Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcuts are the best and fastest way to interact with any application – ours is no exception.

Navigation

Shortcut	Action
CMD+1 or Ctrl+1	Go to tasks
CMD+2 or Ctrl+2	Go to habit and mood tracker
CMD+3 or Ctrl+3	Go to journal
CMD+4 or Ctrl+4	Go to notes
CMD+F, Ctrl+F, or CMD+K, Ctrl+K	Show search window
CMD+comma or Ctrl+comma	Go to settings

tip

Pressing CMD+1/Ctrl+1 when already in the tasks section cycles through areas instead of doing nothing. So you can press it once to go to tasks, a second time to go to the next area, the next one, and so on.

Tasks

Shortcut	Action
CMD+N, Ctrl+N, N, or A	Create new task
Arrow Up or Arrow Down	Select next/previous task
CMD+A or Ctrl+A	Select all tasks in the list
Space or Enter	Open selected task
Escape	Close opened task or remove selection
Shift+Arrow Right or Shift+Arrow Left	Change status/motivation/eisenhower value of selected task (or tasks)
Shift+Arrow Up or Shift+Arrow Down	Increase/decrease priority of selected task (or tasks)
C	Complete selected task (or tasks)
S	Schedule selected task using date-based scheduling
F	Run timer for 25 minutes on selected task
Q	Cancel currently running timer
Delete or Backspace	Delete selected task (or tasks)
CMD+S or Ctrl+S	Toggle the calendar/quick note sidebar
CMD+1 or Ctrl+1	Go to next area

Habit Tracker

Shortcut	Action
CMD+N, Ctrl+N, N, or A	Create new habit

Journal

Shortcut	Action
CMD+N, Ctrl+N, N, or A	Create new journal entry

Notes

Shortcut	Action
CMD+N, Ctrl+N, N, or A	Create new note
Arrow Up or Arrow Down	Select next/previous note
Delete or Backspace	Delete selected note

Markdown Editor

Shortcut	Action
CMD+B or Ctrl+B	Toggle bold text
CMD+I or Ctrl+I	Toggle italic text
Tab or Shift+Tab	Indent/unindent list item
Alt+Arrow Up or Alt+Arrow Down	Move list item up/down in the list
Ctrl+Shift+1, Ctrl+Shift+...	Change heading size