Novelty Writer

Find and replace

In the active document

Cmd+F opens the editor’s local find. Type, hit Enter to step through matches. Cmd+G for next, Cmd+Shift+G for previous. Edit-time find — it is themed to match the rest of the chrome rather than the browser default.

Across the whole project

Cmd+Shift+F opens project-wide search. SQLite FTS5 powers the index, so it is fast even on novel-length manuscripts. Click a hit to jump to the match, expanded into context.

Cmd+Shift+H opens the same panel with the replace row already expanded. Type your search, type your replacement, click Replace all to apply across every match in every document. Each replacement is autosaved and committed to the version timeline, so you can roll back from Review if a sweeping rename went wrong.

Quick navigation

  • Cmd+P or Cmd+Shift+O — fuzzy quick-open by filename. Type a few characters, Enter to open. The fastest way to jump anywhere.
  • Cmd+Shift+L — focus the per-file Outline panel for the current document.

Inside any document, type [[scene name]] to link to another file. Hover for a preview. Type [[someone new]] and click the gutter “create” affordance to spin up a new reference entry. The link auto-resolves to the new file.