Keyboard shortcuts

The desktop apps and the web app can be used entirely from the keyboard. On Windows and in a browser, read ⌘ as Ctrl, ⌥ as Alt and ⇧ as Shift. Every command and its key is also in the command menu: press ⌘K and start typing.

Keys marked (Mac) are only in the Mac app. The Windows app and the web app run in a browser engine, which keeps those keys for itself (⌘N opens a window, ⌘T a tab, ⌘1 switches tabs), so use ⌘K for those commands there.

Moving around the window

The window has four places your keys can go: the sidebar, the add field at the top of a list, the task list, and the task pane open beside it. One of them always has the keyboard. The task list’s current row is tinted in your accent color while the list has it, and in gray while something else does.

Key	What it does
⇥ Tab	Next place: sidebar, add field, list, task pane, then round again
⇧⇥ Shift-Tab	The same, backwards
⎋ Escape	Leaves the field you’re typing in and gives the keyboard to the list
⌘N	Puts the cursor in the add field (Mac)
⌘F	Search, in Browse (Mac)
⌘K	Command menu: go to any view, list, folder, tag or saved filter, or run any command
⌘1 to ⌘7	All, Inbox, Today, Calendar, Activity, Browse, Trash (Mac)
⌘S	Show or hide the sidebar (Mac)
⌘D	Show or hide the task pane (Mac)
⌘/	Keyboard shortcuts
⌘,	Settings (Mac)

The sidebar

Key	What it does
↑ ↓	Move through views, lists, folders, filters and tags, showing each as you go
→ ←	Open or fold a folder. ← from a list in a folder goes up to the folder
↩ Return, ⎋ Escape or →	Back to the task list

The task list

Key	What it does
↑ ↓	Move between tasks
⌘↑ ⌘↓, or Home and End	First and last task
Page Up, Page Down	Move ten tasks at a time
⇧↑ ⇧↓	Select several tasks
↩ Return	Open the task and start editing its title
Space, or ⌘O	Open the task beside the list, keeping the keyboard on the list
→	Into the task pane, opening the task if it isn’t
←	To the sidebar
⎋ Escape	Clear the selection, then close the task pane
⌘↩	Mark as done
⌘T	Due today (Mac)
⌥⌘T	Due tomorrow
⌥⌘1, ⌥⌘2, ⌥⌘3, ⌥⌘0	Priority high, medium, low, none
⌫ Delete	Move to Trash
⌘Z	Undo the last complete or delete, while its notice is showing (Mac)

With several tasks selected, the task keys act on all of them.

The add field

Key	What it does
↩ Return	Add the task and stay in the field for the next one
↓	Go down into the list. While suggestions are showing, ↑ and ↓ move through them
⇥ Tab	Take the highlighted suggestion, or move on to the list
⎋ Escape	Give the keyboard to the list

So a quick capture is ⌘N, type, Return, and ↓ or Escape to get back to the list.

Editing a task

Key	What it does
⇥ Tab	Next field: title, notes, each subtask, then the add-subtask field
⇧⇥ Shift-Tab	Previous field
↩ Return in the title	Jump to the notes
⌘B, ⌘I	Bold and italic, in the notes
⎋ Escape	Back to the list, with the task still open

Tab past the last field moves on to the sidebar; Shift-Tab from the title goes back to the list.