Use hotkeys and keyboard shortcuts

Shortcuts are available all over your Workspace. Use shortcuts and Command Center to do just about anything without lifting a finger!

You can press Shift + ? in your Workspace to bring up the list of hotkeys and shortcuts.

What you'll need

Enable hotkeys

Hotkeys are disabled by default. To use hotkeys they must be enabled in your preferences.

  1. Click your account avatar.

  2. Select My Settings

  3. Scroll down to the Preferences section.

  4. Click Hotkeys on.
    Screenshot of the hotkeys toggle in the Workspace settings.

  5. Click Save changes.

Available hotkeys and keyboard shortcuts

Different shortcuts work in different places throughout your Workspace.

From Docs, Whiteboard, or Dashboards make sure your cursor is outside of any text fields when pressing a hotkey.

Use these shortcuts almost anywhere in your Workspace.

Action

Hotkey/Shortcut

Mac

Hotkey/Shortcut

Windows

Close a task or window Esc Esc

Command Center

Open the Command Center modal to search for items in ClickUp.

s

Cmd + K

s

Ctrl + K

Billing
Open your Billing page.
Cmd + B Ctrl + B
Home h h

Notifications

Load new notifications.

Space Space

Notepad

Open Notepad.

p p

Reminder

Create a reminder.

r r

Sidebar

Show or hide Sidebar.

q q

Task

Create a task.

t t

Use these shortcuts from Comments, Docs, Whiteboard, Columns, Chat view, text block Dashboard cards, and Notepad.

Widgets were renamed to cards on March 9th, 2023.

Action

Hotkey/Shortcut

Mac

Hotkey/Shortcut

Windows

@mention a person @ @
@mention a task @@ @@
@mention a Doc @@@ @@@

Arrow

Insert an arrow ➝ into text.

-> ->

Code block

Select all characters in a code block.

Cmd + A Ctrl + A

Comment

Edit your most recent comment.

Up arrow Up arrow
Emoji
Open the emoji menu.
: :

Hyperlink

Open a hyperlink in a new tab.

Left click + Cmd Left click + Ctrl

Use these shortcuts from tasks and subtasks.

Action

Hotkey/Shortcut

Mac and Windows

Assign a task to yourself From the task or while hovering over the task in List/Board view, press m.
Bulk create subtasks Paste a list of text into an empty subtask. Each line becomes a new, separate subtask.
Copy URL, new task Save the task and press 3.
Move to tray, new task Save the task and press 2.
Open, new task Save the task and press 1.
Navigate to next task From the task, press Ctrl + Shift + Left or Right arrow.

Use these shortcuts from views.

Action Hotkey
Dashboard view d

Filters

Clear filters from your current view.

minus -

Board view

Navigate to Board view.

b

Team view

Navigate to Team view.

x

Calendar view

Navigate to Calendar view.

c

List view

Navigate to List view.

l

Use these shortcuts from Docs.

Action

Shortcut

Mac

Shortcut

Windows

Create a comment from your selected text. Cmd + Shift + M Ctrl + Shift + M
Create a task from your selected text. Cmd + Option + T Ctrl + Alt + T
Highlight a text block. Cmd + Shift + H Ctrl + Shift + H
Duplicate a text block. Cmd + D Ctrl + D
Align text to the left Cmd + Shift + L  Ctrl + Shift + L
Align text to the right Cmd + Shift + R Ctrl + Shift + R
Align text to the center Cmd + Shift + M  Ctrl + Shift + M 
Use inline code Cmd + Shift + C Ctrl + Shift + C
Create a bulleted list Cmd + Shift + 9  Ctrl + Shift + 9 
Create a checklist Cmd + Shift + 8  Ctrl + Shift + 8 
Create a numbered list Cmd + Shift + 7  Ctrl + Shift + 7
Create a heading  Cmd + Shift + 1-4 Ctrl + Shift + 1-4
Gif of someone using several shortcuts in a Doc.

Desktop app shortcuts

From your desktop app settings, there are two desktop-wide keyboard shortcuts you can enable, disable, or change:
  • Create New Task: Press Cmd + E on Mac or Ctrl + E on Windows to quickly create a new task from any app.
  • Open Command Center: Press Cmd + J on Mac or Ctrl + J on Windows to open the desktop Command Center from any app.

Customize the default shortcuts

To change either of the default shortcuts:

  1. Click the current shortcut.
  2. Press a new key combination.
  3. Select the checkmark icon to save the shortcut or the x icon to cancel.

You can use Command Center keyboard shortcuts to search items in your Workspace.

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