Things 3 Cheat Sheet

A cheat sheet in English by cvplover

Keyboard shortcuts for Things 3 from Cultured Code.

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Create new items

⌘ + N
Create a new to-do
Space
Create a new to-do below selection
⌘ + V
Paste plain text to create new to-dos
⌘ + ⇧ + C
Create a checklist in an open to-do
⌘ + ⇧ + N
Create a new heading in a project
⌘ + ⌥ + N
Create a new project
⌃ + Space
Open Quick Entry
⌥ + ⌃ + Space
Open Quick Entry with Autofill

Edit items

↩
Open a to-do or project
⌘ + ↩
Save and close
Esc
Save and close
⌘ + D
Duplicate a to-do or project
⌘ + C
Copy a to-do or project
⌘ + V
Paste a to-do or project
⌘ + .
Complete selected items
⌘ + ⌥ + .
Cancel selected items
⌫
Delete selected items
⌘ + L
Move completed to 📔 Logbook

Select items

↑
Select item above
↓
Select item below
⇧ + ↑
Extend selection upwards
⇧ + ↓
Extend selection downwards
⌥ + ⇧ + ↑
Extend selection to the top
⌥ + ⇧ + ↓
Extend selection to the bottom
⌘ + A
Select everything

Move items

⌘ + ⇧ + M
Move selection to another list
⌘ + ⌥ + V
Move copied to-dos and projects
⌘ + ↑
Move selection up
⌘ + ↓
Move selection down
⌘ + ⌥ + ↑
Move selection to top of list
⌘ + ⌥ + ↓
Move selection to bottom of list

Edit dates

⌘ + S
Show 📆 Jump Start
⌘ + T
Start ⭐ Today
⌘ + E
Start 🌙 This Evening
⌘ + R
Start 🕕 Anytime
⌘ + O
Start 🗃️ Someday
⌃ + ]
Start date +1 day
⌃ + [
Start date -1 day
⌃ + ⇧ + ]
Start date +1 week
⌃ + ⇧ + [
Start date -1 week
⌘ + ⇧ + D
Direct access to set a Deadline
⌃ + .
Deadline +1 day
⌃ + ,
Deadline -1 day
⌃ + ⇧ + >
Deadline +1 week
⌃ + ⇧ + <
Deadline -1 week
⌘ + ⇧ + R
Make to-do or project repeating

Navigate

⌘ + 1
Go to 📥 Inbox
⌘ + 2
Go to ⭐ Today
⌘ + 3
Go to 📆 Upcoming
⌘ + 4
Go to 🕕 Anytime
⌘ + 5
Go to 🗃️ Someday
⌘ + 6
Go to 📔 Logbook
⌘ + ⇧ + L
Show to-do in list
→
Enter a selected project
←
Return to a previous list
⌥ + ↑
Scroll to top
⌥ + ↓
Scroll to bottom
⌘ + ⌥ + ⌃ + ↑
Navigate up in the sidebar
⌘ + ⌥ + ⌃ + ↓
Navigate down in the sidebar

Control Windows

⌘ + ⌃ + N
Open new window
⌘ + ⌃ + `
Cycle through open windows
⌘ + W
Close current window
⌘ + ⌥ + W
Close all windows
⌘ + /
Hide or show toolbar
⌘ + ⌥ + F
Full screen

Search

any key
Start typing to begin a search
⌘ + F
Find

Tags

⌘ + ⌃ + T
Open tag window
Esc
Close tag window
⌘ + ⇧ + T
Direct access to add a tag
⌃ + shortcut
Toggle a tag for selected to-do
⌥ + ⌃ + shortcut
Filter for a tag
⌘ + click tag
Select multiple tags
⌃ + Esc
Destroy previous filter

Links

⌘ + ⌥ + ↩
Open a link

Comments (2)

cvplover 21:49 16 Jan 2019

Great cheatsheet, you're amazing!

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cvplover 21:50 16 Jan 2019

Thanks!

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