Keyboard shortcuts
Budget without reaching for the mouse. Move through the register, select rows, recategorize, move, clear, duplicate, and delete transactions, and do quick maths in amount fields — all from the keyboard.
In this guide
- The global shortcuts for search, adding a transaction, the sidebar, and undo.
- Moving through the register and acting on selected rows with single keys.
- Saving from the transaction form and the calculator shortcuts in amount fields.
Budgero is built to be used from the keyboard. The full list is always one click away: the keyboard button in the header opens Keyboard shortcuts inside the app.
Keys are shown for your computer: ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ on a Mac, Ctrl Alt Shift elsewhere. Shortcuts are ignored while you're typing in a field, so they never get in the way of your text.
Everywhere
| Keys | Does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+K | Search and commands |
| Ctrl+Alt+T | Add a transaction |
| Ctrl+B | Show or hide the sidebar |
| Ctrl+Z | Undo |
| Ctrl+Y or Ctrl+Shift+Z | Redo |
In the register
On an account page or All Transactions (desktop):
| Keys | Does |
|---|---|
| Shift+N | Add a transaction (in the dialog or the inline row, whichever you use) |
| ↑ / ↓ | Move the highlighted row |
| Space | Select or deselect the highlighted row |
| Shift+↑ / ↓ | Extend the selection |
| Ctrl+A | Select every row |
| Esc | Clear the selection |
| Shift+C | Show only uncleared transactions (account page) |
| Shift+U | Show only uncategorized transactions (account page) |
With rows selected
| Keys | Does |
|---|---|
| G | Change the category |
| M | Move to another account |
| P | Set the payee |
| C | Mark cleared, or uncleared if they all already are |
| Shift+D | Duplicate |
| Delete | Delete — the confirmation has an Undo button |
G, M, and P open a picker with the search already focused: type a few letters, press Enter, and the change applies to every selected row. Esc closes the picker without changing anything. Reconciled rows are skipped by C.
Adding a transaction
| Keys | Does |
|---|---|
| Tab / Shift+Tab | Move between fields |
| Enter | Save (from a text field) |
| Ctrl+Enter | Save from any field |
| Esc | Close without saving (inline row) |
In the inline row, Enter on a button presses that button — Split, Cancel, or a picker — instead of saving.
Amount fields
Amount fields are calculators: type 120 + 35 or 300 / 3 and the result is saved. These work while editing an amount:
| Keys | Does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+H | Halve the amount |
| Ctrl+D | Double the amount |
| Ctrl+T | Take 10% |
| Ctrl+Z | Set to zero |
| Enter | Save the amount |
| Esc | Cancel the edit |
To find transactions rather than move between them, see Searching transactions.