Keyboard Shortcuts for iPad & Vision

Create items

New to-do	⌘ Cmd N
New to-do below selection*	Space
New to-dos from clipboard	⌘ Cmd V A new to-do will be created for each separate row of text on your clipboard.
New checklist in open to-do	⇧ Shift ⌘ Cmd C
New project	⌥ Opt ⌘ Cmd N
New heading	⇧ Shift ⌘ Cmd N
New heading with selection	⌥ Opt ⇧ Shift ⌘ Cmd N
Open Quick Entry*	^ Ctrl Space

* On some keyboards, these two shortcuts can cause undesired results. You can disable them in Things → Settings → General → Keyboard. If you’re looking for an alternative way to switch keyboard languages, you can use the fn key.

Edit items

Open selected item	Return
Save and close item	⌘ Cmd Return
Duplicate selected item	⌘ Cmd D
Copy to-do or project	⌘ Cmd C
Paste to-do or project	⌘ Cmd V
Complete selected item	⌘ Cmd K
Cancel selected item	⌥ Opt ⌘ Cmd K or hold down ⌥ Opt when clicking the checkbox.
Move completed to Logbook	⇧ Shift ⌘ Cmd Y

Select items

Select first	⌥ Opt ↑
Select last	⌥ Opt ↓
Extend selection upwards	⇧ Shift ↑
Extend selection downwards	⇧ Shift ↓
Extend selection to top	⌥ Opt ⇧ Shift ↑
Extend selection to bottom	⌥ Opt ⇧ Shift ↓
Select all	⌘ Cmd A
De-select all	⌥ Opt ⌘ Cmd A

Move items

Move item to another list	⇧ Shift ⌘ Cmd M
Move item up	⌘ Cmd ↑
Move item down	⌘ Cmd ↓
Move item to top of list	⌥ Opt ⌘ Cmd ↑
Move item to bottom of list	⌥ Opt ⌘ Cmd ↓

Edit dates

Show When	⌘ Cmd S
Start Today	⌘ Cmd T
Start This Evening	⌘ Cmd E
Start Anytime	⌘ Cmd R
Start Someday	⌘ Cmd O
Start date +1 day	^ Ctrl ]
Start date -1 day	^ Ctrl [
Start date +1 week	^ Ctrl ⇧ Shift ]
Start date -1 week	^ Ctrl ⇧ Shift [
Add a Deadline	⇧ Shift ⌘ Cmd D
Deadline +1 day	^ Ctrl .
Deadline -1 day	^ Ctrl ,
Deadline +1 week	^ Ctrl ⇧ Shift .
Deadline -1 week	^ Ctrl ⇧ Shift ,
Add repetition schedule	⇧ Shift ⌘ Cmd R

Control windows

Open new window	^ Ctrl ⌘ Cmd N
Open selected project, area, or built-in list in a new window	⌘ Cmd Return Also works when selecting a project, area, or built-in list in the Quick Find popover.
Switch between open windows	⌘ Cmd `
Show/hide sidebar	⌘ Cmd /

Search

Search the app	⌘ Cmd F You don’t actually need to use Cmd + F to start a search - simply start typing and the search box will appear.
Find in text	⇧ Shift ⌘ Cmd F
Find next in text	⌘ Cmd G
Find last in text	⇧ Shift ⌘ Cmd G

Navigate

Show navigation popover	⇧ Shift ⌘ Cmd O
Go to Inbox	⌘ Cmd 1
Go to Today	⌘ Cmd 2
Go to Upcoming	⌘ Cmd 3
Go to Anytime	⌘ Cmd 4
Go to Someday	⌘ Cmd 5
Go to Logbook	⌘ Cmd 6
Show in parent list	⌘ Cmd L
Enter selected project	Return or ⌘ Cmd →
Go back	⌘ Cmd ←
Scroll upwards	🌐 ↑
Scroll downwards	🌐 ↓
Jump to top	🌐 ←
Jump to bottom	🌐 →
Navigate up in the sidebar	^ Ctrl ⌥ Opt ⌘ Cmd ↑
Navigate down in the sidebar	^ Ctrl ⌥ Opt ⌘ Cmd ↓
View the Tomorrow list	⌘ Cmd F + “Tomo…”
View the Deadlines list	⌘ Cmd F + “Dead…”
View the Repeating items list	⌘ Cmd F + “Repe…”
View the All Projects list	⌘ Cmd F + “Proj…”
View the Logged Projects list	⌘ Cmd F + “Logg…”

You can also navigate around the app with a feature called Type Travel. Simply start typing the name of the list or tag you want to jump to, then hit Return.

Tag & Filter

Edit tags for selected item	⇧ Shift ⌘ Cmd T
Toggle tag on/off within popover	⌥ Opt Space
Toggle tag on/off for selected item	^ Ctrl + shortcut
Choose tag to filter by	⌥ Opt ⌘ Cmd T
Filter by tag	^ Ctrl ⌥ Opt + shortcut

Control popovers

Save and close Quick Entry popover	⌘ Cmd Return
Open the context menu on selected item(s)	^ Ctrl Return
Escape	⌘ Cmd .
Move inside accessible fields	↑ or ↓
Open Things’ Settings	⌘ Cmd ,

Use a mouse

Open the context menu	^ Ctrl + click
Enter multi-select mode	⌘ Cmd + click
Select multiple items	⇧ Shift + click
Expand/Collapse all areas	⌘ Cmd + click
Expand single area and collapse all others	⌥ Opt ⌘ Cmd + click

Other

Show/Hide later items

⇧ Shift ⌘ Cmd E Inside of projects and areas

Style text with Markdown

Heading 1: # ...	^ Ctrl ⌘ Cmd 1
Heading 2: ## ...	^ Ctrl ⌘ Cmd 2
	...
Italics: *...*	⌘ Cmd I
Bold: **...**	⌘ Cmd B
Bulleted list: - ...	⇧ Shift ⌘ Cmd L
Numbered list: 1. ...	⌥ Opt ⌘ Cmd L
Task list: - [ ] ...	^ Ctrl ⌘ Cmd L
Complete task: - [x]	⌘ Cmd K
Cancel task: - [~]	⌥ Opt ⌘ Cmd K
Quote: > ...	⌘ Cmd '
Highlight: ::...::	⇧ Shift ⌘ Cmd U
Link: [...](url.com)	⇧ Shift ⌘ Cmd K
Strikethrough: ~~...~~	⌥ Opt ⌘ Cmd U
Code: `...`	⇧ Shift ⌘ Cmd J
Code block: ```...```	⌥ Opt ⇧ Shift ⌘ Cmd J
Increase indent (2 spaces)	⌘ Cmd ]
Decrease indent (2 spaces)	⌘ Cmd [

Things supports other Markdown features that have no keyboard shortcut. For a complete list of supported syntax, see the Markdown Guide.