The outliner has a toolbar pinned just above the editor — every common command is one click away, with its keyboard shortcut shown right on the button. Click anything; nothing breaks. Press the shortcut next time and you're already faster. > [!tip] You don't have to memorise anything > The shortcut is always visible on the button. Use the mouse for now — your fingers will pick up the keys on their own. ## The buttons Each button shows its label and its shortcut. Hover any button and a tooltip spells the shortcut out in full ("Cmd+Enter" rather than "⌘↵") — useful when you're learning what each icon on your keyboard means. | Group | What's on the toolbar | |------|------| | **Create** | Add (new task below), Add Child (new subtask) | | **Edit** | Done, Cancel | | **Move** | Move↑, Move↓, Move← (outdent — one level up the hierarchy) | | **View** | Fold (collapse subtasks), Focus In (zoom into a subtree) | | **Find & Start** | Find (search), Start (timer on the focused task) | | **Bucket** | @today, @next, @later | | **Other** | Select All, Priority↑, Show all shortcuts | The Move← button is "outdent" — it lifts the current task one level up the hierarchy. The matching "indent" action is plain <kbd>Tab</kbd>, which is intuitive enough that we don't give it a button. ## Adapts to your screen The toolbar measures its own width and adjusts: - **Lots of room** → every button sits inline. - **Less room** (e.g. inside a Flow Mode panel) → the lowest-priority buttons collapse into a **"More…"** menu on the right. They reappear inline as soon as there's space for them. If you don't see a button you expect, click **More…**. ## When you're zoomed in When you Focus Into a task (so the outliner only shows that task's subtree), two buttons pin to the front of the toolbar and stay there at every width: - **Focus Out** — back up one level - **Focus In** — zoom further This is the primary navigation when you're working inside a subtree, so it never gets hidden. ## Click and keyboard feel the same A toolbar click runs the exact same command as pressing the shortcut — your cursor stays on the focused task, the editor stays focused, and the result is identical. There's no "mouse mode" vs "keyboard mode". A few buttons require a task to be focused first — Done, Move↑/↓, Move←, Fold, Focus In, the bucket buttons, Priority↑, and Start. Click into the task you want first, then click the button. (Start additionally needs the task to be **synced** — wait for "Synced" in the bottom-right after typing.) ## Where it doesn't appear The toolbar is hidden on mobile (both the native app and mobile browsers). Keyboard shortcuts aren't useful without a hardware keyboard, and the buttons would crowd a small screen. Mobile users have dedicated bucket controls elsewhere in the app. ## Related - [[Task Outliner Shortcuts]] — the full keyboard reference, including shortcuts not on the toolbar. - [[Task Trust System]] — what the @today / @next / @later buckets are for. - [[Closing the Loop - From Done to Delivered]] — how Done and followups fit together.