Keyboard shortcuts
This page lists every keyboard and click shortcut in Hule, by where it works. You can change the shortcuts in these groups of User settings → Hot keys:
- Global;
- Task;
- Editor;
- Views (the click shortcuts).
Esc and Enter, Formatting and Inbox keys can't be changed.
Key names and typing
| Name on this page | Mac | Windows and Linux |
|---|---|---|
| Mod | Cmd (⌘) | Ctrl |
| Alt | Option (⌥) | Alt |
Shortcuts without Mod never fire while you type in a field or the editor. That covers letters such as S or E, and Alt+1 … Alt+9.
Changing a shortcut
Open User settings → Hot keys (Manage your account). Every changeable shortcut is listed with its keys.
Click Edit next to the shortcut. The row waits for the new shortcut:
Shortcut The row shows Then Keyboard shortcuts Press shortcut… press the new combination Open pinned sidebar item Press modifiers with any digit 1–9… press the new modifiers with any digit Click shortcuts Click anywhere holding your shortcut… click anywhere while holding the new modifiers Edit is greyed out?
The shortcut is off. Turn on its switch first; four of the click shortcuts start off.
Press or click as the table says. The row shows the new shortcut. Esc cancels instead.
To turn a shortcut off, use its switch.
If the combination is taken, Hule names the shortcut that uses it and keeps the old one. For example, binding Mod+, to Open search shows:
⌘, is already bound to "Open settings"On Windows and Linux it reads Ctrl+,. Open search stays on Mod+K.
Global shortcuts
| Action | Shortcut | Notes | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open search | Mod+K | Search every workspace | |
| Open settings | Mod+, | Asks Which settings?: your account or a workspace | Manage your account |
| Toggle sidebar | Mod+Alt+S | Pin to the sidebar | |
| Open pinned sidebar item | Alt+1 … Alt+9 | Only while the sidebar is collapsed; see the rule below | Open a pin from the keyboard |
| New task | Mod+N in the desktop app, Mod+M in a browser | Not on an open task: there the key adds a subtask | Create a task |
| Find | Mod+F | Desktop app only; finds text on the page | Desktop app or web app |
| Reload page | Mod+R | Desktop app only | — |
| Reload app | Mod+Shift+R | Desktop app only | — |
| Zoom in | Mod+Plus | Desktop app only; moves Interface scale | Theme and language |
| Zoom out | Mod+Minus | Desktop app only; moves Interface scale | Theme and language |
Rules:
- Desktop-only keys in a browser. In a browser:
- Find is hidden in Hot keys, because the browser owns Mod+F;
- New task and Add subtask use Mod+M, because the browser owns Mod+N. A key you set for them in Hot keys applies in the desktop app too;
- Mod+R and Mod+Plus / Mod+Minus do the browser's own reload and zoom.
- Pins by number. Alt+1 … Alt+9 open the first to ninth pin on the collapsed sidebar; a folder pin expands the sidebar and shows the folder.
- Changing the pin keys. Pressing Mod+Shift+3 after Edit sets Mod+Shift+1 … 9.
Task shortcuts
These work while a task is open.
| Action | Shortcut | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Open status | S | Edit an open task |
| Open priority | P | Edit an open task |
| Open assignee | A | Assign a task |
| Open due date | D | Task dates |
| Open tags | T | Tag tasks |
| Focus comment | C | Comment on a task |
| Focus description | E | Write a task description |
| Toggle focus mode | F | — |
| Add subtask | Mod+N in the desktop app, Mod+M in a browser | Add subtasks |
Toggle focus mode expands the open task window (the Focus mode button in its header). It works only when the task opens as a window, not inside a GTD or Scrum Poker session.
Editor shortcuts
These work while the cursor is in a task description or a comment.
| Action | Shortcut | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Paste as plain text | Mod+Shift+V | Paste rules |
Click shortcuts in views
These are a modifier held while you click a task. Only Select task is on from the start; turn the others on in Hot keys. The views are compared in Views compared.
| Action | Shortcut | On by default | Works in | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Select task | Mod+click | Yes | List, GTD (outside a session), Kanban, Table, Timeline | Select tasks |
| Complete task | Shift+click | No | List rows, Kanban, Timeline, Calendar | Statuses |
| Delete task | Mod+Shift+click | No | List rows, Kanban, Timeline, Calendar | Task menu |
| Move to next status | Alt+click | No | List rows, Kanban, Timeline, Calendar | Statuses |
| Set due date to today | Mod+Alt+click | No | List rows, Kanban, Timeline, Calendar | Task dates |
List rows appear in:
- the List view, and a GTD view outside a session;
- a Scrum Poker view before a session starts;
- the List widget of a dashboard;
- the subtasks of an open task.
Permissions for click actions
All four action clicks need Edit access to the list. Delete task also needs Delete in the Tasks block; the other three need Update in the Tasks block and, in the Task fields block, the field they change: Status, or Dates for the due date. See Permissions and access.
The four action clicks show a toast with Cancel for 5 seconds; Cancel or Esc undoes the change.
Delete task deletes on the click
After the 5-second toast, the task and its subtasks are gone. Turn this shortcut on only if you want deleting to be one click.
Esc and Enter keys
These keys can't be changed and are not listed in Hot keys.
| Action | Key | Where | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close or go home | Esc | See the rules below | — |
| Send comment | Mod+Enter | In a comment | Comment on a task |
| Line break | Shift+Enter | In a task description or a comment | — |
| Line break | Mod+Enter | In a task description (in a comment it sends) | — |
Esc:
- closes one open menu, window or task per press;
- in a comment you are editing, cancels the edit;
- with nothing open, goes to your home page, except while you type in a field or when you are already home.
Formatting keys
These work in a task description and a comment, and can't be changed. Markdown-style marks you type, such as **text**, are in Text shortcuts.
| Action | Key |
|---|---|
| Bold | Mod+B |
| Italic | Mod+I |
| Underline | Mod+U |
| Strikethrough | Mod+Shift+S |
| Inline code | Mod+E |
| Highlight | Mod+Shift+H |
| Heading 1, 2, 3 | Mod+Alt+1, Mod+Alt+2, Mod+Alt+3 |
| Numbered list | Mod+Shift+7 |
| Bulleted list | Mod+Shift+8 |
| Checklist | Mod+Shift+9 |
| Code block | Mod+Alt+C |
| Quote | Mod+Shift+B |
| Nest or un-nest a list item | Tab, Shift+Tab |
| Undo, redo | Mod+Z, Mod+Shift+Z |
Inbox shortcuts
These work on the Inbox page (your notifications) and can't be changed.
| Action | Key |
|---|---|
| Move between notifications | ↑ / ↓ or J / K |
| Open the notification | Enter |
| Archive | E |
| Snooze until tomorrow, 9:00 | H |
| Undo the last archive or snooze | Z |