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Keyboard shortcuts

Change Chunk's shortcuts, give it keys that work from any app, and find every default in one list.

Change a shortcut

Every shortcut is listed in Settings → Shortcuts, in three groups: Panel & layout, Schedule and Tasks.

  1. Press ⌘, and click Shortcuts. To find one quickly, type its name into Search shortcuts.
  2. Click the shortcut's box. It reads Press keys….
  3. Press the new keys together, such as ⌘⌥P. They're saved at once. If Chunk can't use them, it says why under the box.
  4. To keep the shortcut as it was, press Esc instead.

Reset or remove a shortcut

  1. To go back to Chunk's own keys, right-click the shortcut's box and choose Reset to default.
  2. To remove a shortcut that works from any app, click its box, then the cross at its end, labelled Remove shortcut.

A shortcut marked Default can't be changed. Remove shortcut doesn't turn off one that only works inside Chunk: it still answers its default keys, so record new keys instead.

Use Chunk from any app

The first seven shortcuts under Panel & layout work even while you're in another app. Only Open panel and Quick capture have keys to start with. The rest are free for keys of your own.

These shortcuts take their keys away from every other app, so they need ⌘ or ⌃. A function key, such as F5, can be used on its own.

Already used by means another Chunk shortcut has those keys. Reserved by the system means macOS or Chunk keeps them, such as ⌘Q, ⌘C, ⌘Z and ⌘W.

Get around with the keyboard

Press ⌃Tab to move to the next area of the window: the sidebar, the task list, the calendar, then an open popover. Inside an area, Tab moves between its controls.

To use the arrows on the calendar, click an item on it or press ⌃Tab until the calendar has focus. With only the calendar showing, they start from the item nearest now.

Every default shortcut

These are the keys Chunk starts with. The ones marked Default in Settings are built in; you can change the rest.

Panel & layout

ShortcutKeys
Open panel, from any app⌘/
Mini panel, from any appNot set
Tasks layout, from any appNot set
Plan layout, from any appNot set
Calendar layout, from any appNot set
Detach or attach window, from any appNot set
Quick capture, from any app⌃⌥N
Step left through Tasks | Plan | Calendar⌘⇧←
Step right through Tasks | Plan | Calendar⌘⇧→
Next area⌃Tab
Previous area⌃⇧Tab
Settings⌘,

Schedule

ShortcutKeys
Day view⌘D
3-day calendar⌘3
5-day calendar⌘5
Week view⌘W
Month view⌘M
Expand or contract full day⌘⇧F
New event⌥⌘N
Previous schedule period⌘←
Next schedule period⌘→
Go to today⌘T
Previous item that day↑
Next item that day↓
Item on the previous day←
Item on the next day→
Open the selected itemReturn
Clear the calendar selectionEsc

Tasks

ShortcutKeys
New task⌘N
New project⌘⇧N
Delete task⌘Delete
Complete taskSpace
Open taskReturn
Open full editor⌘⇧Return
Close or clear selectionEsc
Save and close⌘Return
Select previous task↑
Select next task↓
Show task details⌘I
Tags⌘⇧T
Search⌘F
Previous sidebar item⌘↑
Next sidebar item⌘↓
Open a Plan list→
Close a Plan list←

FAQ

Why doesn't ⌘W close the window?

In Chunk, ⌘W switches the calendar to Week view, as it did before 3.6. You can give Week view other keys, but no other shortcut can take ⌘W.

What happened to ⌘F for Full day?

In 3.6, Search has ⌘F, as in other Mac apps, and Expand or contract full day moves to ⌘⇧F. If you had it on ⌘F, Chunk moves it for you.

Can a shortcut be a single key, without ⌘ or ⌃?

Yes, for one that only works inside Chunk: you could record D on its own for Day view. One that works from any app needs ⌘ or ⌃, or a function key.

I use a French or other non-US keyboard. Where are the shortcuts?

On the keys that type them. The default letters of in-app shortcuts follow your keyboard layout, so ⌘W is on the W key on AZERTY too, and Open panel follows the key that types /. Keys you record yourself stay on the keys you pressed.

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Updated 9 November 2026