Keyboard Shortcuts

HourStack is set up with a range of keyboard shortcuts so you can spend less time scheduling your work, and more time finishing it.

Global Controls

• Press C to open the calendar.
• Press R to open reports.
• Press S to open personal and workspace settings.
• Press Esc to close menus and modals.
• Press / to open a modal with a list of shortcuts.

Calendar Controls

• Press Cmd/Ctrl + ← to move to the previous date period.
• Press Cmd/Ctrl + → to move to the next date period.
• Press Shift + T to move the date period to include today.
• Press 1 to switch to personal day view.
• Press 2 to switch to personal week view.
• Press 3 to switch to personal month view.
• Press 4 to switch to team day view.
• Press 5 to switch to team week view.
• Press Cmd/Ctrl + F to open search (hitting it again opens the browser find).
• Press Option/Alt + I to toggle the integration sidebar.
• Press Option/Alt + T to toggle the template sidebar.
• Press Option/Alt + M to toggle the member sidebar.

Selecting Tasks

If no task is selected, the oldest visible task will be selected first when using the arrow keys.

• Press Cmd/Ctrl + A to select all visible tasks.
• Hold Cmd/Ctrl + Click to create an anchor point for selecting multiple tasks. It's possible to select multiple distinct ranges by setting anchor points.
• Hold Shift + Click to select multiple tasks. The first click will set a starting anchor point if one does not exist, otherwise, the click selects the end of the range.
• Press ESC to deselect all selected tasks.
• Press ← to navigate to the task to the left.
• Press → to navigate to the task to the right.
• Press ↑ to navigate to the task above
• Press ↓ to navigate to the task below.
• Press Shift + ← to navigate to the task to the left and add to selected tasks.
• Press Shift + → to navigate to the task to the right and add to selected tasks.
• Press Shift + ↑ to navigate to the task above and add to selected tasks.
• Press Shift + ↓ to navigate to the task below and add to selected tasks.

Task and Time Entry Actions

Besides creating a new task, these shortcuts require one or more tasks or time entries to be selected.

• Press N to create a new task and time entry.
• Press E to edit an existing task and time entry.
• Press Cmd/Ctrl + C to copy the selected time entries.
• Press Cmd/Ctrl + M to move the selected time entries.
• Press Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + R to roll over the remaining time on the selected time entries.
• Press Option/Alt + Shift + T to create a template from the selected time entries.
• Press Cmd/Ctrl + P to set a project on the selected tasks.
• Press Cmd/Ctrl + L to set labels on the selected tasks.
• Press Cmd/Ctrl + Return to complete the selected time entries.
• Press Cmd/Ctrl + Delete to delete the selected time entries.
• Press Option/Alt + Drag to copy time entries.
• Press Option/Alt + Cmd/Ctrl + Drag to copy tasks.

Report Controls

• Press Cmd/Ctrl + S to save the current report view.
• Press D to group chart columns by day.
• Press W to group chart columns by week.
• Press M to group chart columns by month.

• Global Controls
• Calendar Controls
• Selecting Tasks
• Task and Time Entry Actions
• Report Controls