Shortcut keys

Shortcut keys take you to the intended page or help you perform certain action quickly. To use shortcut keys in Backlog, you will need to enable this function from your Personal Settings page. 

For example, you can move from "Project Home" to "Issues" or from one Issue to another quickly. 

Types of shortcut key

Shortcut keys vary depending on a different page. 

Common shortcut keys

On all pages of each project, shortcut keys are available for the links on the side menu or global navigation. 

d

Navigate to dashboard

/

Go to keyword space search

h

Navigate to project home

a

Navigate to add issue

f

Navigate to issue page/issue search

r

Navigate to the board

g

Navigate to the Gantt chart

w

Navigate to the wiki

s

Navigate to the file

v

Navigate to Subversion

t

Navigate to Git

Find issues shortcut keys

On the issue page, you can use shortcut keys below to find issues. 

b

Go to the previous page of search results

n

Go to the next page of search results

k

Go to the issue one above in the list

j

Move to next issue in the list

o

Open the pointed issue (background highlighted in yellow)

Registered issue page shortcut keys

On the registered issue page, you can use shortcut keys below.

b

Go back to the search results

k

Move back to the previous issue

j

Move to the next issue

Batch update issue shortcut keys

On the issue batch update page, you can use shortcut keys below. 

k or ↑

Move up

j or ↓

Move down

Move up or down while holding Shift key

Select multiple rows

h or ←

Move left

l or →

Move right

space

Select/Deselect issue

o

Show/Hide issues details

e

Show edit dialog box

/

Keyword search

?

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