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WriteMac 2008-10-01 09:54 AM

Keyboard shortcut for date entry?
 
Specifically, I'd love to be able to hit something like command = (as in filemaker) to enter the current date and time. This could make it very easy to track time....

Lucas 2008-10-01 10:30 AM

try "now"

the manual section on setting start dates and due dates has some other text shortcuts.

brianogilvie 2008-10-01 11:57 AM

As Lucas said, "now" works in date fields (start, due, completed, next review). In other fields you can use the "Insert time stamp" commands (Edit > Insert Time Stamp), which gives you five options. I'm running the 1.1 sneakypeek so I don't know whether those commands are in 1.0.x.

whpalmer4 2008-10-01 12:02 PM

[QUOTE=WriteMac;48118]Specifically, I'd love to be able to hit something like command = (as in filemaker) to enter the current date and time. This could make it very easy to track time....[/QUOTE]

Are you looking to enter the current date and time in a date/time field (start, due, completed) or in a text field (notes, action name)? Lucas' suggestion works for the former; for the latter, see Edit->Insert Time Stamp... which has a number of variants, all with keyboard shortcuts. Cmd-| is my favorite of the bunch for time/date stamping project notes.

sussdorff 2008-12-13 11:09 PM

Ever since upgrading to 1.5 final the quick entry of dates does not work anymore. Anyone else experiencing this?

None of the shortcuts work anymore, regardless if I hit enter or tab after entering the shortcut.

curt.clifton 2008-12-14 05:23 AM

No issues here. Can you give a specific example of exactly what you're typing and where? Maybe we're using different keypresses. Also, are you using a non-English localization?

sussdorff 2008-12-19 09:16 PM

Hey Curt, the reason is very simple... My version is German (I did not realize that, yes this sounds funny, but being bilingual you sometimes don't notice) and I tried "1d" for "1 day" instead of "1t" for "1 Tag". After I had this sudden realization all works as promised.

Very smart doing it this way, btw. I am sure a lot of developers would have missed that one (language sensitive keyboard entries).

Cheers
Malte


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