Capture a Quick Note

Quick Note opens a compact window for a title and body, then saves a new document in the library that was active when you opened it. It works while Ligature is running, including when the main window is closed.

1. Choose Quick Note… from the Ligature menu, or from the menu bar item when it is enabled.
2. Or press the Quick Note shortcut. The default is Command+Shift+J on Mac; change it in Settings → Keyboard.
3. Enter a title and body, then save. Closing the window keeps an unfinished draft for that library.

Quick Note targets the library that was active when the window opened. If you switch libraries before saving, save is refused and the draft remains for the original library. Reopen Quick Note after switching if you want the new library.

Before any local library exists, Quick Note offers Create library or Open library instead of creating files on its own.

Open Settings → Keyboard and record a different Quick Note shortcut. It must differ from Search. The same setting updates the menu, menu bar item, and global shortcut.