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Keyboard shortcut for "Duplicate Task"

(closed account) says:
Hi,

The new "Duplicate Task" feature is really great. It would be even better with a keyboard shortcut.

I checked the help and I couldn't find it.

Cheers,
Pascal.
Posted at 1:18pm on May 21, 2007
finny388 says:
I 2nd this motion.

Quite often 1 task turns out only to be the start of a series and I want to create another...

blah, blah - that's why you created the function.

But why not offer a keybd shortcut?

You know how we RTM'er love our keyboards!
Posted 17 years ago
roychristian says:
+1 vote for a keyboard shortcut for Duplicate!
Posted 17 years ago
duckreconmajor says:
I vote for this as well, I like to split my tasks up and this would make it much easier.
Posted 17 years ago
(closed account) says:
I dig this idea. Would speed up my GTD significantly.
Posted 17 years ago
bgmontel says:
+1 vote for duplicate (bonus: other drop-down items as well)
Posted 17 years ago
(closed account) says:
Let me say more about why this would be really helpful.

Often, I do brainstorming on a given project (e.g. p-finalpaper). I try to list as many practical subtasks as I possibly can, so that I break the (otherwise overwhelming) project down into bite-size chunks.

But it's important to ensure that each task added shares certain characteristics--e.g. the proper tasks, the project's due date, etc. Duplicate Task is obviously a great tool for doing this. Once I have the mirror task, I tap 'R' and I'm off and running with another task name.

But having to take my hands off the keyboard to shuffle the mouse up to the drop down slows me down and prevents me from rattling off a string of sub-tasks with ease.
Posted 17 years ago
daniel.walters says:
+1 for this, seems minor but would make a big difference for me
Posted 16 years ago
pierre.steckmeyer says:
I am also really interested in this keyboard shortcut addition
Also I would like a shortcut for moving tasks from one list to another.
Posted 16 years ago
(closed account) says:
+1
Posted 16 years ago
jfaustus says:
+1 !!!
Posted 16 years ago
jansona says:
+1. I use this all the time and it's a shame there isn't a shortcut for it.
Posted 16 years ago
(closed account) says:
+1

(Ctrl+D if possible)
Posted 16 years ago
apgordon says:
+1 -- or, a shortcut to at least get to the More Actions drop down. I went looking for that yesterday -- would be useful to quickly move tasks to a different list.
Posted 16 years ago
This idea is considered similar to "Keyboard shortcut for 'duplicate task'", and all votes have been transferred to that idea.