With a keyboardPress ↩ (or click New Item) to start typing, then type “Weekend in the mountains”.

By touchTap New Item, then type “Weekend in the mountains”.

With a keyboardPress ↩ to type in “Weekend in the mountains”, then ↩ again for a new item, and type “Pack the tent”.

By touchTap “Weekend in the mountains”, then tap Return on the keyboard for a new item, and type “Pack the tent”.

With a keyboardAdd “Book a cabin” and “Check the weather” the same way.

By touchAdd “Book a cabin” and “Check the weather” the same way.

With a keyboardPress ↩ once more, then ⌫ in the empty row: it goes away.

By touchTap Return once more, then ⌫ on the keyboard in the new empty row: it goes away.

With a keyboardClick “Pack the tent” to type in it and press ⇥: it moves under “Weekend in the mountains”.

By touchTap “Pack the tent”, then the Indent button in the bar above the keyboard: it moves under “Weekend in the mountains”.

With a keyboardDo the same with “Book a cabin” and “Check the weather”.

By touchDo the same with “Book a cabin” and “Check the weather”: tap each, then Indent in the bar.

With a keyboardClick “Check the weather”, press ⇧⇥ to move it back out, then ⇥ to move it in again.

By touchTap “Check the weather”, then Outdent in the bar to move it back out, and Indent to move it in again.

With a keyboardCheck off “Check the weather”: click its circle, or select it and press Space.

By touchCheck off “Check the weather”: tap its circle, or swipe it to the right.

With a keyboardChanged your mind? Press ⌘Z.

By touchChanged your mind? Tap the circle again.

With a keyboardFold “Weekend in the mountains” with the arrow before it, or select it and press ←.

By touchFold “Weekend in the mountains”: tap the arrow before it.

With a keyboardShow only “Weekend in the mountains”: select it and press ⇧→.

By touchShow only “Weekend in the mountains”: long-press it and choose Focus on This Item.

With a keyboardBack to the whole list: press ⇧←, or click “Practice” in the path above.

By touchBack to the whole list: tap “Practice” in the path above.

With a keyboardThe list is in command mode: keys are commands. Press ↩ to type in the selected row.

By touchCommand mode needs a keyboard.

With a keyboardPress ⎋ to stop typing. The bar at the bottom says Command Mode again.

By touchCommand mode needs a keyboard.

With a keyboardMove down with ↓ until “Check the weather” is selected; ↑ goes back up.

By touchCommand mode needs a keyboard.

With a keyboardPress ⇧↑ twice: three rows are selected.

By touchCommand mode needs a keyboard.

With a keyboardSelect “Buy food for two days” and press ⌘↑ until it is first under “Weekend in the mountains”.

By touchCommand mode needs a keyboard.

With a keyboardDelete it with ⌫.

By touchCommand mode needs a keyboard.

With a keyboardBring it back: press U twice — the same as ⌘Z.

By touchCommand mode needs a keyboard.

With a keyboardSelect “Book a cabin” and press D. Wait a moment to see what can follow, then press D again for the due date.

By touchCommand mode needs a keyboard.

With a keyboardClose the dialog, then press T T and give “Book a cabin” the tag “trip”.

By touchCommand mode needs a keyboard.

With a keyboardOpen the command palette: press ⇧ twice, or ⌘K.

By touchCommand mode needs a keyboard.

With a keyboardType “sort”, pick Sort… and choose Alphabetically.

By touchCommand mode needs a keyboard.

With a keyboardPress ? to see every shortcut, with a search field.

By touchCommand mode needs a keyboard.

With a keyboardClick “Book a cabin” and type a space and ^fri at its end. The line under the row shows the day.

By touchTap “Book a cabin”, tap ^ in the bar above the keyboard, and type fri. The line under the row shows the day.

With a keyboardClick “Check the weather” and type a space and ^tomorrow at its end.

By touchTap “Check the weather”, then hold ^ in the bar and choose Tomorrow.

With a keyboardClick “Pack the tent” and type a space and a day of your choice, like ^25 Oct or ^+3d.

By touchTap “Pack the tent”, tap ^ in the bar, and type a day of your choice, like 25 Oct or +3d.

With a keyboardClick “Pack the tent” and type a space and #gear at its end: that is a tag.

By touchTap “Pack the tent”, tap # in the bar, and type gear: that is a tag.

With a keyboardClick “Book a cabin” and type a space and !1 at its end: top priority.

By touchTap “Book a cabin”, tap ! in the bar, and type 1: top priority.

With a keyboardClick “Pack the tent” again and type a space and #2h: how long it takes. The progress at the top counts it.

By touchTap “Pack the tent” again, tap # in the bar, and type 2h: how long it takes. The progress at the top counts it.

With a keyboardClick “Weekend in the mountains” and type “## ” before its first word: it becomes a heading.

By touchTap “Weekend in the mountains” and type “## ” before its first word: it becomes a heading.

With a keyboardClick “Check the weather”, press ↩ for a new row, and type ----: a separator line.

By touchTap “Check the weather”, tap Return for a new row, and type ----: a separator line.

With a keyboardClick “Pack the tent” and put two stars on each side of “tent”: Pack the **tent**. The word turns bold.

By touchTap “Pack the tent” and put two stars on each side of “tent”: Pack the **tent**. The word turns bold.

With a keyboardClick “Book a cabin”: its day shows again as ^fri. Change it to ^sat.

By touchTap “Book a cabin”: its day shows again as ^fri. Change it to ^sat.

With a keyboardPress / and type #food: only what is tagged food stays, its parents dimmed for context.

By touchTap the palette button, choose Filter, and type #food: only what is tagged food stays.

With a keyboardPress Esc twice: the filter goes and the whole list is back.

By touchTap the ✕ in the filter field: the whole list is back.

With a keyboardPress /, type #food and press ↩ twice: the same filter, across every list. “Buy coffee” from Home is there too.

By touchOpen Search and type #food: every list at once. “Buy coffee” from Home is there too.

With a keyboardPick “Buy coffee” with ↓ and press ↩: it opens in its own list.

By touchTap “Buy coffee”: it opens in its own list.

With a keyboardPress gd: everything with a date, overdue and today first.

By touchTap the palette button and choose Go to Due: everything with a date, today first.

With a keyboardCheck off “Buy cheese” right there: select it with ↓ and press Space, or click its circle.

By touchCheck off “Buy cheese” right there: tap its circle.

With a keyboardPick “Check the weather” and press ↩: it opens in its list.

By touchTap “Check the weather”: it opens in its list.

With a keyboardPress gt: every tag with how many open items carry it.

By touchTap the palette button and choose Go to Tags.

With a keyboardPick “food” and press ↩: every item tagged food, in every list.

By touchTap “food”: every item tagged food, in every list.

With a keyboardPress ll, type “home” and press ↩: you are in the list Home.

By touchTap the palette button, choose Lists and Places…, then Home.

With a keyboardPress gh: the Inbox, where quick tasks land.

By touchTap the palette button and choose Go Home: the Inbox.

With a keyboardPress g←: back where you were, like a browser.

By touchTap the palette button and choose Back.

With a keyboardSelect “Check the weather”, press mm and choose Home: it moves there.

By touchSwipe “Check the weather” to the left, tap Move and choose Home: it moves there.

With a keyboardSelect “Groceries” and copy it with ⌘C. Go to Home with ll and paste it with ⌘V: the branch comes with its items.

By touchLong-press “Groceries” and copy it, open Home, and paste it from the palette: the branch comes with its items.

With a keyboardGo back with g←, select “Groceries” and press xx: the branch becomes a list of its own.

By touchGo back, select “Groceries”, and choose Move Branch to a New List in the palette.

With a keyboardSelect “Water the plants”, press dr and choose Weekly.

By touchLong-press “Water the plants”, choose Due Date…, and set it to repeat weekly.

With a keyboardCheck it off with Space: it comes back open, due a week later.

By touchCheck it off: it comes back open, due a week later.

With a keyboardPress hc: what is done goes out of sight. Press it again to bring it back.

By touchTap the palette button and choose Hide or Show Completed, twice.

With a keyboardPress E C 1: the outline folds to its first level.

By touchTap the palette button and choose Collapse to Level 1.

With a keyboardSelect “Weekend in the mountains”, press ss and choose By Due Date.

By touchLong-press “Weekend in the mountains”, then choose Sort… in the palette, By Due Date.

With a keyboardClear what is done: open the palette with ⌘K, type “wipe” or “delete completed”, and confirm.

By touchTap the palette button, type “delete completed”, and confirm.

With a keyboardPress ?: every shortcut, searchable. Settings → Tutorial has these lessons whenever you want them again.

By touchThe palette button finds every command by name. Settings → Tutorial has these lessons whenever you want them again.