Notifications and Notification Center
The app surfaces two kinds of notifications: transient toasts that appear briefly on screen after an action, and the Notification Center — a persistent history panel where you can review anything you missed.
Transient notifications
Toasts pop up in the lower-right corner after most actions: saving, renaming, archiving, moving, or publishing a note, as well as errors and external-file-change conflicts.
Multiple notifications stack. When several happen in quick succession, they stack vertically — newest on top — instead of overlapping. Each one lives independently and dismisses on its own schedule.
Some carry action buttons. Toasts that require a decision stay on screen until you act:
| Situation | Toast action buttons |
|---|---|
| External file conflict (another app edited the file while it was open) | Reload (load the file's new version) or Keep Mine (overwrite with your in-app version) |
| Undoable action (e.g. archive, move) | Undo |
Informational toasts (saved, renamed, published) auto-dismiss after a few seconds without any action needed. Error toasts stay until you dismiss them manually, so you have time to read the message.
Notification Center
The Notification Center is a history panel that lets you review notifications you missed while you were busy in the editor.
Opening it
Three ways to open the Notification Center:
| Method | Detail |
|---|---|
| Bell icon in the header | Click the bell in the top-right cluster of the header bar |
| Command palette | Open the palette (Cmd+K) and choose Open Notification Center |
| Keyboard shortcut | Mod+Shift+N by default — rebindable in Settings → Shortcuts |
When there are unread notifications, the bell icon shows a badge count.
Reading and clearing notifications
The panel lists past notifications newest first, with a relative timestamp beside each one (for example, "2 minutes ago"). Each entry shows the same message and action buttons that appeared in the original toast.
Dismiss one entry — click the dismiss button on an individual item.
Clear all — click Clear all at the top of the panel to remove every entry at once.
Action buttons in the Notification Center work the same way as in the original toast. If an action is no longer available (for example, the undo window has passed), the button is disabled.
Settings
Notification preferences are in Settings → Notifications:
| Setting | What it controls |
|---|---|
| History size | How many past notifications the Notification Center keeps |
| Display duration | How long informational toasts stay on screen before auto-dismissing |
Changes to these settings take effect immediately — no restart required.