Keyboard Shortcuts
BusyCal offers a long list of built-in keyboard shortcuts, enabling you to perform almost any action without moving your hand to a mouse or trackpad, such as copying or duplicating events.
| Month View Navigation Shortcuts | |
|---|---|
| ⌘-→ ⌘-← |
Scroll forward one month Scroll backward one month |
| ⌘-Option-→ ⌘-Option-← |
Scroll forward one week Scroll backward one week |
| Vertical swipe or scroll | Scroll forward/backward by week |
| Vertical Option-swipe or Option-scroll | Override day cell scrollling and force Month view scrolling |
| Day & Week View Navigation Shortcuts | |
| ⌘-→ ⌘-← |
Scroll forward one week Scroll backward one week |
| ⌘-Option-→ ⌘-Option-← |
Scroll forward one day Scroll backward one day |
| Horizontal swipe | Scroll forward/backward by day |
| Vertical swipe or scroll | Scroll the all-day section or hourly grid |
| Vertical option-swipe or option-scroll | Change the number hours shown in the hourly grid |
| Option-click-and-drag | Drag an existing event to create a duplicate of |
| ⌘-Option-click-and-drag | Create a new event in a time slot where events already exist |
| ⌘-click-and-drag | Create a Timed To Do in a time slot |
| Calendar Shortcuts | |
| Arrow keys | Select next/previous day in calendar |
| ⌘-click any calendar’s checkbox | Select or deselect all the active calendars in the Calendar List |
| Space bar | Select or deselect the active calendar in the Calendar List |
| Control-click a calendar | Display a contextual menu for editing the selected calendar |
| Double-click a calendar | Open Calendar Info dialog |
| Double-click in calendar | Create a new event on selected date |
| Event Shortcuts | |
| Tab Shift-Tab |
Select the next/previous event or to do item in the main calendar view |
| ⌘-E, ⌘-I, or ⌘-Return |
Toggle the selection between the Info Panel and calendar view and commit your changes |
| Double-click an event | Open Info Panel for the event |
| Control-click an event | Display a contextual menu for editing the selected event(s) |
| Option-click a graphic | Select the graphic |
| Click title bar of a sticky, and then press Delete | Deletes the selected sticky |
| Info Panel | |
| Tab Shift-Tab |
Select the next/previous field on the Info Panel |
| ↑ ↓ |
Increments start or end time by 1 minute |
| Option-↑ Option-↓ |
Increments start or end time by 15 minutes |
| 10 10p 10.30 10.30p 10:30 10:30p 10→30 10→30p 10→30→p |
You can move between the hour, minute, and AM/PM fields by typing a period (.), colon (:), or tab (→). You can skip the minute field entirely if the time starts on the hour by typing '10a' or '10p' in the hour field. |
| ⌘-' | Enter a Date & Time stamp into the Notes field. |
| BusyCal Menu Shortcuts | |
| ⌘-comma | Open BusyCal Preferences |
| ⌘-H | Hide the BusyCal application |
| ⌘-Option-H | Hide all other applications |
| ⌘-Q | Quit the BusyCal application |
| File Menu Shortcuts | |
| ⌘-Option-N | Create a new event using Quick Entry |
| ⌘-N | Create a new event |
| ⌘-K | Create a new dated to do |
| ⌘-Option-K | Create a new timed to do |
| ⌘-U | Create a new undated to do |
| ⌘-B | Create a new banner (all-day event) |
| ⌘-J | Create a new journal |
| ⌘-Y | Create a new sticky |
| Shift-⌘-N | Create a new calendar group |
| ⌘-W | Close the BusyCal window |
| ⌘-P | Print calendar view |
| Edit Menu Shortcuts | |
| ⌘-Z | Undo your last action |
| Shift-⌘-Z | Redo the action you just undid |
| ⌘-X | Cut the selected text or event |
| ⌘-C | Copy the selected text or event |
| ⌘-V | Paste the cut or copied text or event |
| ⌘-Shift-V | Paste copied text as a list of Tasks |
| Option-Shift-⌘-V | Paste the cut or copied text and match the existing style |
| ⌘-A | Select all text or all events in the current calendar |
| ⌘-D | Duplicate the selected text or event |
| ⌘-I | Show or hide the Info Panel for the selected calendar, event, or to do item |
| ⌘-/ | Mark selected to do as Done or Not Done |
| ⌘-Option-F | Filter (go to Search field in Filter mode) |
| ⌘-F | Find (go to Search field in Search mode) |
| VIew Menu Shortcuts | |
| ⌘-1 | Switch to Day view |
| ⌘-2 | Switch to Week view |
| ⌘-3 | Switch to Month view |
| ⌘-4 | Switch to Year view |
| ⌘-5 | Switch to List view |
| ⌘-Option-Plus | Increase number of days in Week view Increase number weeks in Month view |
| ⌘-Option-Minus | Decrease number of days in Week view Decrease number of weeks in Month view |
| ⌘-Option-0 | One month in Month view One week in Week view |
| ⌘-Option-1 | One week in Month view Two weeks in Week view |
| ⌘-Option-2 | Two weeks in Month view Two Days in Week view |
| ⌘-Option-3 | Three weeks in Month view Three days in Week view |
| ⌘-Option-4 | Four weeks in Month view Four days in Week view |
| ⌘-Option-5 | Five weeks in Month view Five days in Week view |
| ⌘-Option-6 | Six weeks in Month view Six days in Week view |
| ⌘-Option-7 | Seven weeks in Month view Seven days in Week view |
| ⌘-Option-8 | Eight weeks in Month view Eight days in Week view |
| ⌘-Option-9 | Nine weeks in Month view Nine days in Week view |
| ⌘-← | Previous page |
| ⌘-Option-← | Previous column or row |
| ⌘-→ | Next page |
| ⌘-Option-→ | Next column or row |
| ⌘-T | Show today’s date in the main calendar view |
| Shift-⌘-T | Go to a specific date in the main calendar view |
| ⌘-Control-H | Show or hide the Filter bar |
| ⌘-Option-C | Show or hide the Calendar List |
| ⌘-Option-M | Show or hide the mini months |
| ⌘-Option-T | Show or hide the To Do List |
| ⌘-Option-I | Show or hide the Info Panel |
| Shift-⌘-W | Enable or disable word wrap in the calendar view |
| Shift-⌘-H | Show rich text or plain text in the calendar view |
| Shift-⌘-K | Show or hide weekends |
| ⌘-R | Refresh calendars |
| Format Menu Shortcuts | |
| Shift-⌘-F | Show fonts |
| Shift-⌘-B | Make selected text bold |
| Shift-⌘-I | Make selected text italic |
| Shift-⌘-U | Make selected text underline |
| ⌘-Plus | Make selected text bigger |
| ⌘-Minus | Make selected text smaller |
| Shift-⌘-C | Show colors |
| Shift-⌘-C | Copy style of selected text |
| ⌘-Option-V | Paste the cut or copied text style |
| Shift-⌘-P | Change style of the selected text to plain text |
| Window Menu Shortcuts | |
| ⌘-M | Minimize the BusyCal window to the Dock |
| ⌘-Option-G | Show or hide the Graphics Panel |
| ⌘-0 | Show the BusyCal window |
| BusyCal Menu in Menu Bar | |
|---|---|
| ⌘-Control-B | Show or hide BusyCal Menu |
| Escape | Hide BusyCal Menu |
| Enter text | Create event in Quick Entry field |
| Up/Down Arrow keys | Select previous/next event in the BusyCal Menu |
| Tab | Show or hide event details |
| Return | Open selected event in BusyCal |
| Space | Mark selected to do as completed |
| Alarm Window | |
|---|---|
| Type a number | Enter a snooze value |
| Type "m" | Select "minutes" from snooze interval pop-up menu |
| Type "h" | Select "hours" from snooze interval pop-up menu |
| Type "d" | Select "days" from snooze interval pop-up menu |
| Type "b" | Select "minutes before" from snooze interval pop-up menu |
| Tab | Toggle selection between Alarms and snooze interval field |
| Arrow keys | Select Alarms in the list |
| Shift-click or ⌘-click alarms | Select multiple alarms to dismiss or snooze them |
| Return | Apply default button (Snooze or Dismiss) to selected Alarms |
| ⌘-D | Dismiss selected alarm |
| ⌘-S | Snooze selected alarm |
| Shift | Change Snooze and Dismiss buttons to Snooze All and Dismiss All |
Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts
You can override the keyboard shortcuts for any app, including BusyCal, in System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts.
For example, if you wanted to change the keyboard shortcut for the File > New Event command from ⌘-N to Control-N, you would do this:
- Go to System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts.
- Select App Shortcuts in the left sidebar.
- Click the + (plus) button.
- Choose BusyCal from the Application pop-up menu.
- Enter New Event without the quotes in the Menu Title field.
- Click in the Keyboard Shortcut field and press Control-N.
- Click Add.
Now, when you click the File menu in BusyCal you’ll see that the New Event menu command uses the new keyboard shortcut of Control-N.
Note: When creating keyboard shortcuts, you must be careful not to create conflicts with any existing keyboard shortcuts.
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