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Work faster with keyboard shortcuts

By pressing specific key combinations, you can perform many actions without needing to use a mouse to speed up your workflow and enhance productivity. Mastering these shortcuts can reduce the number of mouse clicks and save you time, making your experience with BigPicture smoother and more intuitive.

Keyboard shortcuts are available on Jira Cloud and Jira Data Center.

Display available keyboard shortcuts

Click the Get help i )button in the upper-right corner menu (or press Shift + /) to display the keyboard shortcuts dialog box.

Menu under the Get help button.Image Modified

Gantt module shortcuts

Info

The shortcuts listed in the box will only show the shortcuts applicable to the module you are viewing. The app will adjust the displayed shortcuts to your device system (Mac and Windows). Also, depending on your Windows hardware, you may need to use the Fn button in place for Ctrl.

The Gantt module’s keyboard shortcuts are divided into the following categories:

A list of Gantt module keyboard shortcuts for Windows users.

Item actions

Those shortcuts speed up task-related actions directly on the task tree.

Create a Jira issue

Enter

Create a subtask

Shift + Enter

Create a basic task

Crl or Cmd + Enter

Create a basic subtask

Crl or Cmd + Shift + Enter

Move a task up

Shift +

Move a task down

Shift +

Indent a task

Shift +

Outdent a task

Shift +

Move a task to the top

Crl or Cmd + Shift + ↑

Move a task to the bottom

Crl or Cmd + Shift +

Edit task details

E

Scenario mode

Create a new scenario

Alt or Option + N

Return to Live mode

Alt or Option + L

Merge scenarios

Alt or Option + M

Navigation

A set of general navigation shortcuts.

Select box

Mouse left-click

Select work item

Mouse left-click

Remove selection

Esc

Context menu

Mouse right-click

Item navigation

/

Collapse/ Expand a task

/

Timeline

Perform common actions on the Gantt timeline using the keyboard.

Today

Shift + 0

Zoom in

Shift + =

Zoom out

Shift + -

Scale to fit

F

Show weeks on a scale (timeline)

W

View

Show or hide box highlights

B

Show or hide assignee

A

Show or hide markers

M

Expand or collapse dependencies

D

Show or hide task structure

[

Show or hide infobar

]

Layout

Change the row height of the layout.

Compact

Shift + C

Regular

Shift + R

Wide

Shift + W

Others

Show/Hide menu

Z

Undo

Ctrl or Cmd + Z

Open the System-info dialog box

Shift + I

Play the BigPicture game

Shift + Ctrl or Cmd + G

Re-synchronize data

Alt or Option + R