All shortcuts below work on Mac. If you want a prioritised list of where to start, see Essential Shortcuts. Where a shortcut differs by screen, the screen is listed next to it.
Use this as a reference, not a reading article. Jump to the screen you are working in using the section headings below.
Option Space: Open Quick Capture from anywhere on your Mac
Cmd+G: Smart Capture
Cmd+K: Open command palette
Tab: Switch between calendar and Focus Mode
N: New task
Cmd+N: Schedule task immediately
P: Plan task — opens a menu to plan for today, tomorrow, in 2 days, or a custom date
5: Planning view (organise tasks across days, projects, and tags)
E: Edit selected task
S: Schedule task — opens time picker to place task as a time block
/: Open contextual menu
Backspace: Delete task
Cmd+Up: Move task up in inbox
Cmd+Down: Move task down in inbox
Cmd+D: Set date
1: Go to Inbox
2: Go to Today
3: Go to Upcoming
4: Go to Completed
R: Go to Incomplete
Cmd+F: Filter
O: Projects
G: Tags
Cmd+1: 1-day view
Cmd+3: 3-day view
Cmd+7: 7-day view
Cmd+0: Monthly view
Cmd+C: Copy task (on calendar)
Cmd+V: Paste task to time slot (on calendar)
Cmd++: Zoom in on calendar
Cmd+-: Zoom out on calendar
Shift+Right: Place task onto calendar as a time block
Up / Down: Move block earlier or later in the day
Left / Right: Move block to previous or next day
Cmd+Down: Make block longer
Cmd+Up: Make block shorter
Enter: Confirm block placement
Escape: Cancel and return task to sidebar
Aftertone has contextual menus on all three main screens. Press / on any selected item or right-click anywhere to open the menu. The menu is context-aware — it surfaces different options depending on where you are:
Inbox and sidebar — plan, schedule, edit, assign project or tag, reorder, duplicate, and delete
Calendar — Copy, Cut, Paste, Split, and edit block details. Split divides the task block into two separate blocks at the point you click.
Focus screen — complete, complete now, extend, shorten, add subtask, take a break, edit, and delete