Documents & wikilinks

A map shows where; documents tell the story. In World Note, every region and marker can carry a markdown document, and documents link to each other — so your world grows into a connected wiki.

Link a note to the map

1. Click a region or marker. If it has no document yet, you’ll see a prompt to Create New Document or Link Existing Document.

2. Create one and the editor opens. Write freely — it’s plain markdown, saved as a .md file in your project folder.

3. Click the element again any time to jump straight back to its note.

The editor

World Note’s editor has live preview: headings, bold, italics, lists, and quotes render as styled text while you type, and the raw markdown reveals itself when your cursor enters it. Tables, code blocks, and images render as widgets.

• A format toolbar and a right-click menu cover bold, italic, headings, lists, quotes, and links.
• Paste or drop an image and it’s attached into your project automatically.
• GitHub-flavored markdown is supported — tables, task lists, and strikethrough.

Wikilinks and backlinks

Type [[ to link to another document. World Note autocompletes the name and, if the target doesn’t exist yet, offers to create it.

• Backlinks — the right panel (in document view) lists every note that links to the one you’re reading, so you can navigate your world both ways.
• Hover a wikilink to preview the target’s first lines without leaving the page.

Tip

Switch between Map view and Document view with the view toggle. Map view keeps the canvas front and center; document view gives the editor the room, with an outline and backlinks on the side. You can also dock the editor beside the map.

Finding things fast

• Quick switcher (Ctrl+P) — jump to any file by name.
• Search — full-text search across all your notes from the left panel, with match-case and title/tag modes.
• Tabs — open several documents at once; the same document can even live in two tabs.

Make it yours

In Settings you can change the UI language (English, 한국어, 日本語, 简体中文), switch between light and dark, load custom CSS themes, and set where new files and pasted attachments are saved.

Next

• Terrain & the map look — shape the world your notes describe.
• New here? Start with Getting started.