# Navigating Your Journal

> Navigate your journal using the sidebar calendar, keyboard shortcuts, and day-navigation buttons. Jump to any date, go to today, and browse your entry history.

Source: https://mini-diarium.com/docs/navigating/

## Calendar

The sidebar shows a monthly calendar. Days that have at least one entry are marked with a dot indicator. Click any date to jump to that day's entries.

You can narrow the dot indicators to a specific tag by clicking a tag chip's name on any entry. See [Browsing entries by tag](writing-entries#browsing-entries-by-tag) for details.

Days that contain a [locked entry](writing-entries#locking-an-entry-against-accidental-edits) also show a small lock indicator on their calendar cell, so you can see which days hold a locked entry before opening them.

![Calendar sidebar with entry dots and a lock indicator, next to an open journal entry](https://mini-diarium.com/assets/docs/navigating-01-calendar-sidebar.webp "The sidebar calendar, with a locked entry marked on August 30")

## Keyboard Navigation

Mini Diarium supports keyboard shortcuts for all navigation actions. On macOS, use `Cmd` instead of `Ctrl`.

| Action | Shortcut |
|--------|----------|
| Previous day with an entry | `Ctrl+[` |
| Next day with an entry | `Ctrl+]` |
| Go to today | `Ctrl+T` |
| Go to a specific date | `Ctrl+G` |
| Previous month | `Ctrl+Shift+[` |
| Next month | `Ctrl+Shift+]` |
| Open preferences | `Ctrl+,` |

## Go to Date

Press `Ctrl+G` to open the date picker and jump directly to any date. This is the fastest way to navigate to a specific day without scrolling through the calendar month by month. You can also click the date title in the header to open the same date picker.

![Go to Date dialog with day, month, and year fields, over an entry that has multiple entries for the same date](https://mini-diarium.com/assets/docs/writing-entries-03-goto-date.webp "The Go to Date dialog")

## Header Day Controls

The header shows the current day's date, flanked by a `◀` previous-day button and a `▶` next-day button. Click them to step one day at a time. When [future entries are disabled](preferences), the next-day button stops at today. Clicking the date title itself opens the Go to Date picker.

## Month Navigation

Click the `‹` and `›` arrows on the calendar header to move to the previous or next month. The keyboard shortcuts `Ctrl+Shift+[` and `Ctrl+Shift+]` do the same.