Keep typing
Use Ctrl+Enter to add the next item and continue capturing ideas at speed.
Keyboard-first outliner
Rearrange your thinking without touching the mouse.
Create the next item, move it up or down, nest it under another idea, or pull it back out — all with direct keyboard shortcuts.
Built for people searching for keyboard outliner, keyboard-first notes, outliner app, rearrange notes with keyboard, tree editor shortcuts, and better ways to organize complex ideas.
Why it works
Hierarchy should be easy to create and easy to change.
Move structure directly
Use Ctrl+Up/Down to reorder and Alt+Right/Left to indent or outdent.
Children travel with parents
When you move a structured item, its nested context moves with it.
Structured knowledge
More structured than notes. More focused than a canvas.
A tree that keeps up with your mind
Most notes get harder to reorganize over time. Treetor is designed for repeated restructuring — during planning, research, writing, and review.
Keyboard commands are not hidden extras
Treetor surfaces hierarchy commands in menus and the guide, but the fastest workflow is keyboard-first: write, move, indent, outdent, repeat.
Where Treetor fits
A practical alternative to flat or rigid tools.
| Compared with | What Treetor gives you |
|---|---|
| Basic outliners | Text and picture items can live throughout the hierarchy. |
| Drag-and-drop notes | Rearranging does not require carefully grabbing rows with the mouse. |
| Long documents | You can restructure small pieces instead of cutting and pasting paragraphs. |
Screenshot-backed guide
Learn the workflow with real Treetor screenshots.
The user guide is built from the product itself, with annotated screenshots for the exact features that make Treetor different.
FAQ
Questions people ask before trying Treetor.
Can I rearrange Treetor items from the keyboard?
Yes. Treetor supports keyboard shortcuts for moving items up and down, indenting, outdenting, opening child trees, and more.
What shortcut indents an item?
Alt+Right moves the selected item one level deeper under the item above it.
What shortcut outdents an item?
Alt+Left moves the selected item back toward the parent level.
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