Keyboard Shortcuts

Written By Manos Mastorakis

Last updated 29 days ago

Routine is designed for speed. The app is packed with keyboard shortcuts to perform common actions as quickly as possible without breaking your focus.

💡 You will see CMD/CTRL and ⌘/^ to indicate that the COMMAND key is used on macOS or CONTROL on Windows. Likewise, OPT/ALT and ⌥/⎇ represent OPTION on macOS or ALT on Windows.

📋 Console

Binding	Action
`CTRL`+`SPACE`	Open the Console (when closed) / Hide the Console (when open)
`ESCAPE`	Close the Console

💻 Console Input

Binding	Action
`UP`/`DOWN`	Select a suggestion
`ENTER`	Validate selected suggestion / Submit command
`TAB`	Validate selected suggestion
`CMD/CTRL`+`ENTER`	Submit command and open the associated object
`ESCAPE`	Escape a word so it's not interpreted as a keyword

🧭 Navigation

Binding	Action
`DOWN`/`UP`	Select first/last item in a list
`CMD/CTRL`+`[`	Navigate to previous screen (back)
`CMD/CTRL`+`]`	Navigate to next screen (forward)
`CMD/CTRL`+`SHIFT`+`[`	Navigate to previous period (day/week/month/etc.)
`CMD/CTRL`+`SHIFT`+`]`	Navigate to next period (day/week/month/etc.)
`CMD/CTRL`+`←`	Navigate to previous period
`CMD/CTRL`+`→`	Navigate to next period
`CMD/CTRL`+`SHIFT`+`\`	Navigate to current period
`CMD/CTRL`+`1/2/3...`	Navigate to the Nth item in the menu
`CMD/CTRL`+`,`	Navigate to Settings
`CMD/CTRL`+`↓`	Navigate to next screen in menu
`CMD/CTRL`+`↑`	Navigate to previous screen in menu
`CMD/CTRL`+`\\`	Expand/retract menu
`CMD/CTRL`+`SHIFT`+`↑`	Toggle the top pane
`CMD/CTRL`+`SHIFT`+`↓`	Toggle the bottom pane
`CMD/CTRL`+`SHIFT`+`←`	Toggle the left pane
`CMD/CTRL`+`CLICK`	Open link in browser
`CMD/CTRL`+`SHIFT`+`N`	Open a new window
`ALT`+`CLICK`	Open object in a new window
`ESCAPE`	Close modal/pop-up
`CMD/CTRL`+`F`	Search, Search inside current screen, Focus database search field

📦 Objects — General

Binding	Action
`CMD/CTRL`+`ENTER`	Open selected task, event, page, contact, etc.
`CMD/CTRL`+`C`	Copy the selected item's title
`CMD/CTRL`+`SHIFT`+`L`	Copy link to selected object
`UP`/`DOWN`	Select a template for the object's notes
`ENTER`	Validate a selected template
`CMD/CTRL`+`BACKSPACE`/`DELETE`	Delete the selected/opened object

☑️ Tasks

Binding	Action
`ENTER`	Rename the selected task
`CMD/CTRL`+`E`	Complete/uncomplete selected/opened task
`CMD/CTRL`+`.`	Complete/uncomplete selected/opened task
`CMD/CTRL`+`SHIFT`+`I`	Discard/undiscard selected/opened task
`CMD/CTRL`+`SHIFT`+`A`	Assign selected/opened task to a workspace member
`CMD/CTRL`+`L`	Schedule/reschedule selected/opened task
`CMD/CTRL`+`OPT/ALT`+`L`	Unschedule selected/opened task
`CMD/CTRL`+`P`	Postpone selected/opened task
`CMD/CTRL`+`OPT/ALT`+`P`	Unpostpone selected/opened task
`CMD/CTRL`+`SHIFT`+`M`	Move selected/opened task
`CMD/CTRL`+`SHIFT`+`O`	Open source link associated with the task

📅 Events

Binding	Action
`CMD/CTRL`+`J`	Open the event's conference link
`CMD/CTRL`+`SHIFT`+`I`	Ignore/unignore selected/opened event
`CMD/CTRL`+`BACKSPACE`/`DELETE`	Cancel the selected/opened event

📚 Pages

Binding	Action
`CMD/CTRL`+`BACKSPACE`/`DELETE`	Delete selected/opened page

✍️ Notes Editor

Binding	Action
`CMD/CTRL`+`A`	Select all text in current block (edit mode) / Select all blocks (view mode)
`ESCAPE`	Select current block (edit mode) / Deselect blocks (view mode)
`SHIFT`+`UP`/`DOWN`	Extend block selection above/below
`OPT/ALT`+`ENTER`	Add a block above the current cursor position
`CMD/CTRL`+`ENTER`	Expand/retract toggled heading
`CMD/CTRL`+`B`	Apply/remove bold formatting
`CMD/CTRL`+`I`	Apply/remove italic formatting
`CMD/CTRL`+`U`	Apply/remove underline formatting
`CMD/CTRL`+`SHIFT`+`S`	Apply/remove strikethrough formatting
`CMD/CTRL`+`SHIFT`+`C`	Apply/remove inline code formatting
`CMD/CTRL`+`C`	Copy selected text/blocks
`CMD/CTRL`+`X`	Cut selected text/blocks
`CMD/CTRL`+`V`	Paste text/blocks
`CMD/CTRL`+`D`	Duplicate selected todo or object block

🔥 All task-related shortcuts work on checkboxes inside notes — use CMD/CTRL+L to schedule a checkbox's task, CMD/CTRL+ENTER to open it, and so on.

🎁 Other

Binding	Action
`CMD/CTRL`+`SHIFT`+`/`	Display keyboard shortcuts
`CMD/CTRL`+`SHIFT`+`,`	Enable/disable dark mode

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