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# Keyboard Shortcuts & More

Keyboard shortcuts let you move around Ellie, edit tasks, and capture new work without reaching for the mouse.

## View and customize shortcuts

Open **Settings → Keyboard shortcuts**, or press `?` while Ellie is focused, to see the complete shortcut list.

Select a shortcut to record a new key combination. You can restore its default or turn it off at any time. Ellie warns you if the combination conflicts with another shortcut in the same scope.

<figure><img src="/files/XhohOyQqDHz76gQ3f2uK" alt=""><figcaption><p>Ellie keyboard shortcuts list</p></figcaption></figure>

{% hint style="info" %}
If you have any keyboard shortcuts you would like to see (or any we can improve on) please add a feedback item on our [feedback board](https://feedback.ellieplanner.com/)!
{% endhint %}

## Global desktop shortcuts

The desktop app supports shortcuts that work even when Ellie is not focused:

* **Show Ellie** brings the main Ellie window forward.
* **Open Quick Capture** opens the standalone capture window above the app you are using.

Your operating system or another app may already own a particular key combination. If a shortcut does not register, choose a different combination in Settings.

![Ellie's standalone Quick Capture window recognizing a natural-language date while another desktop background remains visible](/files/uaRaTHQiQBiw4jKG4G99)

## Quick Capture inside Ellie

Open Quick Capture, type your task, and press Command+Enter on macOS or Ctrl+Enter on Windows or Linux. You can add details without opening the full task editor:

* Natural-language dates, such as `tomorrow at 2pm`
* `#label`
* `@list`
* A time estimate, such as `=45m`

Ellie previews the date, label, list, and duration it understood before the task is created.

## Bulk edit and move tasks

On web and desktop, hold Shift while selecting tasks to open the bulk-action bar. You can complete, delete, or drag the selected tasks to another date or list together.

<figure><img src="/files/TWerWRwgKvl0cquvj8bx" alt=""><figcaption><p>Bulk editing tasks</p></figcaption></figure>

{% hint style="info" %}
Bulk actions are not currently supported inside the Timebox.
{% endhint %}