Keyboard shortcuts

Global hotkeys

From Obsidian’s hotkey settings page, you can configure these global hotkeys:

• Open the Tasklist
• Quick capture a task

The Task List page

Type ? on The Tasklist to open the keyboard shortcuts help page.

The default shortcuts are:

• Arrow Up - Move up the tasklist
• Arrow Down - Move down the tasklist
• j - Alternative key to move up the tasklist
• k - Alternative key to move down the tasklist
• Escape - Close the sidebar
• Enter - Open the currently active row in the sidebar
• m - Move the highlighted task into a project
• n - Create a new task. If a project is highlighted, a subtask will be created for that project instead
• p - Set the task type to “Project”
• a - Set the task type to “Next Action”
• s - Set the task type to “Someday”
• w - Set the task type to “Waiting On”
• Space - Toggle the completed status of the task