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The Sidebar

The Sidebar

The sidebar is a context-sensitive element that displays relevant information and metadata for your current file. You can open it by using either the sidebar icon in the toolbar or by pressing Cmd/Ctrl+0.

Definition

Zettlr has – strictly speaking – two sidebars: The sidebar to the left is referred to as the File Manager, whereas the right one – this sidebar – is referred to as "the" sidebar.

The sidebar contains four tabs with metadata. These are (from left to right):

  • Table of Contents: Displays all sections of the document as a navigable list
  • References: Displays all cited reference items in a bibliography
  • Related Files: Displays potentially related files from across your workspaces
  • Other Files: Displays other (non-Markdown) files from the current and assets-directories.
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Last update: 10/2/26, 7:05 PM
Contributors: Hendrik Erz, Nic Babarskis
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