Where the graph shows how your notes connect, the timeline shows how they unfold. It arranges your library by time, so you can watch your thinking develop. Open the timeline from the Timeline chip in the sidebar - or, if you're already in the graph, press ⌘G to flip between the two.
Your work, in order
The timeline places your notes along time, turning your library into something you can scroll through like a story. It's a natural way to revisit a period of work, pick up a train of thought you set down weeks ago, or simply see how much you've made.
Getting around
Each note sits on the day you created it. Files you import land on the day you bring them in, while a .nodes archive keeps each note's original date.
The timeline opens on today. Scroll or drag to move through the days - the day in focus turns red, and its date shows large in the background. The arrows on either side of the cards skip straight to the previous or next day that has notes.
That day's notes wait below as a stack of cards, with a counter once there are more than three. Scroll over the stack to shuffle through it, or click a card behind to bring it to the front. Click the front card to open the note in the editor.
The sidebar folds away while the timeline is open and comes back the way you had it when you leave - press ⌘S if you want it in the meantime. To leave, press Esc or click the ✕ at the right end of the toolbar.
Switch views freely
The graph and the timeline are two windows onto the same notes - connection and chronology. Move between them whenever a different perspective would help:
- Reach for the graph when you're asking what relates to what.
- Reach for the timeline when you're asking what came when.
Neither changes your notes; they're just different lenses. Use whichever one answers the question in front of you.