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Keyboard shortcuts

The same list the app shows when you press ?, generated from the app's key map. While you type, the typing keys apply; after Esc, the keys are commands. Two letters in a row are a sequence: press them one after the other.

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Typing while typing

New Item Below↩
New Item Above or Split⌥↩
New Line in Item⇧↩
Save Item⌘↩
Indent⇥
Outdent⇧⇥
Finish Editing⎋
Bold⌘B
Italic⌘I
Link⌘K
Insert Today's Date⌘;
Insert Current Time⌘:
Delete Empty Item⌫
Previous Item↑
Next Item↓

Moving Around command mode

Previous Item↑ K
Next Item↓ J
Collapse←
Expand→
First Item↖
Last Item↘
Extend Selection Up⇧↑
Extend Selection Down⇧↓
Select All⌘A
Focus on This Item⇧→
Focus One Level Up⇧←

Structure command mode

Move Up⌘↑
Move Down⌘↓
Move Up a Row⌥⌘↑
Move Down a Row⌥⌘↓
Move to the Top⌘↖
Move to the Bottom⌘↘
Indent⇥
Outdent⇧⇥
Delete⌫ ⌦
Duplicate⌘D
Checkboxes for Childrendo
Headingmh
Move To…mm
Move Branch to a New Listxx
Sort…ss

Item command mode

Done / ReopenSpace
Invalidate⇧Space
Clear Priority0
Priority 11
Priority 22
Priority 33
Priority 44
Priority 55
Priority 66
Priority 77
Priority 88
Priority 99
Edit↩ F2 ee ea
Edit at the Startei
Note…nn
Delete Notescn
Due Date…dd
Due Todaytd
Due Tomorrowtm
Due As Soon As Possibleas
Due a Week Laternw
Clear Due Datecd
Repeat…dr
Tags…tt
Delete Tagsct
Delete Completed…wipe
Reopen Completed…reset
Open Linkgg
Copy Link to Itemtc
Word Countwc

View command mode

Relative or Exact Datesdf
Hide or Show Completedhc
Hide Items Due After Tomorrowhf
Show or Hide Notessn
Item Inspector⌥⌘I
Collapse Allec0
Collapse to Level 1ec1
Collapse to Level 2ec2
Collapse to Level 3ec3
Collapse to Level 4ec4
Collapse to Level 5ec5
Collapse to Level 6ec6
Collapse to Level 7ec7
Collapse to Level 8ec8
Collapse to Level 9ec9
Filter/ ff

Clipboard command mode

Copy⌘C
Cut⌘X
Paste⌘V
Undo⌘Z uu
Redo⇧⌘Z

Places command mode

Lists and Places…ll
Go to Duegd
Go to Tagsgt
Go Homegh
Backg←
Forwardg→

SilentList command mode

Import…im
Export…ex
Keyboard Shortcuts?
Command Palette⌘K
Cancel⎋

Tutorial command mode

Show Me⇧⌘M
Skip Step⇧⌘S
Next Lesson⇧⌘N
Restart Lesson⇧⌘R
End Tutorial⇧⌘E
Copy the Trip to My Inbox⇧⌘K

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