Edit and navigate your to-do list without ever touching your mouse with powerful keyboard navigation, shortcuts, and the command menu.
Quick tip
To access the full overview of available shortcuts, click the question mark key to open the keyboard shortcuts list or use our command menu (⌘ + K or Ctrl + K).
How to navigate Todoist with your keyboard
You can use your keyboard to:
Manage your tasks
- Quickly jump from task to task with the arrow down key (or J) and the arrow up key (or K).
- Perform actions like selecting (X), editing (⌘ + E or Ctrl + E), commenting (C), scheduling (T), or opening a task (Enter) and more.
- Complete a task using E.
Move between tasks in board view
In board view, move between tasks from different sections from left to right with the left arrow key and right arrow key.
Explore all parts of a task
Use the Tab key to focus through the app to reach different elements of a task or move backwards with Shift + Tab.
Navigate to different locations in the app
- Home (H).
- Today (G then T).
- Upcoming (G then U).
- Projects (G then P).
- Labels (G then L).
- Notifications (O then N).
- Settings (O then S).
- Filters & Labels (G then V).
Open a new window on the desktop app
- Use Shift ⇧ + Cmd ⌘ + N on macOS or Shift + Ctrl + N on Windows to open the current view in a new window.
- To open a new window of your Home view use Shift ⇧ + Option ⌥ + Cmd ⌘ + N on macOS or Shift + Alt + Ctrl + N on Windows.