Keyboard Shortcuts

Common keyboard shortcuts to help you achieve a smooth workflow in Sunsama.

While using keyboard shortcuts is not necessary, some common ones can help you achieve a smooth workflow in Sunsama.

Walkthrough

Question mark - List of shortcuts

Shortcut: ?

Hit the ? key on your keyboard to pull up a searchable list of Sunsama keyboard shortcuts.

A - Add a task

Shortcut: A

Hit A to open the add task modal to create a new task.

Within the modal, you can use these shortcuts while typing the title:

• ~ to set planned time
• # to assign a channel
• > to merge task as subtask

To submit:

• Enter to create task
• Cmd/Ctrl Enter to create and open task

For more tips, see creating rich new tasks with keyboard shortcuts alone.

Task navigation

Use arrow keys or mouse to highlight a task in the kanban view. Once a task is highlighted, you can use these shortcuts:

• Cmd/Ctrl Enter — open it
• Space — start task timer
• C — complete it
• F — enter Focus mode
• X — auto-schedule it
• D — snooze one day
• Z — move to backlog
• Cmd/Ctrl Delete — delete it
• G — open linked/integrated task in underlying tool

Focus bar

The focus bar has a few global shortcuts, such as starting or stopping that task timer with Cmd/Ctrl Shift Space. For more info on the focus bar and its shortcuts, check out the focus bar guide.

Workspace navigation

• H — home view
• F — focus mode
• T — daily task list view
• P — Daily Planning

Task notes

Type / in task notes to bring up markdown editor options.

See this video for a demonstration.

Refresh Sunsama

• Cmd/Ctrl R — standard refresh
• Cmd/Ctrl Shift R — hard refresh

If you’re ever having a technical issue with Sunsama loading or otherwise performing, try refreshing Sunsama with Cmd/Ctrl R, or a hard refresh with Cmd/Ctrl Shift R.

Global add task shortcut

Default shortcut: Cmd/Ctrl Shift A

With the desktop app open, you can create a task without needing to return to Sunsama. Just use the global add task shortcut, which is Cmd/Ctrl Shift A by default.