Keyboard Shortcuts Reference

Press ? to view all available keyboard shortcuts. This works when the editor is closed.

Navigation

↑ / ↓ — Move focus between items

← / → — Navigate between columns

. (period) — Scroll the focused column into view

Ctrl/Cmd + . — Toggle sidebar

Ctrl/Cmd + K — Open Go to... (quick search)

Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + K — Quick search within current subtree

Ctrl/Cmd + F — Focus the search field

G — Next search result

Shift + G — Previous search result

Create and edit

Enter — Open or close editor

Esc — Discard changes

Ctrl/Cmd + Enter — New item below

Alt/Opt + Enter — New item above

Tab — New child item

Backspace / Delete — Delete selected items

Ctrl/Cmd + D — Duplicate items

Ctrl/Cmd + Z — Undo

Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + Z — Redo

Item format

1 — Text

2 — Bullet

3 — Numbered list

4 — Task

5 — Quote

6 — Code

Text formatting

Ctrl/Cmd + B — Bold

Ctrl/Cmd + I — Italic

Ctrl/Cmd + U — Underline

Ctrl/Cmd + E — Inline code

Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + S — Strikethrough

Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + H — Highlight

Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + M — Mute

Move items

Ctrl/Cmd + ↑ — Move up

Ctrl/Cmd + ↓ — Move down

Ctrl/Cmd + ← — Move out

Ctrl/Cmd + → — Move in

Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + ↑ — Move to top

Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + ↓ — Move to bottom

Selection

Shift + ↑ / ↓ — Extend selection

Shift + Alt/Opt + ↑ / ↓ — Extend selection to top/bottom

Ctrl/Cmd + A — Select all

Views

V — List/Column view

Other

S — Star/unstar item

T — Toggle task checked/unchecked

M — Open item menu

Shift + Space — Toggle expand/collapse

Shift + → — Expand

Shift + ← — Collapse

Ctrl/Cmd + L — Copy as alias