You can control Things on your Mac, iPad, and Vision Pro with keyboard shortcuts. We’ve listed them all below.
To quickly view the most common shortcuts while in Things, press and hold ⌘ Cmd. To see System shortcuts, press and hold 🌐.
Help
Create items
New to-do
⌘ CmdN
New to-do below selection*
Space
New to-dos from clipboard
⌘ CmdV
A new to-do will be created for each separate row of text on your clipboard.
New checklist in open to-do
⇧ Shift⌘ CmdC
New project
⌥ Opt⌘ CmdN
New heading
⇧ Shift⌘ CmdN
New heading with selection
⌥ Opt⇧ Shift⌘ CmdN
Open Quick Entry*
^ CtrlSpace
* 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
⌘ CmdReturn
Duplicate selected item
⌘ CmdD
Copy to-do or project
⌘ CmdC
Paste to-do or project
⌘ CmdV
Complete selected item
⌘ CmdK
Cancel selected item
⌥ Opt⌘ CmdK
or hold down ⌥ Opt when clicking the checkbox.
Move completed to Logbook
⇧ Shift⌘ CmdY
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
⌘ CmdA
De-select all
⌥ Opt⌘ CmdA
Move items
Move item to another list
⇧ Shift⌘ CmdM
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
⌘ CmdS
Start Today
⌘ CmdT
Start This Evening
⌘ CmdE
Start Anytime
⌘ CmdR
Start Someday
⌘ CmdO
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⌘ CmdD
Deadline +1 day
^ Ctrl.
Deadline -1 day
^ Ctrl,
Deadline +1 week
^ Ctrl⇧ Shift.
Deadline -1 week
^ Ctrl⇧ Shift,
Add repetition schedule
⇧ Shift⌘ CmdR
Control windows
Open new window
^ Ctrl⌘ CmdN
Open selected project, area, or built-in list in a new window
⌘ CmdReturn
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
⌘ CmdF
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⌘ CmdF
Find next in text
⌘ CmdG
Find last in text
⇧ Shift⌘ CmdG
Navigate
Show navigation popover
⇧ Shift⌘ CmdO
Go to Inbox
⌘ Cmd1
Go to Today
⌘ Cmd2
Go to Upcoming
⌘ Cmd3
Go to Anytime
⌘ Cmd4
Go to Someday
⌘ Cmd5
Go to Logbook
⌘ Cmd6
Show in parent list
⌘ CmdL
Enter selected project
Return or ⌘ Cmd→
Go back
⌘ Cmd←
Scroll upwards
🌐↑
Scroll downwards
🌐↓
Jump to top
🌐←
Jump to bottom
🌐→
Navigate up in the sidebar
^ Ctrl⌥ Opt⌘ Cmd↑
Navigate down in the sidebar
^ Ctrl⌥ Opt⌘ Cmd↓
View the Tomorrow list
⌘ CmdF + “Tomo…”
View the Deadlines list
⌘ CmdF + “Dead…”
View the Repeating items list
⌘ CmdF + “Repe…”
View the All Projects list
⌘ CmdF + “Proj…”
View the Logged Projects list
⌘ CmdF + “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⌘ CmdT
Toggle tag on/off within popover
⌥ OptSpace
Toggle tag on/off for selected item
^ Ctrl + shortcut
Choose tag to filter by
⌥ Opt⌘ CmdT
Filter by tag
^ Ctrl⌥ Opt + shortcut
Control popovers
Save and close Quick Entry popover
⌘ CmdReturn
Open the context menu on selected item(s)
^ CtrlReturn
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⌘ CmdE
Inside of projects and areas
Style text with Markdown
Heading 1: # ...
^ Ctrl⌘ Cmd1
Heading 2: ## ...
^ Ctrl⌘ Cmd2
...
Italics: *...*
⌘ CmdI
Bold: **...**
⌘ CmdB
Bulleted list: - ...
⇧ Shift⌘ CmdL
Numbered list: 1. ...
⌥ Opt⌘ CmdL
Task list: - [ ] ...
^ Ctrl⌘ CmdL
Complete task: - [x]
⌘ CmdK
Cancel task: - [~]
⌥ Opt⌘ CmdK
Quote: > ...
⌘ Cmd'
Highlight: ::...::
⇧ Shift⌘ CmdU
Link: [...](url.com)
⇧ Shift⌘ CmdK
Strikethrough: ~~...~~
⌥ Opt⌘ CmdU
Code: `...`
⇧ Shift⌘ CmdJ
Code block: ```...```
⌥ Opt⇧ Shift⌘ CmdJ
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.