Navigate Your Files

The management of your files in Writer for Mac will be done mostly from the File list of the Library.

Files Location

In the Library, the File List will show you all the folders and files stored in the selected Location from the Organizer (iCloud for example down below).

A screenshot of the Library's panel on the left side of the Editor.

Documents can be moved to, from, and within the Library by dragging them. This can be done with multiple iA Writer windows and the Finder too.

If option is pressed while dragging, the selected file will be duplicated instead of moved.
Use command or shift to select multiple files/folders.

Open a document from the File List:

with a single click, in the same window
with a double click in a new window

Right-click on a document in the File List opens a context menu allowing you to delete, rename, duplicate, etc... this document:
A screenshot of a context menu opened from a file in the Library, with the

Sort By & Filter

You can turn ON or OFF a Sort Bar (shown above the File List) and a Filter Bar (shown below the File List) from Menu → View → Show Sort Bar/ Filter Bar

the Sort Bar will sort folders by Name, Date, or Extension.
the Filter Bar will display documents in the current folder which include terms starting with your search string. Advanced search syntax is also supported as with Smart Folders.

A screenshot of a context menu opened from the Sort option in the Library, with the

Navigating Files

Buttons in the title bar allow navigating forward and backward in the File List.
A screenshot of the Library, with the navigation arrows on the top highlighted.

💡 click and hold on a button to display navigate to recently active documents.

You can also trigger these using keyboard shortcuts:

Back

⌃⌘←

Forward

⌃⌘→

Another powerful tool to search for files is the Quick Search feature:

from Menu → Go → Quick Search
shortcut ⇧⌘O

Finally, another powerful way to navigate from a document to another one is by using the wikilinks, you can learn more in this dedicated article: wikilinks

Learn more about the Library's possibilities on this video:

Library

Organize Your Files

Folders, favourites, hashtags and more, discover all the ways to organize your documents in Writer.

Wikilinks

Connect, browse, and rediscover your writing.

Cloud Storage

Having access to your documents on multiple devices makes life easier.

Content Blocks

Include images, comma separated tables, text files and code as blocks of content in your documents.

Outline

Writer for Windows comes with two powerful features for working with long or complex documents.