Keyboard Shortcuts

Your time is valuable, and you know from experience that every second counts.

That's why Daylite's keyboard shortcuts are such a brilliant time saver.

By applying even just a handful of these shortcuts, you will quickly find you have added time back to your day.

Daylite Keyboard ShortcutsFunction

Tab

Go to the next field.

Shift-Tab

Go to the previous field.

Bottom Arrow

Open a drop-down menu.

Select a Token and press Return

Performs a slide over and displays the selected Object.

Select a Token and press Delete

Removes the Token.

Click a date field to open the date picker. Highlight either year, month, or date in the date field.

Increases the day/month/year. Decreases the day/month/year. Switches between year/month/date.

Up Arrow/Down Arrow/Left/Right Arrow + ESC

Close the date picker.

Option-Mouse Click

Hold Option and click a task checkbox to set the status of the task as ‘cancelled’. In DMA if you option-click an arrow in a token it will take you directly to that record in Daylite.

Option+Save button on New Objects

Holding down option when saving from the "create" window will take you to a new Object in the main window.

Option-Click+Drag On Appointments

Hold down option dragging a selected Appointment in the Calendar to duplicate it.

Command KeysFunction

Command-A

Select All

Command-C

Copy

Command-E

Edit

Command-F

Find

Command-G

Find Next

Command-H

Hide Daylite

Command-J

Jump to Selection

Command-M

Minimize

Command-P

Print

Command-Q

Quit Daylite

Command-R

Refresh

Command-S

Save the edit card

Command-T

New tab

Command-V

Paste

Command-W

Close window

Command-X

Cut

Command-Z

Undo

Command-]

Indents the selected task and makes it a sub-task of the task above it

Command-,

Open the Preferences

Command-[

Outdents the selected sub-task

Command-[

Back

Command-;

Expand/collapse fields in row

Command-Option-F

Go to Search

Command - Shift - Up Arrow

Moves task up one level

Command-Shift-Down Arrow

Moves task down one level

Command-Shift-] or Control-Tab

Next tab

Command-Shift-[ or Control-Tab

Previous tab

Control-R

Refresh the DMA panel in Mail from Daylite

Control-Command - J

Day View

Control-Command-M

Month View

Control-Command-W

Week View

Control-Command-X

Add email to Daylite from Mail (via DMA)

Control-Command-Z

Show/Hide Daylite Assistant in Mail

Control-Option-Command-X

Remove email in Daylite from Mail (via DMA)

Option-Command-J

Go to Date

Option-Command-M

Write Letter in Daylite

Option-Command-N

new main window

Option-Command-T

Special Characters

Option-Command-1

List

Option-Command-2

Multi-Column List

Option-Shift-Command-V

Paste and match style

Shift-Command-B

New appointment

Shift-Command-D

Send an email from Mail

Shift-Command-G

Find Previous

Shift-Command-K

shift-command-K

Shift-Command-O

New opportunity

Shift-Command-P

Page setup

Shift-Command-T

New task

Shift-Command-Z

Redo

Shift-Command-\

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