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Keyboard Shortcuts for iPad & Vision

You can control Things on your Mac, iPad, and Vision Pro with keyboard shortcuts. We’ve listed them all below.

Show keyboard shortcuts for:
  • Mac
  • iPad & Vision

To quickly view the most common shortcuts while in Things, press and hold ⌘ Cmd. To see System shortcuts, press and hold 🌐.

Keyboard Help

Create items

New to-do ⌘ Cmd N
New to-do below selection* Space
New to-dos from clipboard ⌘ Cmd V

A new to-do will be created for each separate row of text on your clipboard.

New checklist in open to-do ⇧ Shift ⌘ Cmd C
New project ⌥ Opt ⌘ Cmd N
New heading ⇧ Shift ⌘ Cmd N
New heading with selection ⌥ Opt ⇧ Shift ⌘ Cmd N
Open Quick Entry* ^ Ctrl Space

* On some keyboards, these two shortcuts can cause undesired results. You can disable them in Things → Settings → General → Keyboard. If you’re looking for an alternative way to switch keyboard languages, you can use the fn key.

Edit items

Open selected item Return
Save and close item ⌘ Cmd Return
Duplicate selected item ⌘ Cmd D
Copy to-do or project ⌘ Cmd C
Paste to-do or project ⌘ Cmd V
Complete selected item ⌘ Cmd K
Cancel selected item ⌥ Opt ⌘ Cmd K

or hold down ⌥ Opt when clicking the checkbox.

Move completed to Logbook ⇧ Shift ⌘ Cmd Y

Select items

Select first ⌥ Opt ↑
Select last ⌥ Opt ↓
Extend selection upwards ⇧ Shift ↑
Extend selection downwards ⇧ Shift ↓
Extend selection to top ⌥ Opt ⇧ Shift ↑
Extend selection to bottom ⌥ Opt ⇧ Shift ↓
Select all ⌘ Cmd A
De-select all ⌥ Opt ⌘ Cmd A

Move items

Move item to another list ⇧ Shift ⌘ Cmd M
Move item up ⌘ Cmd ↑
Move item down ⌘ Cmd ↓
Move item to top of list ⌥ Opt ⌘ Cmd ↑
Move item to bottom of list ⌥ Opt ⌘ Cmd ↓

Edit dates

Show When ⌘ Cmd S
Start Today ⌘ Cmd T
Start This Evening ⌘ Cmd E
Start Anytime ⌘ Cmd R
Start Someday ⌘ Cmd O
Start date +1 day ^ Ctrl ]
Start date -1 day ^ Ctrl [
Start date +1 week ^ Ctrl ⇧ Shift ]
Start date -1 week ^ Ctrl ⇧ Shift [
Add a Deadline ⇧ Shift ⌘ Cmd D
Deadline +1 day ^ Ctrl .
Deadline -1 day ^ Ctrl ,
Deadline +1 week ^ Ctrl ⇧ Shift .
Deadline -1 week ^ Ctrl ⇧ Shift ,
Add repetition schedule ⇧ Shift ⌘ Cmd R

Control windows

Open new window ^ Ctrl ⌘ Cmd N
Open selected project, area, or built-in list in a new window ⌘ Cmd Return

Also works when selecting a project, area, or built-in list in the Quick Find popover.

Switch between open windows ⌘ Cmd `
Show/hide sidebar ⌘ Cmd /

Search

Search the app ⌘ Cmd F

You don’t actually need to use Cmd + F to start a search - simply start typing and the search box will appear.

Find in text ⇧ Shift ⌘ Cmd F
Find next in text ⌘ Cmd G
Find last in text ⇧ Shift ⌘ Cmd G

Navigate

Show navigation popover ⇧ Shift ⌘ Cmd O
Go to Inbox ⌘ Cmd 1
Go to Today ⌘ Cmd 2
Go to Upcoming ⌘ Cmd 3
Go to Anytime ⌘ Cmd 4
Go to Someday ⌘ Cmd 5
Go to Logbook ⌘ Cmd 6
Show in parent list ⌘ Cmd L
Enter selected project Return or ⌘ Cmd →
Go back ⌘ Cmd ←
Navigate up in the sidebar ^ Ctrl ⌥ Opt ⌘ Cmd ↑
Navigate down in the sidebar ^ Ctrl ⌥ Opt ⌘ Cmd ↓
View the Tomorrow list ⌘ Cmd F + “Tomo…”
View the Deadlines list ⌘ Cmd F + “Dead…”
View the Repeating items list ⌘ Cmd F + “Repe…”
View the All Projects list ⌘ Cmd F + “Proj…”
View the Logged Projects list ⌘ Cmd F + “Logg…”

You can also navigate around the app with a feature called Type Travel. Simply start typing the name of the list or tag you want to jump to, then hit Return.

Tag & Filter

Edit tags for selected item ⇧ Shift ⌘ Cmd T
Toggle tag on/off within popover ⌥ Opt Space
Toggle tag on/off for selected item ^ Ctrl + shortcut
Choose tag to filter by ⌥ Opt ⌘ Cmd T
Filter by tag ^ Ctrl ⌥ Opt + shortcut

Control popovers

Save and close Quick Entry popover ⌘ Cmd Return
Open the context menu on selected item(s) ^ Ctrl Return
Escape ⌘ Cmd .
Move inside accessible fields ↑ or ↓
Open Things’ Settings ⌘ Cmd ,

Use a mouse

Open the context menu ^ Ctrl + click
Enter multi-select mode ⌘ Cmd + click
Select multiple items ⇧ Shift + click
Expand/Collapse all areas ⌘ Cmd + click
Expand single area and collapse all others ⌥ Opt ⌘ Cmd + click

Other

Show/Hide later items ⇧ Shift ⌘ Cmd E

Inside of projects and areas

Style text with Markdown

Heading 1: # ... ^ Ctrl ⌘ Cmd 1
Heading 2: ## ... ^ Ctrl ⌘ Cmd 2
...
Italics: *...* ⌘ Cmd I
Bold: **...** ⌘ Cmd B
Bulleted list: - ... ⇧ Shift ⌘ Cmd L
Numbered list: 1. ... ⌥ Opt ⌘ Cmd L
Task list: - [ ] ... ^ Ctrl ⌘ Cmd L
Complete task: - [x] ⌘ Cmd K
Cancel task: - [~] ⌥ Opt ⌘ Cmd K
Quote: > ... ⌘ Cmd '
Highlight: ::...:: ⇧ Shift ⌘ Cmd U
Link: [...](url.com) ⇧ Shift ⌘ Cmd K
Strikethrough: ~~...~~ ⌥ Opt ⌘ Cmd U
Code: `...` ⇧ Shift ⌘ Cmd J
Code block: ```...``` ⌥ Opt ⇧ Shift ⌘ Cmd J
Increase indent (2 spaces) ⌘ Cmd ]
Decrease indent (2 spaces) ⌘ Cmd [

Things supports other Markdown features that have no keyboard shortcut. For a complete list of supported syntax, see the Markdown Guide.

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