# The command menu

Press `⌘K` or `⌘P` to go anywhere or do anything.

One box finds a page, a thing or a day, and acts on the line you are in. On Windows, press `Ctrl+K` or `Ctrl+P`.

## Open it

- `⌘K` or `⌘P`, anywhere. Press it again to close.
- On a phone: pull down at the top of a page, tap **Search** in the sidebar, or tap the screen with two fingers. See [Pull down to search](phones.md#omnibar).

> **Note:** with words selected in a line, `⌘K` links them instead (as in Notion). `⌘P` always opens the menu.

![The command menu: a search box, Recent pages and things, then Actions such as Open or close every line on this page, New page, Go to today, Calendar, Op Log and Trash](img/palette.webp)
*The command menu, empty.*

## Find a page, a thing or a day

- Empty, the menu shows your **Recent** pages and things.
- Type to find pages and tagged things. The best match comes first: the name itself, then names that start with what you typed, then names with a word that starts with it, then names that hold it anywhere, then things whose type’s name matches. The link (`[[` and `@`), Move to and field pickers use the same order.
- Type a day: `today`, `tomorrow`, `fri`, `oct 15`. It reads the same words as [dates in lines](dates.md).
- The last row, *Search everything for “…”*, searches the words of every line.

![The command menu with “fri” typed: Friday, Friday October 16, then Search everything for “fri”](img/palette-fri.webp)
*Days read the same words as dates in lines.*

## Actions

Below the pages are actions. When the caret is in a line, or lines are selected, the first actions work on them:

- **Turn into** each kind, with its `⌘⌥` key
- **Move to…** another page (`⌘⇧M`)
- **Duplicate** (`⌘D`)
- **Open as a page**
- **Delete the line**, or **Delete the lines**

Then, always:

- **Open or close every line on this page** (`⌘⌥T`)
- **Quick capture**: write something down and send it to a day or a page. See [Quick capture](getting-started.md#quick-capture).
- **New page**
- **Go to today** (`⌃⇧D` on a Mac)
- **Calendar**
- **Op Log: every change, undo**
- **Trash**
- **Make the sidebar small**, **Hide the sidebar** or **Show the sidebar** (`⌘\`)
- **New tab** (`⌃⌥T`)
- **Show who wrote what** or **Hide who wrote what**
- **Sign in**, when you are not signed in. It opens the same sign-in as **Settings**, **Account**. See [If you already have an account](getting-started.md#sign-in).

Type part of an action's name to find it: `move`, `head`, `trash`, `sign in`.

## Keys in the menu

- `↑` `↓` move through the rows.
- `Enter` runs the row.
- `Esc`, or a click outside, closes the menu and puts the caret back where it was.

## The search box

**Search** at the top of the sidebar opens this menu. To find every line whose words, or tags, hold what you type, pick *Search everything* at its foot.