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 you need to do, wether it's creating, editing or navigating between issues, commenting, changing attributes — YouTrack provides a shortcut. Shortcuts listed here are valid for YouTrack 4.0 version, and are divided by the modes of viewing and working with issues in YouTrack:
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Agile Support
You can use the following keyboard shortcuts while working with the board.
| Win Shortcut | Mac Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl+Alt+J or any letter | ctrl( )+alt( )+J or any letter |
Open Command window |
| Esc | esc ( ) |
Switch between the board and search box |
| Space | Space | Select a task card |
| F3 | F3 | View selected card |
| F2 | F2 | Edit selected card |
| Delete | Delete or Backspace | Delete selected card |
| Right | Right | Switch to the card on the right |
| Left | Left | Switch to the card on the left |
| Down | Down | Switch to the card below |
| Up | Up | Switch to the card above |
| Home |  |
Select the first issue |
| End |  |
Select the last issue |
| Ctrl+Right | cmd( )+Right |
Move selected card to the right |
| Ctrl+Left | cmd()+Left |
Move selected card to the left |
| Ctrl+Right | cmd()+Up |
Move selected card up |
| Ctrl+Left | cmd()+Down |
Move selected card down |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Insert | ctrl()+alt()+ +N |
Create new swimlane |
| Alt+Insert | ctrl()+N |
Create new task |
| Ctrl+Alt+Insert | ctrl()+alt()+N |
Create new subtask for the selected card |
| Ctrl+Shift+Backspace | ctrl()++Backspace |
Toggle backlog visibility |
| Tab | tab | Switch to the next field of the selected card |
| Shift+Tab | +tab |
Switch to the previous field of the selected card |
| Ctrl+/ | ctrl()+/ |
Show keyboard shortcuts hints |
Issues List
| Win Shortcut | Mac Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Esc | esc () |
Switch between search box and issues list or Deselect any selected issue in the list. |
| Down | Down | Move from the search box to the top issue in the list. |
| Up | Up | Move from the top issue in the list of issues to the search box. |
| End | |
Go to the last issue on the page. |
| Home | |
Go to the first issue on the page. |
| Ctrl+Right | cmd()+Right |
Go to next page. |
| Ctrl+Left | cmd()+Left |
Go to previous page. |
| Ctrl+Shift+Right | cmd()++Right |
Go to last page of issues list. |
| Ctrl+Shift+Left | cmd()++Left |
Go to first page of issues list. |
| Right | Right | Expand an issue in the list of issues. |
| Left | Left | Collapse an issue in the list of issues. |
| Space | Space | Select an issue in the list of issues. |
| Ctrl+A | cmd()+A |
Select all issues. |
| F2 | F2 | Open the selected issue for editing. |
| Ctrl+Shift+Backspace | ctrl()++Backspace |
Hide/Show the left sidebar. |
| Ctrl+Shift+0 | ctrl()++0 |
Toggle on/off watching issue for the current user. |
| Ctrl+Shift+1 | ctrl()++1 |
Open/Close 'My Tags and Saved Searches' drop-down menu. |
| Alt+Ctrl+Shift+C | alt()+cmd()++C |
Select ID or ID and Summary for highlighted issue. Sequentially: select Issue ID, select Issue ID and summary, deselect all. |
| Enter |  or  |
Open a highlighted issue in a separate page (enters full issue view). In Search box: Submit search query. |
| Ctrl+/ | ctrl()+/ |
Show keyboard shortcuts hints. |
| Alt+Ctrl+'+/=' Opera: Alt+Ctrl+'=' (NumPad) |
alt()+ctrl()+ '+'(NumPad) |
Increase shown detailes level for issues. |
| Alt+Ctrl+'-'(NumPad) Opera: Alt+Ctrl+'-/_' |
alt()+ctrl()+ '-'(NumPad) |
Decrease shown detailes level for issues. |
| Ctrl+Shift+/ Alt+Ctrl+Shift+'+/=' Opera: Alt+Ctrl+Shift+ '='(NumPad) |
alt()+ctrl()++ '+'(NumPad) |
Toggle default expand/collapse mode for stacktraces in issues. |
Search Box
| Win Shortcut | Mac Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Esc | esc () |
Switch between search box and issues list |
| Down | Down | Move from the search box to the top issue in the list. |
| Up | Up | Move from the top issue in the list of issues to the search box. |
| Shift+Tab | +Tab |
Switch to Search scope drop-down. |
| Ctrl+Space | ctrl()+Space |
Invoke coding assistance (show suggestions). |
| Enter | or |
Submit search query. |
| Ctrl+/ | ctrl()+/ |
Show keyboard shortcuts hints. |
Full Issue View
| Win Shortcut | Mac Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Enter | Enter ( or ) |
Open a highlighted issue in a separate page (enters full issue view). |
| Ctrl+Up | cmd()+Up |
Go back to the list of issues. |
| Ctrl+Right | cmd()+Right |
Go to the next issue in the search results. |
| Ctrl+Left | cmd()+Left |
Go to the previous issue in the search results. |
| Ctrl+Shift+C | ctrl()++C |
Switch to the Comments tab. |
| Ctrl+Shift+H | ctrl()++H |
Switch to the History tab. |
| Ctrl+Shift+L | ctrl()++L |
Switch to the Links tab. |
| F2 | F2 | Edit issue. |
| Ctrl+Shift+1 | ctrl()++1 |
Open/Close 'My Tags and Saved Searches' drop-down menu. |
| Ctrl+/ | ctrl()+/ |
Show keyboard shortcuts hints. |
| Backspace | Backspace | Go back to the search results page. |
| Ctrl+Shift+/ Alt+Ctrl+Shift+'+/=' Opera: Alt+Ctrl+Shift+ '='(NumPad) |
alt()+ctrl()++ '+'(NumPad) |
Toggle default expand/collapse mode for stacktraces in issues. |
Command Window
| Win Shortcut | Mac Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl+Alt+J or any letter | ctrl()+alt()+J or any letter |
Open Command window |
| Ctrl+Space | ctrl()+space |
Invoke code assistance (show suggestions). |
| Enter | |
Apply command. |
| Ctrl+Enter | ctrl()+( or ) |
Apply command. |
| Ctrl+Shift+Enter | ctrl()++ |
Silent command apply. Applying commands silently means that no user is notified about changes made by the 'silent' command. To apply commands silently, a user should have at least Project Admin permissions. |
| Esc | esc () |
Cancel command. |
| Ctrl+/ | ctrl()+/ |
Show keyboard shortcuts hints. |
Create/Edit Issue
| Win Shortcut | Mac Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alt+Ins or Ctrl+Alt+Ins (Opera) |
ctrl()+N |
Create new issue. |
| F2 | F2 | Edit issue. |
| Ctrl+Alt+J or any letter | ctrl()+alt()+J or any letter |
Open the Command window. |
| Ctrl+Alt+C | ctrl()+alt()+C |
Open a form to comment an issue. |
| Ctrl+Alt+V | ctrl()+alt()+V |
Paste a screen-shot from clipboard. |
| Ctrl+Enter | ctrl()+( or ) |
Submit changes. |
| Ctrl+Alt+A | ctrl()+alt()+A |
Open a dialog to add file to an issue. |
| Ctrl+Alt+S | ctrl()+alt()+S |
Open applet to take a screen-shot and attach it to an issue. |
| Ctrl+Shift+1 | ctrl()++1 |
Open/Close 'My Tags and Saved Searches' drop-down menu. |
| Ctrl+Shift+/ Alt+Ctrl+Shift+'+/=' Opera: Alt+Ctrl+Shift+ '='(NumPad) |
alt()+ctrl()++ '+'(NumPad) |
Toggle default expand/collapse mode for stacktraces in issues. |
| Ctrl+/ | ctrl()+/ |
Show keyboard shortcuts hints. |