Formatting Text in Notes

You can use the Text button on the Tomboy toolbar to format text within your notes. The Text button displays a drop-down menu with the following options:

Undo

Allows you to revert previous changes made to your note during the current session. To undo your last change using the keyboard, press Ctrl+Z.

Redo

Allows you to put back changes that were removed using the Undo feature. To redo your last change using the keyboard, press Shift+Ctrl+Z.

Bold

To make text within your note bold, select the text you want to modify, then select the Bold option from the Text drop-down menu. You can also press Ctrl+B after selecting text.

Italic

To make text within your note italic, select the text you want to modify, then select the Italic option from the Text drop-down menu. You can also press Ctrl+I after selecting text.

Strikeout

Puts a line through the selected text. To add a strikeout, select the text you want, then select the Strikeout option from the Text drop-down menu. You can also press Ctrl+S after selecting text.

Highlight

Puts a yellow background around the selected text. To add a highlight, select the text you want, then select the Highlight option from the Text drop-down menu. You can also press Ctrl+H after selecting text.

Fixed Width

The fixed width style allows text to use a fixed width font. To change existing text, select the text you want to modify, then select the Fixed Width option from the Text drop-down menu. You can also select the Fixed Width option from the Text drop-down menu before you start typing to have the text you type be in a fixed width style.

Font Size

There are four options in this part of the menu: Small, Normal, Large, and Huge. Each of these options represents a font size you can use for the selected text in the note. To modify the font size, select the text you want to modify, then select one of the Font Size options from the Text drop-down menu.

Bullets

Select the Bullets option from the Text drop-down menu in order to begin or end a bulleted list. If your cursor is inside a bulleted list, the Increase Indent and Decrease Indent options are enabled.

For more information on bullets, see Section 9.5.1, “Using Bulleted Lists”.

Increase Indent

With the cursor on a bulleted list line, select this option to shift the current line to the right.

Decrease Indent

With the cursor on a bulleted list line, select this option to shift the current line to the left.

Find in This Note

Lets you search for text within the current note. Selecting this option causes a Find bar to open at the bottom of the note. To open the Find bar using the keyboard, press Ctrl+F.

Enter the text you want to find. After entering text, all matches are highlighted. Click Find Next to highlight the next match and place the cursor there. Click Previous to move to the previous match.

To close the find bar, click X on the far left or press the Escape key.

Using Bulleted Lists

Tomboy's bulleted lists are useful for creating hierarchically-structured content. Creation and formatting of bulleted lists is described in this section.

Beginning a Bulleted List

To begin a bulleted list, use any of the following methods:

  • Select Bullets from the Text drop-down menu.

  • Write a line of text immediatelly after the automatically created bullet, then press Enter.

Ending a Bulleted List

To end a bulleted list, do any of the following:

  • Select Bullets from the Text drop-down menu.

  • Press Enter on a blank bulleted line.

  • Select Decrease Indent from the Text drop-down menu until the current line is no longer part of the bulleted list.

  • Press Shift+Tab until the current line is no longer part of the bulleted list.

Increasing Indentation

To increase the line indentation in a bulleted list, select Increase Indent from the Text drop-down menu, or press the Tab key.

Decreasing Indentation

To decrease the line indentation in a bulleted list, select Decrease Indent from the Text drop-down menu, or press Shift+Tab.