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Pinned notes

Pin notes you open often. Pinned notes stay one click away in the sidebar.

Pin a note

In the file tree, right-click a note and choose Pin file. The note joins your pinned set for this Space.

You can also pin or unpin the note you are editing with Pin or Unpin Current File from the command palette (Cmd+K). Search for “pin” if you do not remember the full label.

Pinning does not move the file. The note stays in its folder. Glyph only adds the path to the pin list.

Unpin

Right-click a pinned note and choose Unpin file, or run Pin or Unpin Current File again while that note is active. The note stays on disk; only the pin is removed.

You can unpin from the tree or from the Pinned pane after you open a pinned note and use the command again.

Click Pinned in the sidebar quick actions. Glyph opens the Pinned pane and lists your pinned Markdown notes.

Open a note from that list the same way you open any other note. The pane title is Pinned.

If a pinned path no longer points at a readable file, fix or remove the pin by unpinning or restoring the file.

Empty state

If you have no pins yet, the Pinned pane shows:

No pinned notes yet. Pin a note from the file tree to get started.

Pin one note from the tree, then return to Pinned to see it. The empty message goes away as soon as the pin list has at least one path.

Stored as Glyph metadata

Pins live in Glyph metadata inside the Space (.glyph/pinned_files.json). They are not written into note frontmatter.

Other Markdown apps will not see your pin list. Your notes remain ordinary .md files; only Glyph reads the pin store.

Back up the Space folder if you care about pins as well as notes. The pin file travels with the Space when you copy the whole folder.

Rename and move

When you rename or move a pinned note inside Glyph, the pin list updates to the new path. The pin follows the file.

If you delete a pinned note (to the system Trash), Glyph removes it from the pin list as well.

If you rename only in Finder, open the Space again and check Pinned. Prefer rename and move inside Glyph so pins and links stay aligned.

Good uses

Today’s project brief or meeting note
A dashboard or index note you reopen each morning
A template you duplicate often (or pin the templates folder note that explains them)

Keep the list short. Pins work best as a handful of jump targets, not a second full tree.

Tips

Pin a small set: today’s project notes, a dashboard, or a template index.
Use Pinned for jump access; use folders and tags for full organization.
Pin or Unpin Current File has no default shortcut; bind one under Settings → Shortcuts if you pin often.
Shortcuts and menu commands are remappable in Keyboard Shortcuts.