The ribbon allows changing options, attributes and viewing information about the current note.

## Settings

It is possible to change whether some ribbon items will be automatically open when navigating to a new note. To do so, in Settings, go to Appearance and look for the Ribbon widgets section.

## Formatting

If you are using the Fixed formatting toolbar, all the formatting buttons for text notes will appear here. See Formatting toolbar for more information.

## Tabs

### Basic Properties

- Note type allows changing the note type of a note.
  - Generally this is desirable only if the note is empty.
  - As a more advanced use, it's possible to change the note type in order to modify the source code of a note.
- Protect the note toggles whether the current note is encrypted and accessible only by entering the protected session. See Protected Notes for more information.
- Editable changes whether the current note:
  - Enters read-only mode automatically if the note is too big (default behavior).
  - Is always in read-only mode (however it can still be edited temporarily).
  - Is always editable, regardless of its size.
- Bookmark toggles the display of the current note into the Launch Bar for easy access. See Bookmarks for more information.
- Shared toggles whether the current note is publicly accessible if you have a server instance set up. See Sharing for more information.
- Template toggles whether the current note is considered a template and can be used to easily create notes with the same content. See Template for more information.
- Language changes the main language of the current note, mostly useful for spell checking or right-to-left support. See Content language & Right-to-left support for more information.

### Owned Attributes

This section allows editing the labels and relations of a note. For more information, see Attributes.

The plus button to the right offers a simplified way to insert labels and relations, via a graphical input. From this menu, it's also possible to define label and relation definitions (see Promoted Attributes).

### Inherited Attributes

This section displays the attributes which are applied to this note via Attribute Inheritance. It is not possible to alter the attributes from this section.

### Note Paths

This section displays all the places where the current note has been cloned to. Here the current note can also be cloned to a new location (similar to the Note Tree) See Cloning Notes for more information.

### Note Map

The note map displays all the relations of the current note to other notes, as well as the subtree structure. See Note Tree for more information.

### Similar Notes

This section lists all the notes that are similar to the current one. See Similar Notes for more information.

### Note Info

This section displays information about the current note:

- The internal ID of the note.
- The type of the note, as well as its MIME type (used mostly for exporting notes).
- The created and modification dates.
- The estimated size of the note in the Database, as well as its children count and size.

### Edited notes

This section pops automatically when entering a day note and shows the notes that were edited that day.

It is possible to disable this behavior from settings, by going to Appearance settings and looking for the Ribbon widgets section.