Research shows that using keyboard shortcuts can save you up to eight workdays per year. Luckily, you can perform almost any action in GQueues with intuitive, easy-to-remember shortcuts.
👉 Pro Tip: You don’t need to memorize all these shortcuts at once! Start with a few you’ll use most often. Then add more as they become part of your natural workflow.
View Keyboard Shortcuts in GQueues
While you can always reference this article to see all keyboard shortcuts in GQueues, you can also see all available shortcuts within GQueues on the web with the shortcut command palette.
Open the command palette
To open the command palette and view available keyboard shortcuts on the web, press Command + K on a Mac or Ctrl + K on a PC.
Browse available actions
Once the command palette is open, you can browse and search for available actions, either by scrolling to scan for options, or by typing in a word to filter for matches. All actions show the corresponding keyboard shortcuts on the right.
👉 Pro Tip: The command palette will only show actions that are available in your current view. So if you're in a view-only queue, actions that would let you add or edit tasks won't show.
Use keyboard shortcuts from the command palette
After you've found the keyboard shortcut for the action you'd like to take, press Esc or click outside the command palette to close. Then you can use keyboard shortcuts as normal.
Take action from the command palette
You can also click on actions directly from the list in the command palette! Or use the arrow keys to navigate through the list and press Enter to take the selected action.
👉 Pro Tip: If you have a lot of queues, use the Go To action in the command palette to quickly navigate between queues without endless scanning and scrolling!
Search for tasks in the command palette
In addition to searching for available keyboard shortcut commands, you can search for tasks through the command palette! It will only show the first 5 tasks that match your criteria, so you may need to still use the regular search bar too. But this gives you another quick way to look for tasks all without taking your fingers off the keyboard.
Task Shortcuts
These shortcuts will operate on the current task. The current task is marked by a circle around the task number and a darkened checkbox. You can make any task the current task by clicking on the task number.
If you're using the box theme, the current task is indicated by a circle around the task number and a bolded checkbox:
Add tasks
i - insert new task below current task
shift + i - insert new task above current task
o - insert new task at bottom of queue or subtasks
shift + o - insert new task at top of queue or subtasks
q - open the quick add window
s - add a subtask to the current task
When editing a task at one end of a queue, you can press tab or enter to create a new task directly under the first. This is determined by a setting in your account, so you can choose which is the most intuitive to you. Tab is the default.
Hitting tab when editing the last task in a queue will create a new task
Hitting shift + tab when editing the first task in the queue will create a new task
Edit tasks
When typing a task description or note, hit the enter key to "save" the text you just typed. This will also allow you to use other current task keystrokes again
e - edit task description
tab - edit the description of the next task
shift + tab - edit the previous task’s description
n - add/edit notes
shift + enter - start a new line within notes
shift + n - expand/collapse notes
t - add a tag
x - expand/collapse subtasks
d - add/edit date
a - assign task
w - write comment
c - cross off/uncross task
shift + c - complete and archive task
ctrl + shift + d - delete task
v then c - view task comments
v then a - view task activity
u - show attachments menu
u then f - select attachment from Drive
u then d - create and attach Google Docs
u then s - create and attach Google Sheets
u then p - create and attach Google Slides
g then o - go to task overview
: - get link to current task
Push task dates
p then t - push task to today
p then 1 - push task to one day from now
p then 2 - push task to two days from now
Etc…
p then w - push task to one week from now
For tasks with a due date already set, only the date is changed - the time, reminder and duration remain the same.
❗️Please Note: Push date shortcuts will NOT work with recurring tasks
Expand/collapse task info
Typing the period key and then typing the corresponding letter key will operate on all tasks in the current queue.
. then n - expand/collapse all notes
. then t - expand/collapse all tags
. then x - expand/collapse all subtasks
. then a - expand/collapse all assignments
. then u - expand/collapse all attachments
. then d - show/hide date created
. then e - expand/collapse everything (notes, tags, subtasks, assignments)
Move tasks
1-9 - move task to corresponding position in queue
shift + 1-9 - move task to position without scrolling
0 - move task to the end of the queue
shift + ↑ up arrow - move current task up one position
shift + ↓ down arrow - move current task down one position
shift + → right arrow - indent current task (make subtask)
shift + ← left arrow - un-indent current task (make supertask)
Move tasks using Vim keystroke
shift + L - indent current task (make subtask)
shift + H - un-indent current task (make supertask)
shift + J - move current task down one position
shift + K - move current task up one position
m then l - move task to queue
When the Move task bar appears, start typing the name of the destination to filter the list and hit enter to select it
You can also use the tab key or arrow keys to select an option from the list
shift + M then L - move a copy of task to queue
When the Copy task bar appears, start typing the name of the destination to filter the list and hit enter to select it.
You can also use the tab key or arrow keys to select an option from the list.
Task navigation
/ - search for tasks
Change which task is the current task using arrow keys
↓ down arrow - next task
↑ up arrow - previous task
Change which task is the current task using Vim keystrokes
j - next task
k - previous task
Bulk Actions Shortcuts
Select tasks for bulk actions
b - select or deselect the current task for bulk actions
Hold the b key down and use the ↑ up arrow or ↓ down arrow keys to select or deselect multiple tasks in a row for bulk actions
esc - deselect all tasks
Edit selected tasks
o - open tasks that are current crossed off
c - mark tasks complete (will remain crossed off in Active portion of queue)
shift + C - mark tasks complete and move to the Archive
d - set date for tasks
p then t - push tasks' date to today
p then 1-9 - push tasks' date X days from now (X being 1-9)
p then w - push tasks' date one week from now
t - tag tasks
a - assign tasks
ctrl + shift + d - delete tasks
Move selected tasks
m - move tasks to another queue
shift + M - move a copy of tasks to another queue
1-9 - move tasks to corresponding position in queue
shift + 1-9 - move tasks to position without scrolling
0 - move tasks to the end of the queue
shift + → right arrow - indent current tasks (make subtasks)
shift + ← left arrow - un-indent current tasks (make supertasks)
Vim key alternatives
shift + L - indent current task (make subtask)
shift + H - un-indent current task (make supertask)
Queue Shortcuts
Queue panel
m then q - make a new queue
m then c - make a new category
. then q - expand/collapse all categories in My Queues
. then s - expand/collapse all categories in Shared with me
To open a queue in a new browser window, hold down the shift key while you click the queue name.
To open a queue in a new tab, hold down the ctrl key (command for Mac) while you click on the queue name
Current queue
m then s - share queue
v then d - view queue details
v then h - view queue activity
p then q - print queue
r - refresh queue
shift + f - fullscreen for queue (toggles on/off)
Queue navigation
g then l - go to list (queue, smart queue, shared queue or tag)
g then q - go to queue
g then s - go to smart queue
g then f - go to shared queue
g then t - go to tag
Using these shortcuts will bring up the Go to navigation bar.
Start typing the name of your destination to filter the list and hit enter to select it. You can also use the tab key or arrow keys to select an option from the list.
If you press shift + enter it will go to the queue and show the Archived tasks instead of the Active ones
You can also use these shortcuts to go right to specific locations without needing to browse.
g then i - go to inbox
g then h - go to trash
g then d - go to default queue
g then o - go to task overview for current task
g then u - go to parent (in task overview)
g then c - go to containing view (in task overview)
g then b - go back (like browser back button)
g then n - go next (like browser forward button)
g then a - go to active tasks of current queue
g then r - go to archived tasks of current queue
Calendar shortcuts
These shortcuts can be used when the calendar pop-up window is visible.
c - clear all (date/time/reminder)
shift + enter - save and close
esc - cancel all changes and close
tab - make the next field active
shift + tab - make the previous field active
enter - show/hide menu for active field
down arrow - highlight next menu item (when menu is visible)
up arrow - highlight previous menu item (when menu is visible)
The following shortcuts work when the pop-up window first opens and no field is active:
Time
a - toggle time on/off
g - increase time by 1 hour
f - decrease time by 1 hour
d - increase time by 5 minutes
s - decrease time by 5 minutes
Duration
m - increase duration
n - decrease duration
Reminder
r - toggle reminder on/off
e - change reminder type
w - increase reminder amount
q - decrease reminder amount
Calendar
t - set date to today
right arrow - next day
left arrow - previous day
down arrow - next week
up arrow - previous week
shift + down arrow - next month
shift + up arrow - previous month
Calendar alternative using vim keystrokes
l - next day
h - previous day
j - next week
k - previous week
shift + j - next month
shift + k - previous month
👉 Pro Tip: You can also use the Chrome Extension entirely with your keyboard too! Try out the keyboard shortcuts for the extension here.