TMO Quick Tip - iCal: Quick Keyboard Shortcuts
by , 7:30 AM EDT, August 4th, 2008
Apple's iCal is a fairly easy calendar application to use, but that doesn't mean everything about it is elegant. In fact, Leopard's iCal feels a bit more clunky to me, which is why I've begun to rely on a few keyboard shortcuts to help make my life a little bit easier.
Jump to Today I'm moving forward and backwards through my schedule all the time, but in the end I always want to get back to today. Command-T always jumps to the current day.
Jump to a Specific Date Instead of using iCal's forward and backward buttons to jump to a specific date, use the Command-Shift-T keyboard shortcut instead. You can tell iCal exactly what date you want to view.
![]() Command-Shift-T opens the Go to date dialog |
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Open the Event Editor Apple really dropped the efficiency ball when it comes to editing events by killing off the info drawer in favor of the pop-up event pane. Instead of Double-clicking and event, and then clicking the Edit button, just select the event you want to edit and type Command-E.
![]() Command-E opens Edit view |
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There are plenty of other keyboard shortcuts hidden away in iCal. If you have a favorite, share it in the article comments.
Jeff Gamet is TMO's Morning Editor and Reviews Editor. He lectures, teaches and speaks on Mac OS X and design-related topics, and is the author of The Designer's Guide to Mac OS X from Peachpit Press.
if you have tips or tricks to share, or Mac-related questions you want answered.
Jeff Gamet is TMO's Managing Editor and Reviews Editor. He lectures, teaches and speaks on Mac OS X and design-related topics, and is the author of The Designer's Guide to Mac OS X from Peachpit Press.
Observer Comments
You said it almost exactly how I've been saying it when you said: "Apple really dropped the efficiency ball when it comes to editing events by killing off the info drawer in favor of the pop-up event pane."
It's inconvenient many times over: size of edit area, text jumping, more....
I have used Apple's Feedback and hope others will join me in asking for the return of a better way.
<http://www.apple.com/feedback/ical.html>
Thanks Jeff.
-Deb Shadovitz, author of the original Mac Efficiency 101 and more. Fan of TMO.
Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:52 am Subject: Keyboard shortcut to close edit window???
Tue Aug 05, 2008 3:16 pm Subject: Shortcut to close the edit window... just hit ESC
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