Press Esc to cancel whatever you’re currently changing while editing a task.

Hold the Alt key and click on the task (or the Option key on Mac), and you can edit the task name.

When you’re adding a new task or editing an existing one, you can use any keyboard shortcuts below.

Type p1 through p4 to prioritize a task (you’ll see the text change to the correct priority flag).

Press + to quickly assign the task to someone.

Press / to choose a section for the task.

Press # and select a project that you want to attach that task to.

Press followed by text to add a new label to a task.

The quick-add keyboard shortcuts below only work when you have a task open, and your cursor is in the task field. You’ve learned how to add tasks in the section above quickly, but there are quick-add shortcuts to add other items as well. However, there are many more shortcuts left to cover.

Hold the Shift key and press v to change the current list view to a Kanban board view.Īll of the ToDoist keyboard shortcuts above will help you quickly navigate, search, or add new tasks.

Press / or f to open the search window (the search field is where you can find tasks and other items in your to-do list).

Press s to add a new section (sections let you group tasks under their own header).

Press q to quickly add a new task, a to add it at the bottom of the current list, or A to add it at the top of the current list.

You can use the menu at the top to act on those multiple tasks at once.

Select multiple tasks at once by holding Ctrl or Shift (on Windows) or the Command key (on Mac), and left-click multiple tasks to select them.

Press h to return to the “home” view (this is the Today menu option).

Press m to open or collapse the side menu.

General Keyboard Shortcutsīefore we get to the ToDoist keyboard shortcuts with more specific uses, there are a few general-purpose keyboard shortcuts you’re likely to use most frequently. Note: All of the shortcuts detailed below will work on the most popular web-based version of ToDoist. In this article, we’ll outline and demonstrate all of the useful keyboard shortcuts that are available to you as a ToDoist user. However, to use ToDoist as efficiently as possible, it’s a great idea to learn and memorize all of the ToDoist keyboard shortcuts available.

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