Many actions in TandemLoop are faster with the keyboard. You find the shortcuts you can reassign in Settings → Keyboard Shortcuts; all others are fixed and appear in the menus of the menu bar.
Default Shortcuts at a Glance
| Action | Shortcut (macOS) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Quick Entry | ⌃ + ⌥ + Space | System-wide hotkey on macOS only—works even when TandemLoop is running in the background. On iPad only while the app is open |
| Quick Search | ⌘ + P | Opens the Quick Search palette, even while you’re typing (TandemLoop has no Print… command) |
| New Window | ⌘ + N | macOS only |
| New Task | T | Input line in the list (otherwise a form); alternatively ⌃ + ⌘ + N |
| New Project | P | Alternatively ⌃ + ⇧ + ⌘ + N |
| New Milestone | M | Alternatively ⌃ + ⌥ + ⌘ + N |
| Rename | ↩︎ | Rename the selection inline (as in the Finder) |
| Edit Item | E | Puts the cursor in the title in the Inspector; only when a task or project is selected |
| Delete | ⌫ or ⌘ + ⌫ | Delete the selection—always with confirmation; on the Mac, to the Trash |
| Undo | ⌘ + Z | Reverts the last change (like Undo in the notice); in a text field, the text input first |
| Redo | ⇧ + ⌘ + Z | Restores an undone change |
| Open / Go to Location | ⌘ + O | Item menu; depending on the selection, also Show in Project or Show in Inbox |
| Mark as Completed | ⌘ + K | Item menu; pressing it again marks the item as not completed |
| Move To… | ⇧ + ⌘ + M | Item menu; tasks only |
| Duplicate | ⌘ + D | Item menu; tasks only |
| Copy Link | ⌥ + ⌘ + C | Copies a wiki link [[tsk_…\|Title]] |
| Show in Finder | ⌥ + ⌘ + R | macOS only |
| Show/Hide Inspector | ⌥ + ⌘ + I | Not in the proposal view |
| Reload Current View | ⌘ + R | View menu |
| Expand All | ⌥ + ⌘ + → | View menu and the list’s context menu; expands all milestones in a project, all projects and folders in the project list, and all groups and sections in views |
| Collapse All | ⌥ + ⌘ + ← | Counterpart to Expand All |
| Distraction-Free Mode | ⇧ + ⌘ + F | View menu |
| Make Text Bigger / Smaller | ⌘ + + / ⌘ + − | Applies to the current window |
| Actual Size | ⌘ + 0 | Resets the text size of the current window |
| Documentation | ⌘ + ? | Help menu; opens this manual |
| Move task up/down | ⌘ + ↑ / ⌘ + ↓ | Change the order without drag and drop |
| Confirm creation | ↩︎ | In the creation form; in the form sheet on iPad and iPhone, ⌘ + ↩︎ |
| Cancel / Close | ⎋ | Cancels renaming and input lines; closes forms, palettes, and the Quick Entry window |
| Next / previous item | ↓ / ↑ | Navigation in the list (without modifier) |
| Rotate columns | ← / → | Only in a Multi-View with a limited number of columns (carousel) |
On the Spec Page
| Action | Shortcut | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Back | ⌘ + [ | Closes the spec page and returns to the list |
| Previous / next task | ⌥ + ⌘ + ↑ / ⌥ + ⌘ + ↓ | When going through several tasks |
| Edit / Reading View | ⇧ + ⌘ + E | Switches between editing and reading view |
| Ready & Next | ⌘ + ↩︎ | Marks the spec as ready for the AI agent and moves on to the next task |
| Copy Prompt | ⇧ + ⌘ + C | In the Hand Off menu |
In Back from Agent, ⌘ + ↩︎ sends your comment or reply to the agent.
Single-letter shortcuts without modifiers (T, P, M, E) work only when no text field has focus. As soon as you type, these keys are treated as normal input.
Item menu: On the Mac, all commands for the current selection (task, milestone, or project) are also in the menu bar under Item—the same entries as in the context menu. ↩︎ and ⌫ appear there without shortcuts because they keep their normal meaning in text fields.
Customize shortcuts: In Settings → Keyboard Shortcuts, you can reassign these shortcuts: Quick Entry (system-wide) as well as New Task, New Project, New Milestone, Edit Item, Delete Item, and Quick Search. If a combination is already taken, the page shows a note about the conflict. All other shortcuts are fixed.
iPad with a Hardware Keyboard
On iPad with a connected keyboard, the same shortcuts apply—with two differences: There’s no new window, and the create commands are on ⌘ + N (New Task), ⇧ + ⌘ + N (New Project), and ⌥ + ⌘ + N (New Milestone). Hold down the ⌘ key to show an overview of the available commands.
Quick Entry on iPad: On iPad too, ⌃ + ⌥ + Space opens Quick Entry—but only while the app is open (there’s no system-wide background hotkey as on macOS). Alternatively, open it with the Quick Entry button (tray icon) at the top right of the toolbar.
Note: When several keyboards are active, iPadOS uses ⌃ + ⌥ + Space to switch the input source. If this causes a conflict, you can change the shortcut to a different combination in Settings → Keyboard Shortcuts.
The Keyboard Shortcuts page doesn’t exist on iPhone.