Timely keyboard shortcuts

Quickly navigate through your time entries to save time

Written by Lisa

Updated over 2 years agoLisa

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User Permissions 👥: Everyone

Timely's keyboard shortcuts make it ridiculously fast and easy to log or plan tasks in your calendar. Most of them are intuitive 🔮 enough for you to just give it a try, but here's the full breakdown, for both Mac and PC:

🌎 Global Shortcuts

Toggle the help menu: type "?"
Create a new time entry for today: Control + "E" (Mac) / Alt + “E” (PC)
Create a new project: Control + "P" (Mac) / Alt + “P” (PC)
Navigate to today on the calendar: Control + "D" (Mac) / Alt + “D” (PC)
Navigate through a time entry pop-up: tab key (forward) or shift+tab (backward) - jumps between sections when creating or editing a time entry.
Save an entry: Submit (enter) - provided logged or planned time is already entered.
Close an entry: Esc - closes the time entry pop-up without saving.
Copy an entry to different days in Week view: Option + Click and drag (Mac) / Alt + Click and drag (PC)
Create a new line in the Note editor for an entry: Shift + Enter

Toggle the help menu: type "?"

Create a new time entry for today: Control + "E" (Mac) / Alt + “E” (PC)

Create a new project: Control + "P" (Mac) / Alt + “P” (PC)

Navigate to today on the calendar: Control + "D" (Mac) / Alt + “D” (PC)

Navigate through a time entry pop-up: tab key (forward) or shift+tab (backward) - jumps between sections when creating or editing a time entry.

Save an entry: Submit (enter) - provided logged or planned time is already entered.

Close an entry: Esc - closes the time entry pop-up without saving.

Copy an entry to different days in Week view: Option + Click and drag (Mac) / Alt + Click and drag (PC)

Create a new line in the Note editor for an entry: Shift + Enter

📅 Calendar Shortcuts

Create a new hour: Control + "E" (Mac) / Alt + “E” (PC)

Create a new hour: Control + "E" (Mac) / Alt + “E” (PC)

💼 Project Shortcuts

Create a new project: Control + "N" (Mac) / Alt + “N” (PC)
Search projects: Control + "F" (Mac) / Alt + “F” (PC)

Create a new project: Control + "N" (Mac) / Alt + “N” (PC)

Search projects: Control + "F" (Mac) / Alt + “F” (PC)

👥 People Shortcuts

Invite a new user: Control + "N" (Mac) / Alt + “P” (PC)
Search users: Control + "F" (Mac) / Alt + “F” (PC)

Invite a new user: Control + "N" (Mac) / Alt + “P” (PC)

Search users: Control + "F" (Mac) / Alt + “F” (PC)

📊 Report Shortcuts

Create a new report: Control + "N" (Mac) / Alt + “N” (PC)

Create a new report: Control + "N" (Mac) / Alt + “N” (PC)

👤 Client Shortcuts

Create a new client: Control + "N" (Mac) / Alt + “N” (PC)

Create a new client: Control + "N" (Mac) / Alt + “N” (PC)

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