Keyboard Shortcuts

beorg 3.3.0+ comes with extensive support for external keyboards. To see the available keyboard shortcuts available at any point in the app hold down the ⌘ key on your keyboard.

If you are into customizing beorg then you can change any of the keyboard shortcuts below in your init.org. For example…

(define-key "tabbar" "s-a" ".agenda")

…will allow you to use ⌘-A to switch to the agenda tab instead of the default ⌘-1.

See library.org for a full list of scopes (in the above example “tabbar” is the scope") and actions (above “.agenda” is the action).

Tab bar

Action	Shortcut
Show Agenda	⌘-1
Show TODO	⌘-2
Show Files	⌘-3
Show Settings	⌘-4
New item	⌘-N
Templates	⌘-Shift-N
REPL	⌘-Shift-R

Agenda/TODO

Action	Shortcut
Next item	↓
Previous item	↑
Open item	Return
Toggle search focus	⌘-F
Saved searches	⌘-Shift-F
Today	⌘-T
Next week	⌘-→
Previous week	⌘-←
Goto week	⌘-G

Saved searches

Action	Shortcut
Dismiss	Escape
New search	⌘-N
Next search	↓
Previous search	↑
Use selected search	Return
Edit selected search	⌘-E
Delete selected search	⌘-D

Files

Action	Shortcut
Next file	↓
Previous file	↑
Open file	Return
New file	⌘-Shift-N
Delete file	⌘-D
Rename file	⌘-R
Toggle pinned status	⌘-P
Toggle search focus	⌘-F

Item editor

Action	Shortcut
Save changes	⌘-S
Cancel changes	Escape
Headline	⌘-E
Move file	⌘-R
State	⌘-1
Priority	⌘-2
Tags	⌘-3
Scheduled date	⌘-4
Deadline date	⌘-5
Show on date	⌘-6
Notes	⌘-T

Text editor

Action	Shortcut
Save	⌘-S

Action	Shortcut
Start a list	⌘-Shift-L
Start a checklist	⌘-Shift-C

Date picker

Action	Shortcut
Save	⌘-S
Toggle search focus	⌘-F
Toggle time	⌘-T
Remove date	⌘-D
+1 day	Control-↓
-1 day	Control-↑
+1 week	Control-→
-1 week	Control-←

REPL

Action	Shortcut
Close	Escape

Action	Shortcut
Previous command	↑

Property selector (e.g. state, priority)

Action	Shortcut
Next property	↓
Previous property	↑
Select	Return
Cancel	Escape

Tags dialog

Action	Shortcut
Next tag	↓
Previous tag	↑
Toggle search focus	⌘-F
Toggle selected tag	Return
Save	⌘-S

Outliner

Action	Shortcut
Add a new item at end of outline	⌘-N
Save	⌘-S
Select first item	⌘-Return
Toggle item fold	⌘-O
Edit file as text	⌘-E
Export	⌘-P

Outliner item editor (i.e. when an item is selected)

Action	Shortcut
Outdent/move item left	⌘-Control-←
Indent/move item right	⌘-Control-→
Move node up	⌘-Control-↑
Move node down	⌘-Control-↓
New node below	⌘-Return
New node above	⌘-Shift-Return
Select previous node	Control-Option-↑
Select next node	Control-Option-↓
Show item notes	⌘-Shift-N
Show item details	⌘-Shift-D

Export/rendered file

Action	Shortcut
Dismiss	Escape

Templates list

Action	Shortcut
Dismiss	Escape
Next template	↓
Previous template	↑
New item using template	Return