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Keyboard shortcuts

Every command is also in the menu bar, where its shortcut is shown next to it.

Screen Shortcut
Income Statement ⌘1
Balance Sheet ⌘2
Trial Balance ⌘3
Portfolio ⌘4
Journal ⌘5
Editor ⌘6
History ⌘7
Errors ⌘8
Command Shortcut
Settings… ⌘,
Check for Updates…
Command Shortcut
New Transaction… ⌘N
Open Ledger… ⌘O
Open Recent
Export for iPhone… ⌥⌘E
Import Drafts… ⌥⌘I
Export Trial Balance as CSV…
Save ⌘S
Save All ⌥⌘S
Format File ⇧⌥F
Commit… ⌥⌘C
Reload Ledger ⌘R

Available in Reports, Portfolio and the Journal. See Choosing the period.

Command Shortcut
Previous Period ⌘[
Next Period ⌘]
This Month ⌘T
This Year ⌘Y
Year to Date ⇧⌘Y
All Time ⌘0

In Reports and the Journal. Portfolio has no filters.

Command Shortcut
Add Filter… ⌥⌘F
Clear Filters ⌥⌘⌫
Save as View… ⌃⌘S
Command Shortcut
No Columns ⌥⌘0
Monthly columns ⌥⌘1
Quarterly columns ⌥⌘2
Yearly columns ⌥⌘3
Expand All ⌥⌘→
Collapse All ⌥⌘←
Expand or collapse the selected row /
Expand everything below a row -click its triangle

In Reports and Portfolio, each on its own chart. View ▸ Chart chooses it.

Command Shortcut
Expand Chart ⇧⌘E
Leave the expanded chart Esc
Action Shortcut
Confirm (Add Transaction, Save, Commit) Return
Cancel Esc
Turn the typed tag or link into a chip Space, , or Return

In the Editor, ⌘[ and ⌘] outdent and indent instead of moving the period, and ⌥⌘F is Replace.

Action Shortcut
Save (and commit) ⌘S
Format File ⇧⌥F
Find ⌘F
Replace ⌥⌘F
Go to line ⌃G
Trigger autocomplete ⌃Space
Toggle comment ⌘/
Move line up / down ⌥↑ / ⌥↓
Copy line up / down ⇧⌥↑ / ⇧⌥↓
Select next occurrence ⌘D
Add a cursor -click
Command palette F1