Keyboard Shortcuts

Become dangerously fast. Master the keyboard shortcuts that power users swear by.

8 min Pro User

Why Shortcuts Matter

Every second counts when you're billing by the hour. Keyboard shortcuts let you:

  • Enter time without breaking focus
  • Navigate between clients and matters instantly
  • Generate invoices in seconds
  • Stay in flow state while tracking
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VIDEO COMING SOON: Rapid-fire shortcut demo: โŒ˜N new entry โ†’ type โ†’ save โ†’ โŒ˜T start timer โ†’ โŒ˜I create invoice โ†’ โŒ˜E email it. All in under 10 seconds, hands never leave keyboard.

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Watch keyboard shortcuts in action - new entry, timer, invoice, email, all without touching the mouse

Essential Time Tracking Shortcuts

โŒ˜N New time entry
โŒ˜T Start/stop timer
โŒ˜โ‡งT Open batch time entry
โŒ˜D Duplicate selected entry
โŒ˜โŒซ Delete selected entry
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VIDEO COMING SOON: โŒ˜N to create time entry โ†’ type duration and description โ†’ โŒ˜T to start timer โ†’ timer running in menu bar โ†’ โŒ˜T again to stop โ†’ entry saved automatically

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Time tracking shortcuts: new entry, start timer, stop timer - all from the keyboard

Billing & Invoice Shortcuts

โŒ˜I Create invoice from selected entries
โŒ˜โ‡งB Open batch billing
โŒ˜E Email selected invoice
โŒ˜P Print/PDF selected invoice
โŒ˜โ‡งP Record payment on invoice
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VIDEO COMING SOON: Select time entries โ†’ โŒ˜I โ†’ invoice auto-generates with all entries โ†’ โŒ˜P to preview PDF โ†’ โŒ˜E to email directly to client

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Invoice workflow via keyboard: select entries, generate, preview, and email - no mouse needed

โŒ˜1 Go to Time view
โŒ˜2 Go to Clients view
โŒ˜3 Go to Invoices view
โŒ˜4 Go to Reports
โŒ˜F Quick search (clients, matters, invoices)
โŒ˜/ Show all keyboard shortcuts

Pro Tip

Print the shortcut cheat sheet (โŒ˜/ then click Print) and keep it by your desk for the first week. After that, muscle memory takes over.

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SCREENSHOT: The keyboard shortcut cheat sheet overlay (โŒ˜/) showing all shortcuts organized by category with the Print button visible

Press โŒ˜/ anytime to see every shortcut - print it for your first week

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VIDEO COMING SOON: Lightning navigation: โŒ˜1 Time view โ†’ โŒ˜2 Clients โ†’ โŒ˜3 Invoices โ†’ โŒ˜4 Reports โ†’ โŒ˜F search 'Johnson' โ†’ instant results. View-hopping in 5 seconds.

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Navigate the entire app without touching the mouse - โŒ˜1 through โŒ˜4 plus โŒ˜F search

Launchbar

Global shortcut Activate Launchbar from anywhere
Enter Execute selected command
Esc Dismiss Launchbar
โŒ˜Z Rewind (undo last action)

Version 6: Launchpad Shortcuts

1 Switch to Day view
2 Switch to Week view
3 Switch to Month view
N New Full Time Entry
C Open Quick Capture window
Space Start/Pause Launchbar timer
โ† Previous day/week/month
โ†’ Next day/week/month
โŒฅ + double-click Open the matter (on any Launchpad item)

Pro Tip

These shortcuts work when Launchpad is focused. Combined with Launchbar (activated with a global shortcut from anywhere), you can go from any app to entering time in under a second.

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