YouTrack Server 2022.3 Help

Agile Board Keyboard Shortcuts

YouTrack is a keyboard-centric application and provides enough keyboard support to let you forget about using the mouse in most cases. For almost any operation, whether it's creating, editing or navigating between issues, commenting, changing attributes — YouTrack provides a shortcut.

These shortcuts are mapped to keys on a keyboard with a functional layout for the English language. Keys that differ between US and UK variants are not mapped to any shortcuts. If your keyboard has a visual layout for a different language, you can switch the language preference for your operating system to English and use these shortcuts with the default mapping. Alternatively, an administrator can customize the keyboard shortcuts for your YouTrack server. For more information, see Customize Keyboard Shortcuts.

This page lists the keyboard shortcuts that you can use while working with an agile board. For the complete list of keyboard shortcuts, see Keyboard Shortcuts. You can also download the shortcuts list in PDF format from the YouTrack web site.

Shortcut

Description

Ctrl + Alt + J or any letter

Open the Apply Command dialog. Only recognized when you have focus on or have selected at least one card.

Esc

Switch focus between the board and the search box.

Deselect all selected cards.

Spacebar

Toggle the selection of the current card.

F2

Open the current card in edit mode.

F3

Open the current card in view mode.

F4

Edit the estimation for the current card.

Delete

Remove the selected cards from the board. If your board uses sprints, the cards are removed from the selected sprint.

Left Arrow

Set focus to the card on the left.

Right Arrow

Set focus to the card on the right.

Up Arrow

Set focus to the card above the current card.

Down Arrow

Set focus to the card below the current card.

Home

Set focus to the first card that is visible on the board.

End

Set focus to the last card that is visible on the board.

Ctrl + Left Arrow

Move the current card to the left.

Ctrl + Right Arrow

Move the current card to the right.

Ctrl + Up Arrow

Move the current card up.

Ctrl + Down Arrow

Move the current card down.

Ctrl + M

Assign the current card to yourself.

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Insert

Add an issue as a new swimlane. Only recognized when the board uses issues to identify swimlanes.

Ctrl + Shift + |

Expand or collapse all swimlanes.

Ctrl + Alt + A

Open a dialog to locate and attach files.

Alt + Insert

Add a card to the board.

Ctrl + Alt + Insert

Create a subtask for the current card.

Ctrl + Shift + Backspace

Toggle backlog visibility.

Tab

Select the next custom field to the right. Only recognized with card sizes that show custom fields (M-XL).

Shift + Tab

Select the next custom field to the left. Only recognized with card sizes that show custom fields (M-XL).

Ctrl + Shift + !

Open your personal list of Saved Searches and Tags. Press Esc to close.

Ctrl + Alt + K

Open the Apply Command dialog with the most recent command in the input field.

Control + C

Copy the issue ID for the current card to the clipboard.

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + C

Copy the issue ID and summary for the current card to the clipboard.

Ctrl + Alt + D

Switch to TV mode. Press Esc to exit.

Ctrl + Slash

View keyboard shortcuts.

Shortcut

Description

Control + Option + J or any letter

Open the Apply Command dialog. Only recognized when you have focus on or have selected at least one card.

Esc

Switch focus between the board and the search box.

Deselect all selected cards.

Space bar

Toggle the selection of the current card.

F2

Open the current card in edit mode.

F3

Open the current card in view mode.

F4

Edit the estimation for the current card.

Delete (or Fn + Backspace)

Remove the selected cards from the board. If your board uses sprints, the cards are removed from the selected sprint.

Left Arrow

Set focus to the card on the left.

Right Arrow

Set focus to the card on the right.

Up Arrow

Set focus to the card above the current card.

Down Arrow

Set focus to the card below the current card.

Home

Set focus to the first card that is visible on the board.

End

Set focus to the last card that is visible on the board.

+ Left Arrow

Move the current card to the left.

+ Right Arrow

Move the current card to the right.

+ Up Arrow

Move the current card up.

+ Down Arrow

Move the current card down.

Control + M

Assign the current card to yourself.

Control + Option + Shift + N

Add an issue as a new swimlane. Only recognized when the board uses issues to identify swimlanes.

Control + Shift + |

Expand or collapse all swimlanes.

Control + Option + A

Open a dialog to locate and attach files.

Control + N

Add a card to the board.

Ctrl + Option + N

Create a subtask for the current card.

Control + Shift + Delete

Toggle backlog visibility.

Tab

Select the next custom field to the right. Only recognized with card sizes that show custom fields (M-XL).

Shift + Tab

Select the next custom field to the left. Only recognized with card sizes that show custom fields (M-XL).

Control + Shift + !

Open your personal list of Saved Searches and Tags. Press Esc to close.

Control + Option + K

Open the Apply Command dialog with the most recent command in the input field.

+ C

Copy the issue ID for the current card to the clipboard.

Option + Shift + + C

Copy the issue ID and summary for the current card to the clipboard.

Control + Option + D

Switch to TV mode. Press Esc to exit.

Control + Slash

View keyboard shortcuts.

Last modified: 21 April 2023