actualNoteContentPart: # Introduction
  The fastest way to open a note is usually Quick Open (sometimes alternately referred to as Quick Nav). This menu looks up notes based on their **title and/or tag**. 
  
  You can open the Quick Open on desktop with the following keyboard shortcuts:
  Mac: Cmd-O
  Linux, Windows: Ctrl-O
  
  When the window opens, you will see a list of notes whose **title **or **tag** match your input query.
  
  
  If you have not entered in an input query, notes are shown by how recently they were opened.
  
  Aside from using the [keyboard shortcuts for navigation](/help/keyboard_shortcuts_and_markdown_syntax_examples#___Navigation)  (Ctrl-Shift-, on Windows and Cmd-Shift-, on Mac jumps you back to the previously open note), the Quick Open without any input is the fastest way to get back to recently edited notes.
  
  # Navigating the Quick Open menu & keyboard shortcuts
  Check out the most up-to-date hotkeys for operating Quick Open here: [Keyboard Shortcuts & Markdown Syntax Examples#Quick Open](/help/keyboard_shortcuts_and_markdown_syntax_examples#Quick_Open) . 
  
  
  | **Windows/Linux** | **macOS** | **Function** | 
  | Ctrl-O | Cmd-O orCtrl-O in Safari | Opens and closes the Quick Open menu | 
  | Tab orArrow keys | Tabor Arrow keys | Cycles through visible results | 
  | Enter | Enter | Opens the result as the main note | 
  | Ctrl-Enter | Cmd-Enter | Opens the result in the [Peek Viewer: Sidebar for multi-note viewing](https://www.amplenote.com/notes/ffbf729e-0397-11ed-a1b4-7eb08a2c5cd0)   | 
  | Tab | Tab | Switches between Note Lookup and Task Lookup | 
  | Ctrl-. | Cmd-. | In Task Lookup, shows possible task actions | 
  | Esc | Esc | Close the Quick Open menu | 
   
  # What can Quick Open do for me?
  ## Jump to a note by title
  Type in a phrase that matches the title of a note to populate results:
  
  
  
  
  
  Use Tab or the arrow keys to browse through the results, then Enter to open that note as your main note. 
  
  💡 If you'd rather open a result in [the sidebar](https://www.amplenote.com/notes/ffbf729e-0397-11ed-a1b4-7eb08a2c5cd0) , use Ctrl-Enter or Cmd-Enter instead.
  
  The "catch" for using "Quick Open" is that you need to know a word from the note's title or tag. Power users of Quick Open will often start to develop the habit of stuffing note titles with keywords that they suspect their future self might use to look up the note. For example, instead of Amplenote SEO, our note with our tasks for SEO is called Amplenote distribution/marketing/content SEO idea master list. This means that typing any of those words into Quick Open will filter down to the desired note.
  
  Sometimes you're not sure what words were used to describe the note though. This can be especially common for notes taken within Jots, where the title will just be the day on which the Jot was made. In these cases, [full text search](/help/all_about_search_lookup_filtering#Best_for_finding_seldom-accessed_content:_full_text_search)  must be used.
  
  ### Jump to a Daily Jot using date expansion
  Using curly-bracket date expansion, you can quickly jump to a Daily Jot with that name. Read more at: [Keyboard Shortcuts & Markdown Syntax Examples#Date and time calculation Under-documented](/help/keyboard_shortcuts_and_markdown_syntax_examples#Date_and_time_calculation_Under-documented) :
   
  
  It happens fast in this GIF, but adding the closing curly bracket } after {last monday replaces the text with the date of the previous Monday.
processedNoteContent: ---
  title: How do I use Quick Open navigation?
  tags: 
  headers: # Introduction
  ---
  Introduction
  The fastest way to open a note is usually Quick Open (sometimes alternately referred to as Quick Nav). This menu looks up notes based on their title and/or tag
  . You can open the Quick Open on desktop with the following keyboard shortcuts:
  Mac: Cmd-O
  Linux, Windows: Ctrl-O When the window opens, you will see a list of notes whose **title **or tag
   match your input query. If you have not entered in an input query, notes are shown by how recently they were opened. Aside from using the [keyboard shortcuts for navigation](/help/keyboard_shortcuts_and_markdown_syntax_examples#___Navigation)
    (Ctrl-Shift-, on Windows and Cmd-Shift-, on Mac jumps you back to the previously open note), the Quick Open without any input is the fastest way to get back to recently edited notes. 
  Navigating the Quick Open menu & keyboard shortcuts
  Check out the most up-to-date hotkeys for operating Quick Open here: [Keyboard Shortcuts & Markdown Syntax Examples#Quick Open](/help/keyboard_shortcuts_and_markdown_syntax_examples#Quick_Open)
   . | Windows/Linux
   | macOS
   | Function
   |
  | Ctrl-O | Cmd-O orCtrl-O in Safari | Opens and closes the Quick Open menu |
  | Tab orArrow keys | Tabor Arrow keys | Cycles through visible results |
  | Enter | Enter | Opens the result as the main note |
  | Ctrl-Enter | Cmd-Enter | Opens the result in the [Peek Viewer: Sidebar for multi-note viewing](https://www.amplenote.com)`
     |
  | Tab | Tab | Switches between Note Lookup and Task Lookup |
  | Ctrl-. | Cmd-. | In Task Lookup, shows possible task actions |
  | Esc | Esc | Close the Quick Open menu | 
  What can Quick Open do for me?
  
  Jump to a note by title
  Type in a phrase that matches the title of a note to populate results: Use Tab or the arrow keys to browse through the results, then Enter to open that note as your main note. 💡 If you'd rather open a result in [the sidebar](https://www.amplenote.com)`
   , use Ctrl-Enter or Cmd-Enter instead. The "catch" for using "Quick Open" is that you need to know a word from the note's title or tag. Power users of Quick Open will often start to develop the habit of stuffing note titles with keywords that they suspect their future self might use to look up the note. For example, instead of Amplenote SEO, our note with our tasks for SEO is called Amplenote distribution/marketing/content SEO idea master list. This means that typing any of those words into Quick Open will filter down to the desired note. Sometimes you're not sure what words were used to describe the note though. This can be especially common for notes taken within Jots, where the title will just be the day on which the Jot was made. In these cases, [full text search](/help/all_about_search_lookup_filtering#Best_for_finding_seldom-accessed_content:_full_text_search)
    must be used. 
  Jump to a Daily Jot using date expansion
  Using curly-bracket date expansion, you can quickly jump to a Daily Jot with that name. Read more at: [Keyboard Shortcuts & Markdown Syntax Examples#Date and time calculation Under-documented](/help/keyboard_shortcuts_and_markdown_syntax_examples#Date_and_time_calculation_Under-documented)
   : It happens fast in this GIF, but adding the closing curly bracket } after {last monday replaces the text with the date of the previous Monday.
noteTitle: How do I use Quick Open navigation?