Routine is designed for speed. As a result, the app is loaded with keyboard shortcuts to perform redundant operations as quickly as possible.
You will sometimes see
CMD/CTRL
and β/^
to indicate that the COMMAND
key must be used on macOS or CONTROL
must be used on Windows.
Likewise, OPT/ALT
and β₯/β
represent OPTION
on macOS or ALT
on Windows.π Dashboard
Binding (symbol) | Binding (text) | Action |
^ β΅ | CTRL +SPACE | Open the dashboard
Hide the dashboard (if already opened) |
β | ESCAPE | Close the dashboard |
π» Console
Binding (symbol) | Binding (text) | Action |
β /β | UP /DOWN | Select a suggestion |
β΅ | ENTER | Suggestion: validate a selected suggestion
General: validate the action (e.g create a task) |
β₯ | TAB | Validate a selected suggestion |
π§ Navigation
Binding (symbol) | Binding (text) | Action |
β /β | UP /DOWN | Select an item in a list |
β/^ [ | CMD/CTRL +[ | Navigate to previous screen (back) |
β/^ ] | CMD/CTRL +] | Navigate to next screen (forward) |
β/^ β§ [ | CMD/CTRL +SHIFT +[ | Navigate to previous period (day/week/month/etc.) |
β/^ β§ ] | CMD/CTRL +SHIFT +] | Navigate to next period (day/week/month/etc.) |
β/^ β§ \ | CMD/CTRL +SHIFT +\ | Navigate to the current period (day/week/month/etc.) |
β/^ 1 /2 /3 /4 /5 | CMD/CTRL +1 /2 /3 /4 /5 | Navigate to Today/Planner/Inbox/Journal/Pages |
β/^ β | CMD/CTRL +DOWN | Navigate to next screen in menu |
β/^ β | CMD/CTRL +UP | Navigate to previous screen in menu |
β/^ \ | CMD/CTRL +\ | Expand/retract menu |
β/^ CLICK | CMD/CTRL +CLICK | Open link in browser |
β | ESCAPE | Close the modal/pop-up |
π¦ Objects
General
Binding (symbol) | Binding (text) | Action |
β/^ β΅ | CMD/CTRL +ENTER | Open the selected task, event, page, contact etc. |
β/^ C | CMD/CTRL +C | Copy the selected item's title |
β /β | UP /DOWN | Select a template for the objectβs notes |
β΅ | ENTER | Validate a selected template |
β/^ β«/ β‘ | CMD/CTRL +BACKSPACE/DELETE | Delete the selected/opened object |
Tasks
Binding (symbol) | Binding (text) | Action |
β΅ | ENTER | Rename the selected task |
β/^ E | CMD/CTRL +E | Complete/uncomplete selected/opened task |
β/^ . | CMD/CTRL +. | Complete/uncomplete selected/opened task |
β/^ β§ I | CMD/CTRL +SHIFT +I | Ignore/unignore selected/opened task |
β/^ L | CMD/CTRL +L | Schedule/reschedule selected/opened ask |
β/^ β₯ L | CMD/CTRL +OPT/ALT +L | Unschedule selected/opened task |
β/^ P | CMD/CTRL +P | Postpone selected/opened task |
β/^ β§ M | CMD/CTRL +SHIFT +M | Move selected/opened task |
Events
Binding (symbol) | Binding (text) | Action |
β/^ J | CMD/CTRL +J | Open the eventβs associated conference link |
β/^ β§ I | CMD/CTRL +SHIFT +I | Ignore/unignore selected/opened event |
Pages
Binding (symbol) | Binding (text) | Action |
β/^ β§ A | CMD/CTRL +SHIFT +A | Archive/unarchive selected/opened page |
People
Not available yet!
βοΈ Notes
All task-related keyboard shortcuts are supported when operating on checkboxes e.g
β
L
will schedule the checkbox's associated task, β
β΅
will open it etc.Note blocks can be created in several ways, including through Markdown shortcuts:
- Text
- Bulleted list:
/bullet
, or through the shortcut*
or-
followed by aβ΅
(SPACE
) - Ordered list:
/ordered
or through the shortcut0.
,1.
,2.
etc. followed by aβ΅
- Section heading:
/h1
,/h2
,/h3
or through the equivalent shortcuts#
,##
,###
followed by aβ΅
- Quote:
/quote
or through the shortcut|
followed by aβ΅
- Divider:
/divider
or through the shortcut---
- Embed (photos, videos, tweets, etc.):
/embed
- Task:
/todo
,/task
,/checkbox
or through the shortcut[]
followed by aβ΅
- Attachment: π not yet available
The text can also be formatted through the following keyboard shortcuts:
- Bold:
β
B
- Italic:
β
I
π Other
Binding (symbol) | Binding (text) | Action |
β/^ β§ / | CMD/CTRL +SHIFT +/ | Display keyboard shortcuts |
β/^ β§ , | CMD/CTRL +SHIFT +, | Enable/disable dark mode |
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