Keyboard Shortcuts

Written By Manos Mastorakis

Last updated 8 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

📦 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

🔥 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