Keyboard shortcuts

Updated: 5 November 2026

Everything you can do in Hobba from the keyboard, on Mac and on iPad with a keyboard. On iPad, holding ⌘ shows the commands from the menu.

Create and search

`⌘` `N`	New task
`Space`	New task when you aren’t typing, below the row you’re on
`⇧` `⌘` `N`	New project
`⌘` `F`	Search
`⌃` `Space`	Quick capture from any app · Mac only
`⌘` `,`	Settings · Mac only

`⌘` `1` to `⌘` `5`	Inbox, Today, Upcoming, Someday, Log · Mac only
`⌘` `0`	Overview, when the window is narrow · Mac only
`⌘` `S`	Show or hide the left column
`⇧` `⌘` `S`	Show or hide the right column
`⌥` `←` / `⌥` `→`	Page through the board and the week grid

`↑` / `↓`	Move from task to task
`⏎`	Open or close a task
`⌘` `↑` / `⌘` `↓`	Move a task
`⌫`	Delete, with undo
`⌘` `Z`	Undo
`Esc`	Close a sheet, close a card, end a selection

The arrows work as long as you aren’t typing. In a text field they move the cursor as usual.

`⌘` `C` / `⌘` `V`	Copy and paste tasks
`⇧` `⌘` `C`	Copy a link to the task

`⏎`	Create in the entry sheet, close in the title of an open task
`⇧` `⏎`	New line

`⌘` `Click`	Add single tasks or projects to the selection
`⇧` `Click`	Add everything up to here

Where there’s no shortcut, the right-click menu on Mac usually has it.