docs / sidebar-and-split

Sidebar and split.

The sidebar

⌘\ shows a floating sidebar over the margin, so the column you're reading never moves. It lists:

KeyDoes
j / kmove
l / hopen / close a tag
⏎open the row
escgive the caret back to the page
⌘\from inside the sidebar, hide it

Paperkites remembers whether the sidebar is shown and which tags are open.

Split

Split the window into two columns, to read one note while you write another.

KeyCommandDoes
⌃w v:vsplit (:vs, :sp)split into two columns
⌃w wswitch to the other column
⌃w q:q (:close)close this column
⌃w o:only (:on)keep only this column

The column you're not in dims. Nothing is framed.