A full reference of every keyboard shortcut in the outliner. If you’d rather click than memorise, the Task Outliner Toolbar surfaces the most common commands as buttons with their shortcuts shown alongside.
Task Creation & Structure
Shortcut
Action
Enter
Create new task (splits at cursor)
⌘Enter / CtrlEnter
Create sibling task (insert after, no split)
⌘ShiftEnter / CtrlShiftEnter
Create child task (subtask)
Tab
Indent task (make subtask)
ShiftTab
Outdent task (un-nest)
Task Movement
Shortcut
Action
⌘↑ / Ctrl↑
Move task up
⌘↓ / Ctrl↓
Move task down
Expand & Collapse
Shortcut
Action
⌘. / Ctrl.
Toggle expand/collapse
⌘Shift. / CtrlShift.
Toggle all nested
⌘→ / Ctrl→
Progressive expand (one level per press), or jump to end of line
⌘Shift→ / CtrlShift→
Expand current and all nested
⌘← / Ctrl←
Cascade collapse (current → parent → root)
⌘Shift← / CtrlShift←
Collapse current and all nested
These shortcuts work at any level of the task hierarchy. When in a parent task, they affect all nested subtasks.
Focus In / Out
Shortcut
Action
⌘⌥→ / CtrlAlt→
Focus into task’s subtree
⌘⌥← / CtrlAlt←
Focus out to parent
Focus In scopes the outliner to show only a task’s descendants, with a breadcrumb trail to navigate back up. Press Focus Out to zoom back to the parent level, or click any breadcrumb link to jump directly.
Scheduling (Buckets)
Shortcut
Action
⌘1 / Ctrl1
Send to @today
⌘2 / Ctrl2
Send to @next
⌘3 / Ctrl3
Send to @later
⌘0 / Ctrl0
Send to @inbox
⌘B / CtrlB
Toggle Today bucket (alternative)
⌘I / CtrlI
Toggle Next bucket (alternative)
Priority
Shortcut
Action
⌘Shift1 / CtrlShift1
High priority (P1)
⌘Shift2 / CtrlShift2
Medium priority (P2)
⌘Shift3 / CtrlShift3
Low priority (P3)
Task Actions
Shortcut
Action
⌘D / CtrlD
Toggle complete (Done)
⌘⌫ / CtrlBackspace
Toggle cancel
⌘E / CtrlE
Edit task
⌘ShiftS / CtrlShiftS
Start timer
⌘A / CtrlA
Select all siblings; press again to select every task in the outline
Search
Shortcut
Action
⌘F / CtrlF
Open search
↓ or →
Next match
↑ or ←
Previous match
Enter
Jump to match (selects text)
Escape
Cancel search and restore position
Search highlights all matches in yellow, with the current match in orange. Collapsed sections automatically expand to show matches. When you press Escape, your original cursor position and collapsed state are restored.
Commands
Shortcut
Action
/
Set parent task (opens parent-picker menu)
@
Set bucket (@today, @next, @later, …)
Help
Shortcut
Action
⌘? / Ctrl?
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