Hi,
I don’t know if this is a bug or it’s the way quick open it’s supposed to work, but after using quick open to locate a note, the focus stay on the note list. Usually what happens then is that I start typing and my keystrokes go to the search field instead of in the note.
Is that expected behavior? If it is I guess I would request a feature to make quick open focus the note instead.
Thanks
Hey André, technically it is not a bug because we designed that when your focus is in the note list, if you start typing, the search bar will be triggered. After Quick Open opens a note, the focus is on the note in the note list and the note content is in the editor on the right side. That’s why when you start typing, the search bar will be triggered instead of editing in the note.
The main reason we designed this way is we can’t assume what users want when they open a note via Quick Open. Some might want to read, some might want to edit, so focusing on the note in the note list is the first step because we know people want to open the note. Then you can decide what you want to do next, be it editing the note or reading the note.
There are also other technical reasons and limitations, but we won’t go in depth here to bore you 
That being said, we think it’s very interesting to reopen this discussion and see what is the best option for everyone. We will also investigate more about the technical system limitations and see what we can do.
A small Bear Tip to temporarily help your workflow: You can press ⌘↩︎ to enter the edit mode after opening a note with Quick Open!
I like and rely on the existing workflow.
I use quick open to find the note I’m looking at. Most of the time I just want to view it and not edit it. (Example: recipes I store in bear and CLI cheat sheet notes I’ve written.)
When I want to edit it, well, I use the keyboard shortcut to do that.
I think the design choices are sound.
But what if when the note list view is hidden, only showing the editor? There is no note list to be focused on, or I am editing a note, I quick open something which opens in read mode which is fine, but in this scennario when I use keyboard shortcut to go back can my previous editing position be there, to immediately start writing?