and Google Meet calls and capture their audio and screen content for transcription and outcome extraction. See External meeting capture for the full workflow.

System tray

The desktop app installs a menu bar icon that shows today's agenda across every organization you are signed in to. Events are listed in time order. When you are in more than one org, each event is labelled with the org it belongs to so it is clear which workspace it is from. The menu bar title shows the meeting that is happening right now, or the next one coming up if nothing is in progress. Click any event to jump to it.

Deep links

The desktop app registers the tana-app:// URL scheme. Links in this format open the corresponding document directly in the app, making it easy to link to Tana content from other tools.

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Can I use tabs on desktop?

Open multiple documents in separate tabs within one window. The tab bar appears at the top when you open a second tab. Each tab maintains its own navigation history and split view state.

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What is split view?

Use Cmd+Shift+ClickCtrl+Shift+Click on a link to open it in a new window instead.

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How do I see today's meetings without opening Tana?

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Is there a mobile app?

Not yet. Use Tana in your mobile web browser for now.

Can I use Tana on the web?

Tana works in any modern browser at home.tana.inc. The web app can be installed as a PWA (Progressive Web App) for a more app-like experience.

The web app has the same features as the desktop app except for tabs, split view, and external meeting capture.

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Zoom in panel

Focus on a node, making it the root of your view

Mac Cmd+.Windows Alt+→

Command line Zoom in panel

Zoom out

Go back to the previous view

Mac Cmd+,Windows Alt+←

Command line Go back (Zoom out)

Expand

Expand child nodes under the focused node

Mac Cmd+↓Windows Ctrl+↓

Command line Expand

Expand all

Expand all descendant nodes

Mac Ctrl+Cmd+↓Windows Ctrl+Alt+↓

Command line Expand all

Collapse

Collapse child nodes under the focused node

Mac Cmd+↑Windows Ctrl+↑

Command line Collapse

Collapse all

Collapse all descendant nodes

Mac Ctrl+Cmd+↑Windows Ctrl+Alt+↑

Command line Collapse all

Open in new panel

Open the focused node in a side panel

Mac Option+Shift+.Windows Alt+Shift+.

Command line Open in new panel

Show today node

Jump to the current day node

Mac / Windows Ctrl+Shift+D

Command line Show today node

Open in new panel

Open a node in a new panel to the right

Mac / Windows Shift+Click

Secondary action

Trigger the secondary action or navigate to the secondary destination

Mac Option+ClickWindows Alt+Click

Open config in panel

Open supertag or field configuration directly in a side panel

Mac Option+Shift+ClickWindows Alt+Shift+Click

Open supertag config

Open the supertag configuration panel directly

Mac Cmd+Shift+ClickWindows Ctrl+Shift+Click

Previous calendar node

Navigate to the previous day, week, month, or year node

Mac / Windows Ctrl+[

Next calendar node

Navigate to the next day, week, month, or year node

Mac / Windows Ctrl+]

Remind me

A reference of the selected node will be sent to daily page of choice

Command line Remind me

Open calendar for →

Open a daily page

Command line Open calendar for →

Set up day tag for this workspace

Only runs on workspace node. Creates the journal tags and nodes on the workspace root.

Command line Set up day tag for this workspace

Join collaborative space →

Add workspaces you've been invited to

Command line Join collaborative space →

Open sidebar node

Open the node that drives the sidebar content

Command line Open sidebar node

Open layout node

Open the node that saves all layouts (Tana Labs savedLayout)

Command line Open layout node

Open in new browser

Opens node in a new browser instance

Command line Open in new browser

Open workspace →

Open the home node of chosen workspace

Command line Open workspace →

Hide sidebar

Hides the left sidebar

Command line Hide sidebar

Show sidebar

Shows the full left sidebar

Command line Show sidebar

Show mini sidebar

Shows the collapsed mini sidebar

Command line Show mini sidebar

Toggle sidebar

Cycles through sidebar states

Command line Toggle sidebar

Set theme to dark mode

Toggles dark mode theme on

Command line Set theme to dark mode

Set theme to light mode

Toggles light mode theme on

Command line Set theme to light mode

Set theme to system theme

Matches system theme

Command line Set theme to system theme

Open trash (deleted)

Opens node where all deleted items go

Command line Open trash (deleted)

Open library

Open your Library page

Command line Open library

Open home node of current workspace

Open your home node

Command line Open home node of current workspace

Open schema

Open your schema, where definitions for supertags and fields live by default

Command line Open schema

What are the keyboard shortcuts for editing?

Insert node below

Create a new sibling node below

Mac / Windows Enter

Insert after

Create a new sibling node below the current node

Mac / Windows Shift+Enter

Command line Insert after

Insert before

Create a new sibling node above the current node

Mac Cmd+Shift+EnterWindows Ctrl+Shift+Enter

Command line Insert before

Mark done

Toggle checkbox state on the focused node

Mac Cmd+EnterWindows Ctrl+Enter

Duplicate node

Duplicate the focused node

Mac Cmd+Shift+DWindows Ctrl+Shift+D

Command line Duplicate node

Delete node

Delete the focused node and its children

Mac Cmd+Shift+BackspaceWindows Ctrl+Shift+Backspace

Command line Delete node

Create new

Create a new node via the create dialog

Mac Cmd+NWindows Ctrl+N

Cut

Cut the focused node

Mac Cmd+XWindows Ctrl+X

Paste

Paste content or node

Mac Cmd+VWindows Ctrl+V

Get link to node

Copy a reference to the focused node

Mac Cmd+CWindows Ctrl+C

Command line Get link to node

Add description

Add a description to the focused node

Mac / Windows Ctrl+I

Command line Add description

Create field

Start creating a field on the focused node

Mac / Windows >

Command line Create field

Add reference

Start adding an inline reference

Mac / Windows @

Add tag #

Start adding a supertag to the focused node

Mac / Windows #

Command line Add tag #

Paste as plain text

Paste copied content as plain text instead of a reference

Mac Cmd+Shift+VWindows Ctrl+Shift+V

Add contextual content

Add related content below the focused node

Mac Cmd+Option+↓Windows Ctrl+Alt+↓

Command line Add contextual content

Notify @ →

Sends a notification to target user's Notification menu

Command line Notify @ →

Copy as HTML link

Copies URL of node along with node contents

Command line Copy as HTML link

Export plain html

Opens a new browser html page of the selected node and contents

Command line Export plain html

Copy as markdown

Copies the selected content in plain markdown format (.md files)

Command line Copy as markdown

Copy as markdown no fields, no tags

Copies the selected content in plain markdown format (.md files) without supertags or fields

Command line Copy as markdown no fields, no tags

Copy as Tana Paste

Copies the selected content in Tana Outliner Paste format

Command line Copy as Tana Paste

Download as markdown

Downloads the selected nodes as a zip file

Command line Download as markdown

Download as markdown no field, no tags

Downloads the selected nodes as a zip file without supertags and fields

Command line Download as markdown no field, no tags

Export workspace as markdown

Exports the whole workspace in markdown format (.md files)

Command line Export workspace as markdown

Set [Field] →

Set a field option on one or more selected nodes with the same field

Command line Set [Field] →

Show [Field] →

Switch on chosen hidden field

Command line Show [Field] →

Set Optional →

Toggle whether the field is Optional or not (Yes/No)

Command line Set Optional →

Set Cardinality →

Toggle what Cardinality a field is (single value/list of values)

Command line Set Cardinality →

Set Datatype →

Set the type of data the field can contain

Command line Set Datatype →

Set Autocollect options →

Toggle whether a field will autocollect values to populate options

Command line Set Autocollect options →

Set Hide field conditions →

Toggle Hide state of a field

Command line Set Hide field conditions →

Set Source supertag →

Set Source supertag for all field values

Command line Set Source supertag →

Clone Reference

Convert a Reference node into a non-referenced node with all contents cloned

Command line Clone Reference

Hard delete including references

Deletes a node and all References. Inline refs and refs in other workspaces stay, but with trash icon.

Command line Hard delete including references

Show edit attribution

Show Edit Attribution of node

Command line Show edit attribution

Hide edit attribution

Hide Edit Attribution of node

Command line Hide edit attribution

Configure node

Opens configuration for selected node

Command line Configure node

Configure node (legacy)

Opens legacy configuration for selected node

Command line Configure node (legacy)

Create URL node

Creates a node that receives and specially formats URLs

Command line Create URL node

Lock node

Locks a node from being edited

Command line Lock node

Unlock node

Unlocks a locked node

Command line Unlock node

Paste as code

Pastes contents in a special formatting code node

Command line Paste as code

Set move target

Adds selected node to list of places when using Move command

Command line Set move target

Copy full content to clipboard

Copies all contents of selected node as indented plain text

Command line Copy full content to clipboard

Iterate and convert URLs to URL nodes

Finds nodes that are just URLs and converts them to Tana Outliner URL nodes

Command line Iterate and convert URLs to URL nodes

Remove Reference

Remove a reference node

Command line Remove Reference

Remove tag #

Removes selected supertag from node

Command line Remove tag #

Create supertag

Convert the contents of a node to a supertag definition

Command line Create supertag

Insert current date and time

Adds text of current date and time (YY-MM-DD hh:mm)

Command line Insert current date and time

Insert current time

Adds text of current time (hh:mm)

Command line Insert current time

Create supertag based on content

Use node and contents (nodes, fields) to create a supertag

Command line Create supertag based on content

Edit supertag definition for [supertag]

Opens supertag configuration

Command line Edit supertag definition for [supertag]

Set default tag for children

Choose which supertag gets applied to all new child nodes of selected node

Command line Set default tag for children

Apps and platforms

What desktop features are available?

Tabs

Split view

External meeting capture

System tray

Deep links

Can I use tabs on desktop?

What is split view?

How do I see today's meetings without opening Tana?

Is there a mobile app?

Can I use Tana on the web?

What are the keyboard shortcuts for navigation?

What are the keyboard shortcuts for editing?