Wrike Keyboard Shortcuts: The Complete List for Every View

Wrike has keyboard shortcuts for creating tasks, searching, formatting comments, and navigating the Table view and Gantt Chart view without touching the mouse. The most-used shortcut is Alt+Shift+N on Windows or Cmd+Shift+N on Mac, which creates a new task from anywhere in your workspace.

This guide covers every documented Wrike shortcut, organized by where you’ll actually use it: general navigation, comment formatting, Table view, and Gantt Chart. Shortcuts are verified against Wrike’s own help documentation, with a few well-known list-view shortcuts from the classic Wrike interface added in because they still show up in daily use for many teams.

What Is a Wrike Keyboard Shortcut?

A Wrike keyboard shortcut is a key combination that performs an action inside the Wrike workspace, such as creating a task, jumping to search, or formatting text in a comment, so you don’t have to reach for the mouse. Wrike shortcuts are available on all account types, from the Free plan up to Apex, though a handful of view-specific shortcuts (like Gantt Chart shortcuts) require a paid plan.

General Navigation Shortcuts

These are the core shortcuts you’ll use every day, for creating tasks, searching, and moving around your workspace.

Two of these are worth calling out. Alt+Shift+? opens Wrike’s built-in shortcut list directly inside the app, which is the fastest way to confirm a shortcut still works the same way in your specific workspace, since availability can vary slightly by plan and by whether you’re on the classic or Lightspeed interface. Ctrl+Shift+E (Cmd+Shift+E on Mac) is easy to overlook but genuinely useful if you jump between several tasks in the same session, since it surfaces your recent history instead of making you search again.

Task Selection and Assignment Shortcuts

These shortcuts come from Wrike’s List view and are widely used for managing tasks without opening them in full. They are most reliable in the classic Wrike interface; if you’re on Wrike Lightspeed, test them with Alt+Shift+? first since some key combinations shift between interface versions.

The assign-to-yourself shortcut (Alt+Shift+.) is one Wrike users specifically call out as a time-saver in Wrike’s own community forum, since it removes an entire click-and-confirm sequence when you’re triaging a backlog and claiming tasks one after another.

Comment and Text Formatting Shortcuts

Use these inside any comment or description field.

Whether Enter or Ctrl+Enter posts your comment depends on a setting in your Wrike profile, so if comments are posting when you don’t expect it (or not posting when you do), check your profile’s comment preference rather than assuming the shortcut is broken.

Table View Shortcuts

Table view has its own small set of shortcuts, separate from the general list above.

How to Expand or Collapse Every Nested Level at Once

Table view and Dashboard widgets let you expand or collapse an entire nested tree in one action, instead of opening each subitem individually.

1. Find the item or section you want to expand or collapse.
2. Hold Ctrl (Windows) or Cmd (Mac).
3. While holding the key, click the expand or collapse arrow next to the item.

Clicking the arrow without Ctrl or Cmd only expands or collapses the first level of nesting. This also works on grouped sections in Table view, which makes it one of the fastest ways to scan a large project without scrolling through every subtask.

Gantt Chart Shortcuts

Gantt Chart shortcuts fall into two groups: quick date entry, and moving a task up or down in the task hierarchy. Gantt Chart shortcuts require a paid plan (Team, Business, Pinnacle, or Apex); they are not available on the Free plan.

Wrike’s documentation lists the hierarchy shortcuts using the Cmd key. If you’re on Windows, try Ctrl+[ and Ctrl+], which is Wrike’s usual Windows equivalent for Cmd-based shortcuts elsewhere in the app; confirm it in your own workspace via Alt+Shift+?, since Wrike does not publish a separate Windows key for this specific pair.

The date shortcuts are the ones people use daily once they know about them. Instead of clicking into a date field and navigating a calendar picker, you click the field and type t for today or tom for tomorrow, and Wrike fills in the actual date.

Wrike Shortcuts on Mac vs Windows

The pattern across almost every Wrike shortcut is simple: wherever Windows uses Alt or Ctrl, Mac substitutes Cmd or Option, and the rest of the combination stays the same. The one place this breaks down slightly is Table view’s “add new task” shortcut, where Windows uses Alt+Shift+N but Mac uses Ctrl+Shift+N instead of Cmd+Shift+N, so it’s worth double-checking that one specifically if you switch between operating systems.

Wrike Mobile App

Wrike’s mobile apps for iOS and Android do not support physical keyboard shortcuts in the same way the desktop web app does. On mobile, task creation, search, and navigation are handled through the app’s touch interface and gesture controls rather than key combinations, so this shortcut list applies specifically to the desktop and browser versions of Wrike.

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How to See All Wrike Shortcuts Inside the App

Press Alt+Shift+? on Windows or Cmd+Shift+? on Mac at any time inside Wrike to open the built-in shortcut reference. This is the most reliable way to confirm a shortcut in your specific workspace, since Wrike periodically updates key combinations as it rolls out interface changes like Wrike Lightspeed.

Wrike Shortcuts FAQ

What is the shortcut to create a new task in Wrike?

Alt+Shift+N on Windows, or Cmd+Shift+N on Mac. In Table view specifically, the Mac shortcut is Ctrl+Shift+N instead.

How do I search in Wrike using the keyboard?

Press Alt+Shift+S on Windows or Cmd+Shift+S on Mac to jump straight into the search box from anywhere in the workspace.

Does Wrike have Mac keyboard shortcuts?

Yes. Nearly every Windows shortcut has a direct Mac equivalent, generally swapping Alt for Option and Ctrl for Cmd, with the same accompanying keys.

How do I see all Wrike keyboard shortcuts inside the app?

Press Alt+Shift+? (Windows) or Cmd+Shift+? (Mac) to open Wrike’s own in-app shortcut list.

Are there keyboard shortcuts for the Wrike Gantt Chart?

Yes. Gantt Chart shortcuts cover typing quick dates (t, y, tom, or a day number) directly into date fields, plus Cmd+[ and Cmd+] to move a task up or down the task hierarchy. This requires a paid Wrike plan.

Can I expand or collapse an entire task tree at once?

Yes. Hold Ctrl (Windows) or Cmd (Mac) while clicking an expand or collapse arrow in Table view or a Dashboard widget to affect every nested level at once, instead of just the first level.

Why are my Wrike shortcuts not working?

The most common causes are a browser extension or operating system shortcut intercepting the same key combination, a setting difference (like the Enter versus Ctrl+Enter comment behavior), or a shortcut that has changed between the classic Wrike interface and Wrike Lightspeed. Press Alt+Shift+? to check the current shortcut list for your workspace.

Conclusion

Most Wrike users only ever learn Alt+Shift+N for a new task and stop there, which means they’re still reaching for the mouse for everything else, comment formatting, Table view navigation, Gantt Chart dates. The shortcuts on this page cover the full range Wrike actually supports, not just the handful that show up in a quick search.

Start with the five in the quick reference table above, add the Gantt date shortcuts if you build timelines regularly, and keep Alt+Shift+? (or Cmd+Shift+?) in your back pocket any time a combination doesn’t behave the way you expect, since it will always show you the current list for your exact workspace and plan.

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