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The toolbar menu, the status bar menu, and right-click menus.

The … button in the toolbar groups everything the shade can do.

The toolbar ellipsis menu open, showing grouped Notes, View, Editing and Other sections.
GroupContains
NotesNew Note · Close Tab
ViewShow/Hide Sidebar · Raw/WYSIWYG Mode · Pin on Top · Minimize · Zoom In/Out/Actual Size
EditingFind & Replace · Bold · Toggle Checkbox · Code Block
OtherTheme Picker · Preferences · Keyboard Shortcuts · Close Shade · Quit

Clicking the umbrella in the menu bar gives a short menu that works whether or not the shade is open.

The menu bar status item menu open: Show / Hide Notes, Navigator, Window Mode, Check for Updates, Preferences and Quit.
  • Show / Hide Notes — toggle the shade
  • Window Mode — ticked while active
  • Preferences…
  • Quit Shady Notes

On a file in the sidebar: Open · Star / Unstar · Reveal in Finder · Delete.

On a tab: Close Other Tabs · Close Tabs to the Right · Reveal in Finder.

On the tab bar ⋮: Close All Tabs · Close Tabs to the Right.

In the editor: the standard macOS text menu, plus Markdown formatting.

⌘/ shows every shortcut with its current binding — the authority if you have remapped anything.

The keyboard shortcuts overlay listing shortcuts grouped by category.

Documented against Shady Notes 4.1.19 · release notes