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Keyboard shortcuts

Drive the Mac menu bar calendar from the keyboard: open it, move by day, week or month, jump to today, add and join.

The short version

  • ⌃⇧C opens or closes the panel from any app. Change it in Settings > General.
  • Arrows move by day and week, ⌥ with them by month and year; Space is today.
  • ⌘N adds, Return opens, ⌘J joins, ⌘Z undoes.

Anywhere on your Mac

⌃+⇧+COpen or close the panel (Settings > General to change it)

Moving around the month

←+→A day back or forward
↑+↓A week back or forward
⌥+←+→A month back or forward
⌥+⇧+←+→A year back or forward
H+J+K+LDay back, week forward, week back, day forward (vim)
⇧+H+LPrevious or next month (vim)
⇧+J+KNext or previous year (vim)
1–9A repeat count for the moves above, up to 999
SpaceBack to today (T does the same)
⌘+⇧+TGo to a date
⌃+J+KAdd or remove a grid row

Acting on events

⌘+NNew event on the selected day (the full form)
ReturnIn the grid: focus quick entry. In the agenda: open the selected event
↑+↓In the agenda: the previous or next item
SpaceIn the agenda: open the event, or tick a reminder done
⇧+ReturnIn quick entry: open the full form with what you typed
⌘+EEdit the selected event
⌫Delete the selected event (this or all future occurrences)
⌘+JJoin the meeting that is on now or starts within 10 minutes
⌘+ZUndo (⌘⇧Z redoes)
⌘+CIn the agenda: copy the event as text (⌘⇧C copies the meeting link)
⌘+OOpen the selected date in Calendar

The panel

PPin the panel open
WWeek numbers on or off
.Locations in the agenda on or off
TabMove between the field, the grid, the agenda and the strip
⌘+⌥+RRefresh every calendar
⌘+,Settings
EscClear the field, close a popover, then close the panel
⌘+QQuit

The time-zone strip

←+→Shift every clock by 15 minutes
⌘+←+→Shift by an hour
SpaceBack to now

Single letters act only while the grid or the agenda has focus, so typing in the quick-entry field never triggers them.

Still stuck? Email support@blipcal.com and we will help.