Jump to anything with the Omnibox on Mac
In Merrimo on your Mac, you can press Command-K to summon the Omnibox: search manuscripts, jump to panels and characters, or run menu commands instantly.
Search and jump to content
Find panels, chapters, and cast profiles instantly:
- Press ⌘K anywhere in Merrimo to summon the Omnibox floating search bar.
- Type what you are looking for: a character's name, a word from your manuscript dialogue, or a page number (e.g.
p. 14). - Use the ↑ and ↓ arrow keys to navigate the results list.
- Press Return to jump straight to the matched panel or script line.
Go back after a jump
Opening something from the Omnibox, a search result, a character chip on the canvas, a References tile or a link to a variant takes you away from where you were. Merrimo remembers where that was:
- A Back button appears at the top left of the content, named after where you were (for example ‹ Page 3, ‹ Chapter 2 or ‹ Mara Vance). Click it to go back. In the manuscript, the cursor returns to the paragraph you were in.
- The button stays until you go back or go somewhere yourself (a sidebar row, the Prose and Canvas buttons, a page in the canvas page list).
- Choose
Navigate ▸ Back(⌘[) orNavigate ▸ Forward(⌘]) at any time, even when the button isn't showing. While something on the canvas is selected, those keys arrange layers instead (Arrange ▸ Send BackwardandBring Forward); the menu items still work. Navigate ▸ Jump to…(⌘K) opens the Omnibox.
Each story window keeps its own history while it is open.
Trigger menu commands with keystrokes
Execute actions without reaching for the mouse or menu bar:
- Press ⌘K and type the name of a command (such as
Export PDF,Style Manager, orNew Page), or of a Cast & World group:Characters,Locations,OutfitsorStyles(orWardrobe) selects that group in the sidebar, and the name of a character, location or prop selects it. - Merrimo filters available menu items in real time, displaying their keyboard shortcuts.
- Press Return to execute the command immediately.
