The people who keep the menu bar app open all day use it to move through their sled: open this item's workspace, check that one's PR, approve the route waiting in Needs you. Until now every one of those was a mouse trip. On a busy sled that adds up.
Now the busy screens run from the keyboard. Keys are shown the Mac way below. On Windows, use Ctrl wherever you see ⌘.
On the sled
Hold ⌃ (Ctrl on both platforms) and the first nine items on the screen get a number on the left. Keep ⌘ held, press an item's number, then a letter, and you open what that item has: O for its workspace, P for its PR, I for its details. The key does exactly what clicking the item's own control does.
| keys | what it does |
|---|---|
⌃ held | Number the items 1–9 |
⌘1–9 then O | Open item n's workspace |
⌘1–9 then P | Open item n's PR |
⌘1–9 then I | Open item n's details |
⌘; | Open Settings |
⌘< | Pop back into the menu bar |
⌘> | Pop out to a window |
⌘{ / ⌘} | Previous filter / next filter |
⌘F or / | Search |
⌥↑ / ⌥↓ | Move the item up or down, on its grip |
Esc | Go back |
? | Show every shortcut |
Search, Esc and moving an item worked before. They are in the list so the list is whole.
In Needs you
One key, the one you reach for most: ⌘↵ (Ctrl+Enter on Windows) does the entry's main action. When the entry asks you a question, it sends your answer. When it is a route or a permission, it approves. Anything else, it presses the entry's primary button.
That button shows the key on it, so you can see what ⌘↵ will do before you press it. It works while you are typing an answer, because it is the send key. Nothing else in Needs you fires while a text field has focus, so typing an answer never triggers anything by accident.
The whole list, one key away
You do not need to remember any of this. Press ? on the sled and every shortcut shows, with the keys written for the computer you are on.