The Organizer

The Organizer on macOS
The Organizer is the navigation hub for your entire project, displaying a hierarchical outline of all your content.
The Organizer appears as a persistent sidebar on Mac and iPad, or as the root navigation view on iPhone. Expansion and collapse states persist across sessions, so your Organizer always looks the way you left it.
Built-in Locations
Every project includes two permanent locations:
- Inbox — The default home for new or unplaced documents. Documents created at the root level appear here.
- Trash — A review step before permanent deletion. Documents in the Trash can be restored or permanently removed with the Empty Trash action.
Default Folders
New projects include Draft and Research folders by default. These are starting suggestions — they can be renamed, moved, nested, or deleted entirely. You can disable their automatic creation in Settings > General.
Workspace Locations
The Organizer provides access to two workspace areas:
- Project — Your main document workspace containing all project content
- Templates — Browse and manage document templates. See Templates for details.
Organizing Content
Drag-and-drop reordering — Drag documents to rearrange them. Placement is position-aware: drop above, below, or inside a target document.
Context menu — Right-click (Mac) or long-press (iPad/iPhone) on any document for actions including:
- Create a new text document, folder, or canvas
- Import files or photos
- Move to Trash (or restore from Trash)
- Export
The + button — Tap the add button in the Organizer toolbar to:
- Create a new document or folder
- Add media from Files or Photos
External drops — Drag files, media, and URLs from Finder, Files, or other apps directly into the Organizer to import them into your project.
Keyboard Shortcuts
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| New Text Document | Cmd+N |
| New Folder | Cmd+Shift+N |
| New Project | Ctrl+Cmd+N |
| Toggle Sidebar | Ctrl+Cmd+S |
| Move to Trash | Cmd+Shift+Backspace |
See Also
- The Workspace — The full workspace layout
- Documents — The six document types you can create
- Using Folders — Folder structure and the Folder Outline View
- Importing Media and Web Pages — Bringing external content into your project