On Mac, you can make one click select and a double click open: choose Double click under Settings → Appearance → Library interaction → Open captures.
Open and peek
Open a capture to read it, open it beside the library, or peek at it without leaving the grid.
- Peek
- Spaceon Mac
- Open beside
- ⌥↩on Mac
- On
- Mac, iPhone, iPad
Open a capture
Click a card to open it in the main pane. Or select it and press ↩.
To close it, press Esc or click back in the header.
Tap a card to open its capture page.
Swipe from the left edge, or tap Back, to return to the library.
Open beside the library
⌥-click a card, or select it and press ⌥↩. Or right-click it and choose Open beside.
Click another card to show it beside the list instead.
Press Esc to close it.
Not available on iPhone and iPad.
Opening beside needs room for a reading column. In a narrow window, the capture opens in place instead.
Peek
On Mac, a peek shows the capture in a large card over the library: the live page for a link, the pages of a PDF, a note as a page to read. Videos play muted on a loop. Audio and voice notes show a waveform but don't play.
Select a card and press Space. With nothing selected, hover a card and press Space, or click Peek at its top right.
Press ← and → to move to the previous and next capture, or click one in the filmstrip at the bottom.
Click the card to open the capture.
Press Space or Esc to close the peek.
Not available on iPhone and iPad.
In a peek, Space closes it, even on a video. Hover the video for Play and Pause, or open the capture.
Questions
Space peeks the wrong card.
Space peeks the selected card first. Press Esc or click an empty spot to clear the selection, then hover a card and press Space.
Option-click opened the capture full width.
The window was too narrow for a side column, so it opened in place. Widen the window and try again.
Can I peek on iPhone or iPad?
No, peek is on Mac only. Tap a card to open its capture page, then use Previous capture and Next capture to move along.