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Navigation Commands

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Periodix-Planner provides powerful commands for navigating between periodic notes quickly and efficiently.

🎯 Available Commands​

Period Navigation​

Go to Previous Period

  • Command ID: periodix-planner:go-to-previous
  • Description: Navigate to the previous period of the same type
  • Usage: Works from any periodic note
  • Behavior: Creates note if it doesn't exist

Go to Next Period

  • Command ID: periodix-planner:go-to-next
  • Description: Navigate to the next period of the same type
  • Usage: Works from any periodic note
  • Behavior: Creates note if it doesn't exist

Go to Parent Period

  • Command ID: periodix-planner:go-to-parent
  • Description: Navigate to the parent period
  • Usage: Works from any periodic note (except yearly)
  • Behavior: Creates note if it doesn't exist

Go to Child Period

  • Command ID: periodix-planner:go-to-child
  • Description: Navigate to a child period with smart interval detection
  • Usage: Works from weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly notes that have child periods
  • Behavior:
    • If the current period contains today's date → navigates to the child period containing today
    • If the current period is in the past or future → navigates to the first child period
    • Only appears when child periods exist

Open Current Period​

Open Today's Daily Note

  • Command ID: periodix-planner:open-daily
  • Description: Open or create today's daily note
  • Usage: Works from anywhere

Open Current Weekly Note

  • Command ID: periodix-planner:open-weekly
  • Description: Open or create current week's note
  • Usage: Works from anywhere

Open Current Monthly Note

  • Command ID: periodix-planner:open-monthly
  • Description: Open or create current month's note
  • Usage: Works from anywhere

Open Current Quarterly Note

  • Command ID: periodix-planner:open-quarterly
  • Description: Open or create current quarter's note
  • Usage: Works from anywhere

Open Current Yearly Note

  • Command ID: periodix-planner:open-yearly
  • Description: Open or create current year's note
  • Usage: Works from anywhere

Generation Commands​

Generate Future Periods

  • Command ID: periodix-planner:generate-periods-ahead
  • Description: Generate next periods for all types
  • Usage: Works from anywhere, can be used manually if you disable auto-creation on startup
  • Result: Creates next period notes

Child Periods​

Show Child Periods

  • Command ID: periodix-planner:show-children
  • Description: Show all child periods for the current note
  • Usage: Works from weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly notes
  • Result: Opens modal showing child periods

⌨️ Using Commands​

Command Palette​

  1. Open Command Palette (Ctrl/Cmd + P)
  2. Type part of the command name
  3. Select the command
  4. Execute

🎯 Command Behavior​

Context-Aware Commands​

Some commands only work in specific contexts:

  • Go to Previous/Next/Parent/Child: Only work from periodic notes
  • Go to Child: Only works from non-daily notes with existing child periods
  • Show Child Periods: Only works from non-daily notes
  • Open Current Period: Works from anywhere

Note Creation​

Commands automatically create notes if they don't exist:

  • Navigation commands create target notes
  • Open commands create current period notes
  • Generation commands create all required notes

Related: Learn about Note Interconnection and Configuration.