Change several tasks at once
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Tick tasks, then act on all of them in one go.
Tick the tasks#
- Keyboard: press x (or Space) to tick the selected task, Shift+↓ or Shift+↑ to extend the range, and Ctrl+A (⌘+A) to tick the whole list once something is ticked. Esc clears the ticks (after closing the panel).
- Mouse: Ctrl/⌘+click a task to tick it without opening it, Shift+click to tick a range. Once a task is ticked, every row shows a checkbox in place of its circle until the selection is cleared; otherwise the circle always completes the task.
- Touch: tap Select above the list to show every checkbox, and Done when you are finished.
Choose an action#
While tasks are ticked, a bar above the list says how many and offers Actions (or press .): complete or reopen, priority, labels (added to all, or removed from all), a date (today, tomorrow, next week, none, or one you pick), move to a project or section, assign, and move to the Trash. The usual keys work on the whole selection too: c, 1 to 4, L, Shift+A and Delete. With nothing ticked, . opens the same menu for the selected task. It works in projects, the Inbox, Today, Upcoming, the Filter view and saved views, also offline.
Preview and undo#
Moving and assigning show the changes first, task by task, because they can change who sees a task or notify someone: Enter applies the checked ones, Esc changes nothing. Everything else applies at once, and a notice with Undo stays for ten seconds (Ctrl/⌘+Z works too). Undo puts every task back in one step, except a task someone changed again since, which keeps the newer value and is named. See also Undo a bulk action.