Keyboard Shortcuts

These shortcuts work in iKanban on the Mac. On an iPad with a keyboard, the ones listed at the end work as well.

App and windows (Mac)

• ⌘, — Settings
• ⌘? — iKanban Help
• ⇧⌘0 — Main Window, if you closed it
• ⇧⌘B — Board, the board as a separate window
• ⌘[ — Back to where you came from
• ⌘N — New Card
• ⇧⌘N — New List
• ⇧⌘E — Expand All Lists or Collapse All Lists on the board
• ⌘S — Save the card, list, project, plan section or file you’re editing
• Return confirms a dialog, Esc cancels it.
• Return in the search field jumps to the Board when the current view shows no cards. Back returns.

Board (Mac)

• ⌘-click — add a card to the selection or remove it
• ⇧-click — select all cards between the last selected card and this one

With several cards selected, right-click one of them for the actions that apply to all.

Inbox and Weekly Review

• Y — Yes, I can act on it when you process the Inbox Card by Card
• N — No, nothing to do
• Return — Next or Mark Reviewed & Next in the Weekly Review

Mindmap (Mac)

Click the map first so it has the keyboard focus.

• Tab — new sub-idea under the selected idea
• Return — new idea on the same level
• Delete — delete the selected idea
• Arrow keys — move the selection: left and right between parent and child, up and down between ideas on the same level
• Esc — clear the selection
• ⌘+, ⌘−, ⌘0 — zoom in, zoom out, actual size

Organize (Mac)

In the outline next to the mindmap:

• Return — save the row and start a new one below
• Tab and ⇧Tab — indent and outdent
• ⌘↑ and ⌘↓ — move the row up or down
• ↑ and ↓ — go to the previous or next row
• ⌥← and ⌥→ — collapse and expand a branch
• Delete in an empty row — remove the row
• Esc — leave the outline

Pinboard (Mac)

• ⌥⌘N — Insert › Sticky Note
• Delete — remove the selected item or string from the pinboard
• Esc — clear the selection or finish editing a note
• ⌘+, ⌘−, ⌘0 — zoom in, zoom out, actual size

Sketches and journals (Mac)

• ⌘+, ⌘−, ⌘0 — zoom a sketch in, out and to actual size
• ← and → — previous and next page in a journal

iPad with a keyboard

• ⌘? — Help
• ⌘[ — Back
• ⌘S — Save in the card details and in editors
• ⌘+, ⌘−, ⌘0 — zoom in mindmaps and pinboards (tap the canvas first)
• Y and N — answer the first question when you process the Inbox Card by Card
• Return confirms a dialog, Esc cancels it.
• Esc — leave full screen

See also Settings, Sync and Privacy.