Keyboard shortcuts

This is the page to print and prop against your monitor. Rally has no screen that lists its shortcuts and no way to change them, so this is where they are all written down. They are grouped by where your cursor is when you press them, because the same keys can do different things in different places.

The symbols are the ones on a Mac keyboard: ⌘ is Command, ⌥ is Option, ⇧ is Shift and ⌃ is Control.

Anywhere in Rally

Keys	What they do
`⌘` `,`	Open Settings.
`⌘` `⇧` `F`	Open Search organization, to find a message, link, artifact or file. See Search and links.
`⌘` `W`	Close the front window.
`⌘` `Q`	Quit Rally. (Closing the window does not; see Rally on your Mac.)
`Esc`	In the Settings and Sidekicks windows, close the window, as long as nothing else is open and you are not mid-way through typing.

In the search pop-up

Once Search organization is open:

Keys	What they do
`↑` `↓`	Move through the results. Going past the last one loads more.
`Return`	Open the highlighted result.
`⌘` `1` to `⌘` `9`	Open the first to ninth result directly.
`←` `→`	With a filter tab selected, move to the next or previous filter.

When the pop-up opens, your last search is already selected, so you can type straight over it.

Tip

The number shortcuts are not marked on the results, so few people find them. ⌘ ⇧ F, a few letters, ⌘ 1 is about the quickest way to anywhere in Rally.

In the message box

These work in the message box of any Thread or Breakout, and in a Channel's message box when you start a new Thread. The message box covers lists, mentions and slash commands in more detail.

Keys	What they do
`Return`	Send the message. In a Channel's message box, start the Thread; on a new Breakout's screen, create the Breakout.
`⇧` `Return`	Start a new line without sending.
`⌘` `⇧` `8`	Turn the line, or the selected lines, into a bulleted list.
`⌘` `⇧` `7`	Turn them into a numbered list.
`⇧` `Return`, inside a list	Start the next item of the list. (Plain `Return` still sends.)
`Tab`, inside a list	Indent the item.
`⇧` `Tab`, inside a list	Move the item back out.
`⌘` `Z`	Undo. Straight after starting a new list item, it takes back only the new bullet.
`Esc`	Close the @-mention or slash-command list.
`Return` or `Tab`, in the slash-command list	Accept the first suggestion.

The list keys are the same as in Slack and Google Docs, so if you already use them there, your hands are ahead of you. They follow the physical 7 and 8 keys, so they work on keyboards laid out for other languages too.

If you type in a language that uses an input method, such as Japanese or Chinese, Return finishes the word you are composing rather than sending the message half-written.

Answering Rally's questions

When Rally stops to ask you something with a card of options (see While Rally works):

Keys	What they do
`A`, `B`, `C`…	Pick or unpick that option.
`1`, `2`, `3`…	The same, by number instead of letter.
`⌘` `Return`	Submit your answer. The button shows this hint.

The letter and number keys work only when you are not typing in a text box inside the card, so you can still write an "Other" answer containing the letter A.

In the built-in browser

When a web page is open in Rally's built-in browser (see Research and the built-in browser), the keys are the ones Safari and Chrome use. They work whether you last clicked Rally's browser controls or the page itself.

Keys	What they do
`⌘` `T`	Open a new tab.
`⌘` `W`	Close the current tab. (Inside the browser this closes the tab, not the window.)
`⌘` `L`	Jump to the address bar.
`⌘` `R`	Reload the page.
`⌘` `[`	Go back.
`⌘` `]`	Go forward.
`⌃` `Tab` or `⌘` `⇧` `]`	Next tab.
`⌃` `⇧` `Tab` or `⌘` `⇧` `[`	Previous tab.
`⌘` `1` to `⌘` `8`	Go to that tab.
`⌘` `9`	Go to the last tab, however many there are.

With a tab button selected, ← and → move between tabs, Home and End jump to the first and last, and Delete or Backspace closes that tab.

Resizing panels

Keys	What they do
`←` `→`, on a panel's edge	With the edge of the right-hand panel selected, `←` makes the panel wider and `→` narrower.
`Return`, on a panel's edge	Put the right-hand panel back to its usual width.

Pins are reordered by dragging; there is no key for it. See Arranging your Threads.

Once you have clicked a Thread's or Breakout's name to open its menu:

Keys	What they do
`↑` `↓`	Move through the menu's items.
`Tab`	Move through everything in the menu, including its search box and Add buttons.
`Esc` or `←`	In People, Sidekicks, Breakouts or More, go back to the top of the menu. At the top, `Esc` closes it.

On computers other than a Mac

Rally is made for the Mac, and this page is written for it. If you meet Rally on another kind of computer, Ctrl takes the place of ⌘ for most of these shortcuts.

Anywhere in Rally#

In the search pop-up#

In the message box#

Answering Rally's questions#

In the built-in browser#

Resizing panels#

In a title pill's menu#

On computers other than a Mac#