Adding bookmarks

Bookmarks are references that allow you to jump to specific lines in a document. You can create a bookmark by clicking “+” in the Bookmarks toolbar control as shown below or by choosing Bookmarks ‣ Add Bookmark ⌘K. Bookmarks are added to the beginning of any line with a selection (if the line does not already contain a bookmark).

Bookmarks toolbar icon

Bookmarks look like this:

Bookmark

Bookmarks can be deleted like text or by choosing Bookmarks ‣ Remove Bookmark ⇧⌘K. Like Add Bookmark, the Remove Bookmark shortcut affects any line with a selection.

Discouraged practices: You can move bookmarks after the beginning of a line by dragging and dropping them like text, even adding multiple bookmarks to a line, but these are discouraged practices that will not be supported in a future release.

Naming bookmarks

For convenience and speed, added bookmarks are unnamed by default. You can change a bookmark’s name by double-clicking the bookmark, which opens the bookmark edit dialog.

Bookmark editing

Naming bookmarks is an option that may help you find a specific bookmark more quickly. You can create a named bookmark by holding down the Option key when adding the bookmark. If this behavior is desired, you can make that behavior the default by turning on “Name new bookmarks” in the General preferences.

Jump to a bookmark

To jump to a bookmark, choose it from either the Bookmarks toolbar control or Bookmarks menu. The menus show bookmarks with a number that indicates its order of appearance (starting at 1), the bookmark name (if applicable), and the context where the bookmark appears within the document, like this:

Bookmarks menu

You can jump to the previous or next bookmark by using the ◀ ▶ buttons in the Bookmarks toolbar control or by choosing Bookmarks ‣ Previous Bookmark ⌘[ or Bookmarks ‣ Next Bookmark ⌘]. When a bookmark menu is open, you can type the number of the bookmark to highlight it in the menu, then use the Return key to jump to it. The first 10 bookmarks are also given menu shortcuts ⌃⌘1 through ⌃⌘0 (representing bookmark 10) for instant access from the number row on your keyboard.