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[Feature] Toggle Edit / Preview with a single shortcut #974
Description
Summary
Add a Toggle Edit / Preview action: one key that switches the active note to Preview when it's in Edit, and back to Edit when it's in Preview.
Current behavior
There are only fixed-mode actions: global.modeEdit (Cmd+4), global.modeSplit (Cmd+5) and global.modePreview (Cmd+6), plus the matching palette commands. Pressing the Preview key while already in Preview leaves you in Preview, so getting back always needs a second, different key. Each action takes one binding, so you can't put Edit and Preview on the same key to get a toggle either.
Proposal
One new app-level keymap action:
| Action id (suggestion) | Title | Behavior |
|---|---|---|
global.toggleEditPreview |
Toggle Edit / Preview | Edit → Preview, Preview → Edit. |
- Unbound by default (or a default you prefer), rebindable like the other mode actions.
- A matching Toggle Edit / Preview command in the command palette.
- Leaving Preview through the toggle should keep the position behaviour from Preview to Edit Mode #822 (open the editor at the section you were reading).
Motivation
This is the single-key "Toggle reading view" (Cmd+E) people know from Obsidian, and it fits ZenNotes' keyboard-first approach: one key to glance at the rendered note and the same key to go back to writing. Split keeps its own key.
Environment
- ZenNotes 2.73.0 (desktop)
- macOS 26.5.1, Apple Silicon (arm64)
- Vim mode: off
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