Keyboard shortcuts

Squad for Mac is in private beta.

Single-letter and number keys on a screen never act while you type in a box. The letters go into the box instead. Most screen keys also do nothing while you hold ⌘, ⌃, or ⌥. Row letters and the Needs you keys also work with Caps Lock on.

App menus

Menu	Command	Shortcut
Squad	Settings…	⌘,
File	Delegate… (not for a Viewer)	⌘N
Edit	Find…	⌘F
Edit	Find Next	⌘G
Edit	Find Previous	⇧⌘G
View	Bigger	⌘+ or ⌘=
View	Smaller	⌘-
View	Actual Size	⌘0
Go	Back	⌘[
Go	Forward	⌘]
Go	Search Squad…	⌘K
Go	Next New Reply	⌥⌘↓
Go	Today	⌘1
Go	Email	⌘2
Go	Docs	⌘3
Go	Contacts	⌘4

The Go menu lists Today, then every place of the sidebar that you have, in the order of More, whatever you pinned: Email, Docs, Contacts, Wallet, Routines, Tasks, Activity, Skills, and, for the owner and Administrators, What your squad knows. Then it lists Needs you, History, and, for the owner and Administrators while your squad’s computer is on, Computer. Only Today, Email, Docs, and Contacts have number shortcuts, and they stay the same when you pin other places. Each item brings the main window to the front. Contacts and Wallet show only when they are available for your squad. Next New Reply opens the newest conversation with a reply that you have not seen, across your teammates and group chats. Press it again for the next one.

Find

⌘F, or Edit > Find…, finds in what you look at, as in a web browser:

Where you are	What ⌘F does
A conversation	Opens Find in this conversation over it. The first match is the newest, and Find Next goes to earlier ones. It searches the messages that are loaded. Search earlier messages loads more.
A doc that you read	Opens Find in this doc over it.
A doc that you edit	Opens the Mac’s own find bar over the text.
An email	Opens Find in this email over the thread. It searches the subject, the people, and each email. A match in quoted text opens the quoted text.
Tasks, the Docs list, Skills, and Memories in What your squad knows	Puts you in the screen’s search box: Search tasks, Search docs, Search skills, or Search everything your squad remembers….
The Routines list	Puts you in Search routines, when the list shows it.
Contacts	Puts you in Search people and companies.
The Settings window	Puts you in Find a setting. After you select Add integration on Apps > Apps, it puts you in Search the catalog.
Anywhere else in the main window	Opens the command palette (⌘K).

In the find bar:

Key	What it does
Return or ⌘G	Goes to the next match. The up and down buttons do the same.
Shift-Return or ⇧⌘G	Goes to the previous match.
Esc	Closes the find bar. Done does the same.

The bar shows where you are, for example “3 of 12”, or “No matches”. Every match is marked, and the current match is marked more strongly. Opening another conversation, doc, or email closes the bar.

Back and forward

Squad keeps a history of the places that you open: a screen and what it has open, for example a conversation, a task, an email, a doc, a project, or a History view. Opening a new place clears Forward. Switching squads starts the history over. For how many places Squad keeps, see Limits and defaults.

Key or gesture	What it does
⌘[ and ⌘]	Go > Back and Forward. They also bring the main window to the front.
⌘← and ⌘→	Back and forward, while you are not typing in a box. In a box, they move to the start or the end of the line. While you type in a teammate’s browser on your squad’s computer, they go to the browser.
Mouse back and forward buttons	Back and forward.
Trackpad swipe	Back and forward, with the fingers that your Mac’s Swipe between pages setting uses. A swipe toward the start of the page goes back. With natural scrolling, that is a swipe to the right. An arrow slides in at the edge and fills when letting go will move. With that setting off, a two-finger swipe does nothing.

⌘← and ⌘→, the mouse buttons, and the swipe work only in the main window, not in Settings, a sheet, or the notch. When there is nowhere to go, the key or the swipe goes to what is under it.

Key or action	What it does
Click the Squad mark	Opens the panel from any app, or closes it.
Esc or ⌘Tab	Closes the panel.
A click anywhere else	Closes the panel.

See The menu bar.

Global shortcuts

These work in any app while Squad runs. Change them in Settings > This Mac > General > Shortcuts.

Setting	Default	What it does
Delegate from anywhere	⌥Space	Opens the Delegate panel over any app. Press it again to close the panel. Not for a Viewer.
Talk to your squad	⌃⌥Space	Hold it and speak, then let go to send. A quick tap keeps listening until you tap again.
Chat in the notch	⌃⌥C	Opens your squad’s conversations under the notch.

In the Delegate panel, ⌘↩ sends and Esc closes. See Delegate, talk, and use Siri.

Command palette

Key	What it does
⌘K	Opens the palette.
↑ and ↓	Move through the results.
Tab and Shift-Tab	Move through the results, and wrap around.
Return	Opens the result.
Esc	Closes the palette.

See The command palette on Squad for Mac. On a place in the sidebar, for example Docs or Wallet, while you point to it or Tab is on it:

Key	What it does
P	Pin to Sidebar or Unpin from Sidebar.
Option-↑ and Option-↓	Move a pinned place up or down among your pinned places, while the pinned place has the keyboard focus (Tab to it).
U	Mark All Docs as Read, on Docs, when it has a count.

You can also drag a pinned place to another spot. See The sidebar on Squad for Mac. Tab reaches every control in every Squad window, whatever your Mac’s Keyboard navigation setting is. The order is the sidebar, then the screen. In a list, Tab goes through every row in reading order, also the rows off screen, then leaves the list. The focus ring shows only after you press Tab. A click hides it.

Key	What it does
Tab	Moves to the next control or row. In a box with more than one line, Tab also moves on.
Shift-Tab	Moves to the previous control or row.
Space or Return	Presses the control in focus.
Option-Tab	Types a tab character in a text box.

Row letters act while you point to the row or Tab is on it. They never act while you type in a box, or in a teammate’s browser on your squad’s computer.

Chat

Key	What it does
Return or ⌘Return	Sends the message. With a picker open, Return picks the highlighted row.
Shift-Return or Option-Return	Adds a new line.
⌘⇧A	Opens Attach.
↑	At the start of the box, shows your earlier messages. ↓ goes back toward what you typed.
Tab	Picks the highlighted picker row.
Esc	Closes the picker.
⌘Return and Esc	Send or cancel when you edit a message.
Return and Esc	Save or cancel when you rename a conversation in its header.
Double-click	Renames a conversation in a teammate’s list, when you can rename it.
⌘C	Copies the selected text.
Esc	Clears a text selection.

Letters on a conversation row, while you point to it or Tab is on it:

Letter	Command
P	Pin to Sidebar or Unpin from Sidebar (owner only)
U	Mark as Read or Mark as Unread
R	Rename…
F	Fork Conversation
A	Archive

A group chat’s row has U and R. A letter does only what the row’s menu offers you. See The conversation list.

A teammate’s setup

Key	What it does
⌘S	Save changes.

Needs you

Key	What it does
J or ↓	Moves to the next question.
K or ↑	Moves to the previous question.
A	Approves an approval, or a yes-or-no question.
1 to 9	Picks that option. On a yes-or-no question, 1 approves and 2 declines.
⌘Return	Does the main action of the question, for example Approve, I’ve done this, Send answer, or Send back to and the teammate’s name. On an email draft, it is Send now.
U	Undoes your last answer.
Return	Sends your answer in the Something else… box.
Esc	Closes the Something else… box.

The keys act on the question with the stronger border. A and the digits do nothing while a resolved question is open, or for a role that cannot answer. See Needs you on Squad for Mac.

Tasks

Key	What it does
⌘⇧N	New task, on the board. Not for a Viewer.
⌘Return, or Return in the title box	Creates the task.
Esc	Cancels the New task sheet and keeps your draft.
Return and Esc	Save or cancel when you rename a task.

Email

Key	What it does
J and K	Open the next or the previous email in the list.
⌘F	Finds words in the open email. To find an email, type in Search email above the list.
⌘⇧N	New email. For the owner and Administrators, when the squad has an inbox.
⌘Return	Send in the compose or reply sheet.
Esc	Cancel in the compose or reply sheet.

See Tasks on Squad for Mac and Email on Squad for Mac.

Docs

Key	What it does
Return	Creates the doc after you type its title in New doc.
⌘S	Save, while you edit a doc.

Skills

Key	What it does
⌘S	Save, while you edit a skill’s instructions.
Esc	Cancel, while you edit a skill’s instructions.

See Edit a skill’s instructions.

History

These keys work while no run is open.

Key	What it does
D	Day view.
W	Week view.
M	Month view.
S	Schedule view.
T	Back to today.
← and →	An older or a newer period. Not in Month.
Esc	Closes the run that you opened.

Routines and triggers

Key	What it does
⌘Return	Saves or creates the routine or trigger that you edit.
Esc	Cancels the routine or trigger editor, or closes a routine’s detail sheet.
Space, Return, or Enter	Opens the calendar chip in focus.

See Routines on Squad for Mac and History on Squad for Mac.

Projects

Key	What it does
X	Remove from Project, on the row that you point to or that Tab is on.
R, A, B, D	Rename…, Archive Project, Bring Back, and Delete Project…, on a project’s row in the sidebar that you point to or that Tab is on. A letter does only what the row’s menu offers you.
⌘K	Finds projects and runs New project.

See Group conversations into projects.

The notch

Key	What it does
⌃⌥C	Opens Chat in the notch.
Esc	Closes Chat in the notch and goes back to your app.
Esc	Hides the notch’s strip or peek, while the pointer is on it, until something new comes in.
Esc	While the pointer is on the notch, closes the card it shows, or stops a reply that it reads aloud.

With Close notch cards with Esc from any app on, Esc in another app also closes a card that the notch opened by itself. Your app still gets the Esc. See Use the notch and the menu bar.

Contacts

Key	Where	What it does
D, M, A, O	One of your steps on Today, in Needs you, or on Contacts > Home	Done, Move the date…, Ask and your chief of staff’s name to do it, and Open the deal or Open and the person’s name. A Viewer has only O.
D, M, L, X	An open step on a deal	Done (or Kept), Missed (or Broken), Move the date…, and Drop it.
S, N	A pair in Review	Same person and Not the same.

The letters act on the row that you point at or that Tab is on, never while you type. A letter does only what you can do on that row. See Contacts on Squad for Mac (private beta).

Other

Key	Where	What it does
⌘C	Share your squad’s day	Copy image.
Esc	Most sheets	Cancel or Close.
Esc	Find a setting in Settings	Clears the search.
Esc	Pin to the sidebar, Share your squad’s day, and Forget all memories?	Closes the sheet.
Return	Sign-in screen	Submits the form.

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Mac features

Reference

App menus

The Go menu

Text size

Find

Back and forward

The menu bar panel

Global shortcuts

Command palette

The sidebar

Keyboard navigation

Chat

A teammate’s setup

Needs you

Tasks

Email

Docs

Skills

History

Routines and triggers

Projects

The notch

Contacts

Other

​App menus

​The Go menu

​Text size

​Find

​Back and forward

​The menu bar panel

​Global shortcuts

​Command palette

​The sidebar

​Keyboard navigation

​Chat

​A teammate’s setup

​Needs you

​Tasks

​Email

​Docs

​Skills

​History

​Routines and triggers

​Projects

​The notch

​Contacts

​Other

App menus

The Go menu

Text size

Find

Back and forward

The menu bar panel

Global shortcuts

Command palette

The sidebar

Keyboard navigation

Chat

A teammate’s setup

Needs you

Tasks

Email

Docs

Skills

History

Routines and triggers

Projects

The notch

Contacts

Other