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Keyboard Shortcuts in vPlan 🚀

 Keyboard Shortcuts in vPlan 🚀

Keyboard Shortcuts in vPlan 🚀

Keyboard shortcuts make your work much simpler. By using these handy combinations, you can often work much faster. We also have useful keyboard shortcuts in vPlan! Find out which ones they are and plan even faster and more efficiently. 

Jeroen - 30 september 2023

Keyboard shortcuts in the calendar view

For each view, there are keyboard shortcuts you can use. Here's a list of them in the calendar view:

  • V: Go back to today;
  • D: Go to the day period;
  • W: Go to the week period;
  • M: Go to the month period;
  • B: Open the backlog;
  • C: Show or hide capacity;
  • R: Show or hide resources;
  • F: Open or close the filter;
  • ESC: Close everything. This closes the backlog and deselects any selected collection;
  • ⬅️ Left arrow: go back one period;
  • ➡️ Right arrow: go forward one period. 

Keyboard shortcuts for the list view

In the list view, you can use the following key combinations:

  • V: Go back to today;
  • D: Go to the day period;
  • W: Go to the week period;
  • M: Go to the month period;
  • B: Open the backlog;
  • F: Open or close the filter;
  • ESC: Close everything. This closes the backlog and deselects any selected collection;
  • ⬅️ Left arrow: go back one period;
  • ➡️ Right arrow: go forward one period.

So, in this view, you cannot show capacity or resources using a keyboard shortcut.

Key combinations in the timeline view

The timeline has a few different keyboard shortcuts in addition to the most standard keys:

  • V: Go back to today;
  • B: Open the backlog;
  • C: Show or hide capacity;
  • R: Show or hide resources;
  • F: Open filter bar;
  • L: Show or hide the left column element;
  • M: Group timeline (this places all strips next to each other);
  • ESC: Close everything. This closes the backlog and deselects any selected collection; ALT: Split strips. Hold down the ALT key and move your mouse over the strip. Click where you want to split the strip;
  • ⬅️ Left arrow: move the timeline back in time;
  • ➡️ Right arrow: move the timeline forward in time. 

Keyboard shortcuts in Kanban view

The following shortcuts can be used in Kanban view:

  • V: Go back to today;
  • D: Go to the day period;
  • W: Go to the week period;
  • M: Go to the month period;
  • B: Open the backlog;
  • F: Open filter bar;
  • ESC: Close everything. This closes the backlog and deselects any selected collection;
  • ⬅️ Left arrow: go back one period;
  •  ➡️ Right arrow: go forward one period. In Kanban view, no period is selected by default. These shortcuts only work if you have selected a period in the filter options.

You might already be a seasoned vPlanner and know these shortcuts already. If they're entirely new to you, it's handy to keep this blog handy. So you can always check which key combinations exist.

Happy planning!