Keyboard shortcuts

Single-key navigation, UI toggles, and form chords. Most shortcuts are unmodified letters; saves and form actions use Cmd/Ctrl.

Ceum leans on plain single letters for navigation and UI toggles so you can switch around fast. Saves and form actions use Cmd/Ctrl so they don't clash with typing. Every single-letter shortcut is ignored while you're typing in a field.

Jumping between modules

Press these from anywhere outside a text field to jump straight to that module:

  • D — Dashboard
  • B — Kanban board
  • I — Clients
  • P — Projects
  • K — Tasks
  • V — Invoices
  • R — Transactions
  • U — Subscriptions
  • C — Calendar
  • T — Time tracker
  • M — Email
  • H — Documents
  • O — Profile
  • S — Settings

Inside Settings

When the Settings sidebar is open, single letters jump straight to each settings page:

  • S — General
  • U — Account
  • I — Integrations
  • V — MCP events
  • R — Assistant
  • D — Data management
  • T — Tags
  • C — Client statuses
  • P — Project statuses
  • K — Task statuses
  • O — Invoice statuses
  • Y — Task types
  • J — Project relationships
  • H — Task relationships

Global toggles

State toggles

  • Q — toggle Privacy mode.
  • E — switch between dark and light theme.
  • W — toggle compact tables (denser rows).
  • G — show or hide the chart on pages that have one (such as Transactions).

Creating

  • N (or +, including the numpad add key) — open the create form for the module you're on. On Projects, N starts a new project; on Tasks, a new task; and so on.

Form chords

These use Cmd on macOS and Ctrl elsewhere:

  • Cmd/Ctrl+S — submit the current form, save the Quick list when you're in that panel, or save the Calendar settings.
  • Cmd/Ctrl+Enter — submit short composers, like task comments.
  • Cmd/Ctrl+B — return to the calendar from its settings page.
  • Escape — cancel a modal, leave edit mode, or close the CLI panel.

Accessibility

Skip links sit at the top of every page so keyboard and screen-reader users can jump straight to the main content. Focus rings stay visible on every interactive element.

Tips and edge cases

  • Suppressed while typing. Single-letter shortcuts are ignored when you're in a text box, text area, or other editable field. The Cmd/Ctrl chords still work inside forms.
  • On-screen hints. The bracketed [key] hints next to menu items, sidebar entries, and toolbar buttons can be turned off under Settings → General → "Show keyboard shortcut hints". The shortcuts keep working either way.
  • Search has two keys. Both F and / focus the global search box from anywhere outside a text field.
  • Numpad add works. If your keyboard has a numpad, its + opens the create form just like the regular +.

On mobile

Not available on the mobile app — manage from the web app. The mobile app navigates with the bottom bar and touch gestures instead; see Mobile navigation.

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