Shortcuts are available all over your Workspace. Use shortcuts and Command Center to do just about anything without lifting a finger!
Tip: You can press Shift + ? in your Workspace to bring up the list of hotkeys and shortcuts.
What you'll need
Hotkeys are available on every ClickUp Plan.
Guests can use Hotkeys.
What we'll cover
Enable hotkeys
Hotkeys are disabled by default. To use hotkeys they must be enabled in your preferences.
Click your profile avatar.
Select My Settings.
Scroll down to the Preferences section.
Click Hotkeys on.
Available hotkeys and keyboard shortcuts
Different shortcuts work in different places throughout your Workspace.
Tip: 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 Command Center modal in your location. | Cmd + K | Ctrl + K |
Billing | Cmd + B | Ctrl + B |
Home | h | h |
Notifications Load new notifications. | Space | Space |
Notepad Open Notepad. | p | p |
Reminder Create a reminder. | r | r |
Search Open Command Center search bar. | s | s |
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 widgets, and Notepad.
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 | : | : |
Hyperlink Highlight text to add a link. | Cmd + K | Ctrl + K |
Hyperlink Open a hyperlink in a new tab. | Click mouse + Cmd | Click mouse + 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 |
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 |
Move to tray, new task | Save the task and press |
Open, new task | Save the task and press |
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. | b |
Box view Navigate to. | x |
Calendar view Navigate to. | c |
List view Navigate to. | l |
Use these shortcuts from Docs.
Action | Mac Shortcut | Windows Shortcut |
Create a comment from your selected text | Cmd + Shift + M | Ctrl + Shift + M |
Create a task from your selected text | Cmd + Option + T | Ctrl + Shift + T |
Highlight a text block | Cmd + Shift + H | Ctrl + Shift + H |
Duplicate a text block | Cmd + D | Ctrl + D |
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