Navigate and triage issues in Board view using keyboard

On Linear, it is possible to navigate the issues of a Board using keyboard (up / down / right / left) and then use keyboard shorcuts in order to quickly triage them (change status).

On Asana, none of these keyboards shortcuts work, although they do exist in List view (up/down), (cmd+shift+up/down in MacOS).

Product suggestion: implement those basic shortcuts in Board view as well.

I agree @kxyz! Voted.
Don’t forget to vote yourself. :wink:

@kxyz thank you so much for sharing this with us! We’ve taken an accessibility first approach to product development the last few years (which unlocked keyboard navigation for everyone across most of our core user flows). But you’re highlighting a gap in consistency I’d love to see us close. I’ve flagged with multiple of our teams :folded_hands:

@kxyz and @Jan-Rienk, I was the first vote just now, so don’t forget to add your votes too.

Thanks,

Larry

:thinking: I could have sworn I had voted…

Anyway, thanks for the reminder @lpb !

Quick update: the team who somewhat newly owns Boards is really excited about supporting this, but they also own Subtasks… and that is currently our super priority. I’m going to mark as “considered” because of that. But I want to set expectations that even though design and product thinking has started on this, the team’s eng capacity is currently locked down to prioritize other work.

Hi @kxyz and everyone, following up on Garrett’s comment here, I’m happy to share the new Keyboard Navigation in Board View has been fully launched! You can find more details in this announcement here: :keyboard: Board view, meet keyboard navigation!

Thank you so much for advocating for this improvement! :slight_smile:

3 Likes