Keyboard shortcuts
The keys for the views, the task lists, the task you have open, notes and the chat.
If you use Things 3, most task keys work the same way. The list keys work in the Inbox, List, Day and Completed. The Week, Month, Year and the Day's timeline are for the mouse for now.
Views and windows
| Keys | What it does |
|---|
| ⌘1 | Inbox |
| ⌘2 ... ⌘5 | Day, Week, Month, Year |
| ⌘6 | Completed |
| ⌘7 | List |
| ⌘8 | Notes |
| ⌘F | Quick Find |
| ⌘/ | Show or hide the sidebar |
| ⌘J | Show or hide the chat |
| ⌘Z, ⇧⌘Z | Undo, redo |
Create
| Keys | What it does |
|---|
| ⌥Space | Quick Entry: a new task from any app. Change the keys in Settings → General. |
| ⌘N | New task |
| Space | New task under the selected one |
| ⌥⌘N | New project |
| ⇧⌘N | New section in the open project |
| ⌥⇧⌘N | New section with the selected tasks |
Move around a list
| Keys | What it does |
|---|
| ↑ ↓ | Select the task above or below |
| ⌥↑ ⌥↓ | Select the first or the last task |
| Return | Open the selected task |
| Esc, ⌘Return | Close the open task |
| ← | Hand the arrows to the sidebar |
| Any letter | Opens Quick Find with that letter |
Act on selected tasks
These are in the Task menu. Every key acts on all selected tasks, and one ⌘Z undoes it.
| Keys | What it does |
|---|
| ⌘K | Done, or Mark as Not Done |
| ⌘S | When... |
| ⌘T | Today |
| ⌘R | Clear Date: takes off the day, week and month, keeps the deadline |
| ⇧⌘D | Deadline... |
| ⇧⌘E | Estimate... |
| ⇧⌘M | Move to Project... |
| ⌘D | Duplicate |
| Delete | Delete |
| ⌘C, ⌘V | Copy tasks and paste them into another list |
| ⌥⌘V | Move Copied Tasks Here |
| ⇧⌘Y | Move Done to Completed |
Text pasted with ⌘V becomes one task per line. When, Deadline, Estimate and Move open right under the task. In Move, start typing to find a project.
Select and reorder
| Keys | What it does |
|---|
| ⇧↑ ⇧↓ | Extend the selection up or down |
| ⌥⇧↑ ⌥⇧↓ | Extend the selection to the top or bottom |
| ⌘A | Select all |
| ⌘-click, ⇧-click | Add tasks to the selection |
| ⌘↑ ⌘↓ | Move up or down in a project or the Inbox |
| ⌥⌘↑ ⌥⌘↓ | Move to the top or bottom |
Shift dates
| Keys | What it does |
|---|
| ⌃] ⌃[ | Start date one day later or earlier |
| ⌃⇧] ⌃⇧[ | Start date one week later or earlier |
| ⌃. ⌃, | Deadline one day later or earlier |
| ⌃⇧. ⌃⇧, | Deadline one week later or earlier |
Sidebar
| Keys | What it does |
|---|
| ↑ ↓ | Move between lists, after a click on one |
| ← → | Fold and unfold an area or a parent project |
| → | Go to the tasks |
| ⌘↑ ⌘↓ | Move a project up or down |
| ⌘-click a chevron | Fold every area |
| ⌥⌘-click a chevron | Fold all areas but this one |
Quick Find
| Keys | What it does |
|---|
| ⌘F, or start typing | Find a task, project, area, section or view |
| ↑ ↓ | Choose a result |
| Return | Open it |
| Esc | Close Quick Find |
Type "today" to open today's Day across all areas, or a view name like Week to switch the view.
Notes
| Keys | What it does |
|---|
| Return | Next item |
| Tab, ⇧Tab | Nest the item or move it back out |
| Backspace at the start | Join the item to the one above |
| ⌘↓ ⌘↑ | Unfold or fold a note or an item |
| ⇧⌘↑ ⇧⌘↓ | Move the item up or down |
| ⌘. or ⌘] | Open the note or the item as a page |
| ⌘[ | One level up |
Chat
| Keys | What it does |
|---|
| ⌘J | Show or hide the chat |
| Return | Send the message |
| Esc | Stop dictation |
