When you write about someone in a Dextr note, use @ to link their contact directly in the text. It keeps the person connected to the story and gives you a quick way to open their profile later.
For example, you might record who joined a conversation, recommended a book, or introduced you to someone. The screenshots below use fictional demonstration contacts in Dextr's dark mode.
Compatible Fields
In the current release, you can use @ to mention a person in these fields:
- First Met notes: On a contact's profile, including the First Met notes entered when saving a number from the Keypad.
- Journal Entry and interaction notes: When adding or editing a Journal Entry or notes for a logged call, message, email, or in-person interaction.
- Event notes: The notes for an Event, both when creating it and when editing it later.
- Attendee notes in Events: The individual notes for people you meet or already know at an Event.
The separate general Notes section on a contact's profile and a reminder's Notes field do not currently support person mentions. Names, email addresses, search boxes, and custom-field values also do not create person mentions when you type @.
If suggestions do not appear, first check that you are editing one of the compatible notes fields above.
1. Open a Note Field
Open the note you want to write or edit. For this example, open a contact's profile, tap the edit icon beside First Met, and tap the note field.
2. Type @ and Start Entering a Name
Write your note, then type @ followed by the first few letters of the person's name.
For this example, enter:
Met at book club with @Amb
Dextr shows matching contacts. Look for Amber T. in the suggestions, and check that it is the person you mean.
3. Select the Person
Tap the matching contact suggestion. Dextr replaces @Amb with Amber T., formatted as a contact reference inside your note.
The @ is the search shortcut. It disappears when you select the person.
Finish the sentence as you normally would. To mention another person in the same note, type @ again and select that contact.
4. Save the Note and Open the Contact
Tap Save beside First Met to save this example.
After saving, tap the linked name in the note to open that person's profile.
Tip: Select the person from the suggestions to create the reference. Typing a name alone leaves it as ordinary text.
Troubleshooting
If you do not see the person you want, check that they have a contact in Dextr and try typing more of their name. Start @ at the beginning of the field or after a space, and keep the cursor immediately after the name you are entering.
For more ways to keep useful context with your contacts, see connecting relationships in Dextr and organizing contacts with tags.
