# The editor in 2 minutes > A quick tour of the editor in InnerHook, a lyrics writing app: sections, syllable counts, the selection bubble, the side panel and Write mode. Canonical: https://innerhook.com/docs/editor-tour/ Last updated: 2026-10-06 The editor is where a song is written. The whole song is one page of text: no boxes or forms to fill in. Here is what you see on it, with a link to each part's own page. ## Sections and their labels A blank line between stanzas makes a new section. Press Enter twice to start one, or type / at the start of a word and pick a type. Each section has a label (a chip) such as **Verse 1** or **Chorus 1**: click it to change the type. Beside it are the section's version button, its **⋮** menu and a handle to drag it somewhere else. More in [Sections](https://innerhook.com/docs/sections/). ## Syllable counts and line numbers Every line shows its syllable count in the margin, and the lines are numbered, so you can match a verse to the one before it. Syllables are counted in English or Finnish. More in [Syllables](https://innerhook.com/docs/syllables/). ## Versions Each section can hold three versions, **A**, **B** and **Scratch**, and keeps a history of earlier text. Try a different take without losing the first one. More in [Versions](https://innerhook.com/docs/versions/). ## The selection bubble Select some words and a small bubble appears: **Bold**, **Italic**, **Find synonyms**, **Find rhymes**, **Comment** and **Rewrite ✨**. Rhymes and synonyms are free; Rewrite uses AI and costs credits. More in [Rhymes & synonyms](https://innerhook.com/docs/rhymes-synonyms/) and [Selection tools](https://innerhook.com/docs/selection-tools/). ## The Space menu Press Space on an empty line to continue the song, write a verse or chorus there, or get **Ideas**. These use AI. More in [The Space menu](https://innerhook.com/docs/space-menu/). ## The side panel The rail on the left has the app's places (Home, Songs, Profiles, Setlists, Today's pages, New song) and then the song's own views: - **Autodraft**: a draft of the whole song from its brief ([Autodraft](https://innerhook.com/docs/autodraft/)). - **Tools**: the type and label of the section the caret is in. - **Versions**: that section's A, B and Scratch, and its history. - **Comments**: the song's comment threads ([Comments](https://innerhook.com/docs/comments/)). - **Takes**: the song sung and your own recordings ([Hear it sung](https://innerhook.com/docs/hear-it-sung/), [Recordings](https://innerhook.com/docs/recordings/)). - **Settings**: the song brief: genre, tempo, key, language, the idea and words ([Tempo & key](https://innerhook.com/docs/tempo-key/)). Click a view to open it over the text. The header's **☰** (or ⌘ \\, Ctrl+\\ on Windows and Linux) keeps it open beside the text. ## The header From left to right: - **☰** opens or closes the side panel. - The **title**: click it to rename the song. - **Profile**: the [artist profile](https://innerhook.com/docs/artist-profiles/) the song belongs to. - The faces of people who have the song open right now ([Co-writing](https://innerhook.com/docs/co-writing/)). - **Share**: invite co-writers or make a link ([Sharing](https://innerhook.com/docs/sharing/)). - **🎧 Hear it**: hear the song sung ([Hear it sung](https://innerhook.com/docs/hear-it-sung/)). - **Write mode** (below). - The save status: **Saved**, **Saving…** or **Offline, changes kept on this device**. - **⋮ More**: **New song**, **Detect structure**, **Restore previous song** (when there is one), **Hear it sung ✨**, **Add to setlist…** ([Setlists](https://innerhook.com/docs/setlists/)), **Preview** (see the whole song, copy or print it), **Today's pages** and the font size. > **Note** > > **Detect structure** names your sections for you: stanzas that repeat become choruses. It does not use AI and is free. ## Undo ⌘ Z undoes and ⌘ Shift Z redoes (Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Shift+Z on Windows and Linux). A suggestion you accept from a writing tool is one undo step, so one undo takes it back. ## Write mode **Write mode** hides everything but the words. The text moves to the middle of the screen and stays there as you type, and the other sections fade a little. Move the mouse or press Tab to see its few controls. Press ⌘ Shift Enter (Ctrl+Shift+Enter) to go in, and Esc to come out. More in [Write mode](https://innerhook.com/docs/write-mode/). > **Tip** > > The hint above the song repeats the basics: Enter twice for a new section, / for commands, Space on an empty line for lines and ideas. All the keys are in [Keyboard shortcuts](https://innerhook.com/docs/shortcuts/).