Default Shortcuts

Everdo offers many keyboard shortcuts to achieve fast and low-friction user experience. This page describes all available shortcuts.

Note

You can customize any of the shortcuts as explained in Shortcut Configuration.

Save / cancel conventions

Escape always cancels changes and closes dialogs instantly without asking questions.
Enter and Ctrl+Enter save and close the current editor/dialog without asking questions.

Item creation

Key	Action
`i`	Create an Inbox item
`n`	Create a New item in the current view
`Shift+n`	Create a New item in the current view at the top
`p`	Create a Project
`b`	Create a Notebook
`Ctrl+e`	Quick capture dialog.

Key	Action
`j` / `down`	Select next item
`k` / `up`	Select previous item
`enter`	Edit currently selected item
`Alt + Enter`	Open associated project
`Alt + Enter`	Edit current project / notebook
`:`	Trigger the command entry mode
`f`	Toggle focus for the selected item
`space`	Complete the selected item
`d`	Toggle due date for the selected item
`x`	Move item to trash
`[`/`left`	Collapse item description
`]`/`right`	Expand item description
`Alt+[`/`Alt+left`	Collapse all items in the current view
`Alt+]`/`Alt+right`	Expand all items in the current view
`Shift+down`/`Shift+up` or `Shift+j`/`Shift+k`	Move item down/up

Key	Action
`1`	Open Inbox
`2`	Open Next
`3`	Open Waiting
`4`	Open Scheduled
`5`	Open Someday/Maybe
`6`	Open Focus
`7`	Open Projects
`8`	Open Notebooks
`9`	Open Archive
`0`	Open Trash
`backspace`	Navigate back
`Alt+j` / `Alt+down`	Select next sidebar item
`Alt+k` / `Alt+up`	Select previous sidebar item

Switching between areas

Key	Action
`Shift + 0`	Select All Areas
`Shift + 1`	Select area #1
…
`Shift + 9`	Select area #9
`Shift+0`	Select Unassigned

Other shortcuts

Key	Action
`h`	Open help
`t`	Open tag manager
`s` or `/`	Search items (non-archived, non-deleted)
`Ctrl+,`	Open application settings
`F11`	Make the window full-screen

Last modified July 8, 2022