Organizing Notes

Beyond folders, every note carries a small set of structured metadata called properties — open the properties panel for the current note with Cmd+P.

Folders and names

Create a folder from Cmd+N or search by ending the name with /. Folders can nest — create one, then Move another folder into it (Shift+Cmd+M).

The File Manager setting picks a default folder for new notes; you can still move anything afterwards.

Note, mind map, and board names share one namespace per folder: you cannot have a note and a board both called Roadmap in the same place.

Names cannot contain / \ : * ? " < > |. The app shows an error instead of silently rewriting the filename.

Built-in properties

Property	Type	What it does
pinned	boolean	Keeps the note at the top of your home screen (on Grid, List, and Recent Cards) and in the empty search bar. The moment you type in search, pin status stops affecting rank — see Search & Colon Commands.
locked	boolean	Makes the editor read-only until you unlock it. You can still rename, move, or delete the file.
author	text	Free-text author field
draft	boolean	Marks a note as a draft, so you can browse drafts with sort: draft

Every note also has built-in tags and aliases:

• Tags categorize a note (e.g. recipe, cooking) so you can filter or search by topic — try adding one, then finding it with the tag: search command (see Search & Colon Commands).
• Aliases are alternate names a note can also be found and linked by, in search and in [[wikilinks]] — see Linking Notes for how they affect search ranking and backlinks.

On disk, properties live in YAML frontmatter. A typical note looks like:

---
pinned: true
tags:
  - recipe
  - cooking
aliases:
  - grandma's stew
---

The body of the note starts here.

You can edit that YAML in any text editor; Nolagmind reads it back on the next open. See File format & storage for mind maps and boards.

Custom properties

Beyond the built-ins, you can define your own properties, of any type, reusable across every note in the vault:

Type	Use it for
Text	Plain free text
Number	Anything you want to sort by, like priority
Boolean	A true/false checkbox
Date	A field like dueDate, separate from the note’s built-in creation date
List	A second, scoped set of tags for just the notes that need it — book notes might get a genre list

Create one from the properties panel (Cmd+P) → add a new property → pick its type. Once created, it’s available on any note going forward — no redefining it each time.

Worked example: add a numeric priority property to a folder of project notes, then browse them ranked by importance with sort: priority (see Search & Colon Commands).

Moving and deleting many notes at once

The batch: (b:) search command selects multiple notes, then moves or deletes all of them in one action — add notes to the selection with Enter, then Cmd+Enter to choose Delete or Move once you’re done.

If you’d rather stay fully on the keyboard, turning off the taskbar switches the sidebar into a dedicated batch-selection mode — see Workspace: Tabs & Splits for the full keyboard-only sidebar walkthrough.