In search, Enter goes to the next match and Shift+Enter to the one before.
Editing a task
Keys
What it does
Enter
Save, and start a new task below
Shift+Enter
A new line in the task
Esc
Cancel the edit
Tab
Make it a subtask
Shift+Tab
Make it a task again
↑ or ↓ on the top or bottom line
On to the task above or below
On a Mac
Keys
What it does
Control+A
Add a note
Cmd+B
Bold
Cmd+I
Italic
Cmd+Z
Undo your typing
On Windows
Keys
What it does
Alt+A
Add a note
Ctrl+B
Bold
Ctrl+I
Italic
Ctrl+Z
Undo your typing
Enter in the middle of the words splits the task in two.
Backspace at the very start takes off the last priority, label or date; with none left, it joins the task onto the one above.
Shift+Tab on a task that isn’t a subtask makes it a subsection, in Full List.
On a section’s title, Enter saves, Tab makes it a subsection and Shift+Tab a section again.
Several tasks at once
On a Mac
Keys
What it does
Cmd+Enter
Select the task you’re editing
Cmd-click
Add a task, or take it out
On Windows
Keys
What it does
Ctrl+Enter
Select the task you’re editing
Ctrl-click
Add a task, or take it out
Keys
What it does
Shift-click
Every task from the last one
Shift+↓ or ↑
Add the next or previous task
Tab
Make them subtasks
Shift+Tab
Make them tasks
Shift+F10
Their menu
Esc
Stop selecting
Moving things
On a Mac
Option+← or → in the Calendar view moves a task a day.
Hold Option as you start dragging a task, and the list folds to its sections, to drop it on one.
Option+↑ or ↓ in Settings › Labels moves a label.
On Windows
Alt+← or → in the Calendar view moves a task a day.
Hold Ctrl or Alt as you start dragging a task, and the list folds to its sections, to drop it on one.
Alt+↑ or ↓ in Settings › Labels moves a label.
In menus
↑ and ↓ move, Enter picks, Esc closes, and → opens a side menu, such as 📎 Attach.
In the sidebar
With the sidebar’s button in focus, Enter opens it on the page you’re on. ↑ and ↓ move, Enter goes there, → shows what’s under a row and ← folds it away. Esc closes it, or goes back to its button when it’s open beside the page. With its right edge in focus, ← and → make it narrower or wider.
