Keyboard Shortcut Improvement - Back to parent task

[Marc_Baron]

There’s a keyboard shortcut (Tab ) that lets you see the Subtask details and Comments of the task that you currently have selected. It’s not in the keyboard shortcut list, but it’s there if you over over the speech bubble at the right end of the subtask

It also appears that there’s an undocumented shortcut that takes you back to the parent task (Tab )

It would be great if that shortcut returned you to the parent task with that recent sub-task already selected. As it stands - if I’m working to add or update several sub-tasks inside a parent task, I can use the keyboard shortcuts to help for a lot of it, but that “back to parent” shortcut breaks the flow. My only current options:

• Use Tab-S to add a new empty sub-task and then use arrow keys to get where I want
• Hit tab a dozen times until I get to the sub-task list in my browser
• Grab my mouse and just scroll back to the right spot

Clearly not a huge problem - but it definitely feels like a spot where the keyboard shortcuts could be improved slightly.

[Skyler]

If you’re working from a list view, this might help—it’s what works for me.

• Hit Tab ← to return from the subtask to the parent task.
• Hit → by itself to expand the subtask list.
• Hit ↓ or ↑ to navigate that parent task’s subtasks.
• Use shortcuts as needed to update fields.
  • I frequently use Tab R to quickly jump to the Task Description, Tab C to jump to the comments, and Cmd Shift F for follow-ups.

Your task details pane will automatically switch to the subtask selected as you ↓ key through them if it’s open. Otherwise, hit Tab Return to open the task details pane.

If the ↓ or ↑ aren’t working quite like you expected—hitting Esc to collapse the task details pane can sometimes help. I rarely run into this issue, though.

Hitting ← with a parent task selected will collapse its subtasks in the list view (assuming nothing is focused in the task details pane).

[lpb]

Great set of shortcuts, @Skyler

Here’s an old post that I think still applies:

Quick Tip: Getting around List View quickly

I wanted to share a couple of simple sequences I use often that save me time when in List View (in My Tasks or a Project) where I spend most of my Asana time. I often need to toggle between seeing: the full view of all tasks and columns (right Task Detail pane closed), and the same view but with the right Task Detail pane open I used to do this with the mouse but it involves some mouse moves, clicks, extra time, and removes my hand from the keyboard. The quicker way is this. With a task sel…

Thanks,

Larry