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Timely keyboard shortcuts

Quickly navigate through your time entries to save time

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Written by Lisa
Updated over 2 years ago

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User Permissions ๐Ÿ‘ฅ: Everyone

Timely's keyboard shortcuts make it ridiculously fast and easy to log or plan tasks in your calendar. Most of them are intuitive ๐Ÿ”ฎ enough for you to just give it a try, but here's the full breakdown, for both Mac and PC:
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๐ŸŒŽ Global Shortcuts

  • Toggle the help menu: type "?"

  • Create a new time entry for today: Control + "E" (Mac) / Alt + โ€œEโ€ (PC)

  • Create a new project: Control + "P" (Mac) / Alt + โ€œPโ€ (PC)

  • Navigate to today on the calendar: Control + "D" (Mac) / Alt + โ€œDโ€ (PC)

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

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

  • 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

๐Ÿ“… Calendar Shortcuts

  • Create a new hour: Control + "E" (Mac) / Alt + โ€œEโ€ (PC)

๐Ÿ’ผ Project Shortcuts

  • Create a new project: Control + "N" (Mac) / Alt + โ€œNโ€ (PC)

  • Search projects: Control + "F" (Mac) / Alt + โ€œFโ€ (PC)

๐Ÿ‘ฅ People Shortcutsย 

  • Invite a new user: Control + "N" (Mac) / Alt + โ€œPโ€ (PC)

  • Search users: Control + "F" (Mac) / Alt + โ€œFโ€ (PC)

๐Ÿ“Š Report Shortcuts

  • Create a new report: Control + "N" (Mac) / Alt + โ€œNโ€ (PC)

๐Ÿ‘ค Client Shortcutsย 

  • Create a new client: Control + "N" (Mac) / Alt + โ€œNโ€ (PC)
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