Reference

Command Palette Lexicon

The complete command lexicon for the Standard Garden Launcher (The Gate).

Command Palette Lexicon

Standard Garden features a keyboard-first command system (called The Gate or The Launcher) inspired by professional developer tooling and terminal craft. Type :: followed by a command name to access features, themes, and navigation instantly.

Commands appear according to where you are: some only show while reading a note, others only while writing, and a few only for moderators.


1. Accessing the Gate

Open the command palette in any of the following ways:


2. Navigation

Navigate across the garden at the speed of thought:

Getting started


3. Hyphe


4. Themes & Appearance

Switch color modes and atmospheric personalities on the fly. Every theme supports light and dark substrates.

Color modes

Themes

The themes and their characters are described in Themes & Design Tokens.


5. Notes: Reading & Editing

When viewing or writing a note, context-aware commands appear automatically.

Create & edit

Share & copy

Raw & export


6. Writing Helpers

While writing in the web editor, these insert Markdown for you:

Command Inserts
::heading A heading (#, ##, …)
::bold Bold text (**text**)
::italic Italic text (*text*)
::link A link ([text](url))
::code A fenced code block
::list A bulleted list
::quote A blockquote
::hr A horizontal rule (---)

7. Account & Settings

::settings opens Garden Settings & Preferences, organized in six tabs: Appearance & Theme, Custom domain, Obsidian & API key, Security & Passkeys, Pro subscription and Advanced & Data. Most of the commands below are shortcuts that open it on the right tab.

Sign in

Shortcuts into settings

Language


8. Moderation & Diagnostics


See Also

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