Iām not sure how widely this is known, but it was new to me when someone showed me recently.
Each bullet in your Dynalist has a unique URL, for example, this URL links to āthe atomic structure of matterā in Propaedia
https://dynalist.io/d/GcSvL_R4bB97MLi4SAwhYrgY#z=ftq8V7kkDA0KNPKthVgT2OI_
I have a few Dynalist bullets I use frequently. I used to get to them by first navigating to Dynalist, then crtl+o
, then get them from the Dynalist bookmarks.
For me, it was better to go to chrome://settings/searchEngines. After a few defaults, thereās āother search enginesā and āaddā. I click āaddā, and in the dialog that pops up, type a short name for the dynalist bullet, then a short key to remember it, then paste the url. Then, whenever I type the key into Chromeās address bar and hit enter, I go straight to the Dynalist bullet I want.
For example, I could type
Search engine: structure of matter
keyword: som
URL with %s in place of query: https://dynalist.io/d/GcSvL_R4bB97MLi4SAwhYrgY#z=ftq8V7kkDA0KNPKthVgT2OI_
Then when I want to go to the structure of matter bullet point, I hit ctrl+L
in chrome to go to the address bar, type āsomā, hit enter, and Iām there. This was faster for me because I didnāt have to navigate to dynalist first.
I knew about the chrome search engine edit for a while, but never thought to use it this way. It just creates aliases for URLs, which is useful for searches, but useful for quick navigation as well. I even use it to bookmark chrome://settings/searchEngines as āseā so I can add new pages quickly. (So if Iām on a page I want to bookmark, I hit ctrl+L
, ctrl+c
, se
, enter
, tab tab tab enter
, then type in the moniker, alias, and paste in the url, hit enter, and I have a new bookmark.)
This has the downside that you have to remember the aliases you gave, but for any URL I visit frequently, I find it easier and faster than standard bookmarking, in Dynalist and elsewhere. Itās also useful for fast-emailing people I email frequently, (see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6548570/url-to-compose-a-message-in-gmail-with-full-gmail-interface-and-specified-to-b for gmail urls).