OmniFocus 4 keyboard shortcuts

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A focused selection from 35 documented actions. Switch to All to browse the reference.

Quick Open⌘O
Open Inbox perspective⌘1
Open Projects perspective⌘2
Open Tags perspective⌘3
Open Forecast perspective⌘4
Open Flagged perspective⌘5
Open Review perspective⌘7
Back in navigation history⌥⌘[
Forward in navigation history⌥⌘]
New action⌘N

Perspectives and navigation

Quick Open

⌘O

Cmd+O

Open Inbox perspective

⌘1

Cmd+1

Open Projects perspective

⌘2

Cmd+2

Open Tags perspective

⌘3

Cmd+3

Open Forecast perspective

⌘4

Cmd+4

Open Flagged perspective

⌘5

Cmd+5

Open Review perspective

⌘7

Cmd+7

Create and organize items

New action

⌘N

Cmd+N

New project

⇧⌘N

Shift+Cmd+N

New folder

⌥⇧⌘N

Opt+Shift+Cmd+N

New tag

⌃⌘N

Ctrl+Cmd+N

Duplicate selected item

⌘D

Cmd+D

Clean up outline

⌘K

Cmd+K

Indent item

⌘]

Cmd+]

Outdent item

⌘[

Cmd+[

Group selected items

⌥⌘G

Opt+Cmd+G

Ungroup selected items

⌥⌘U

Opt+Cmd+U

Outline views

Expand selected items

⌘9

Cmd+9

Collapse selected items

⌘0

Cmd+0

Toggle inspector

⌥⌘I

Opt+Cmd+I

Focus or unfocus selection

⇧⌘F

Shift+Cmd+F

Mark project reviewed

⇧⌘R

Shift+Cmd+R

Quick Edit on a selected row

Toggle completed state

Space

Space

Toggle flagged state with Quick Edit

f

Edit title with Quick Edit

e

Edit note with Quick Edit

n

Edit project with Quick Edit

p

Edit due date with Quick Edit

d

Edit defer date with Quick Edit

Shiftd

Shift+d

Edit planned date with Quick Edit

Shiftp

Shift+p

App controls

Sync OmniFocus

⌘S

Cmd+S

Open OmniFocus settings

⌘,

Cmd+,

FAQ

Which shortcuts are covered?

Based on the OmniFocus 4.10.1 Mac reference. Quick Edit letters require a selected row with text editing ended. Web and iPad-specific mappings are excluded.

Which operating systems are included for OmniFocus 4?

This reference includes shortcuts for macOS. Availability depends on the action and app version.

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