Emacs Shortcuts for org-mode

File

Name	Shortcuts
Quickly capture something like a task	org-capture

Edit

Name	Shortcuts
Bold:	*bold*
Italic	/italic/
Link:	[[link][description]]
Mark element	M-h
Lint file for syntax issues	org-lint

Headings, Navigation

Name	Shortcuts
Go to next visible heading line at same level	C-c C-f
Go to visible heading: next or previous	C-c C-n or C-c C-p
Insert new heading of same level below	C-Enter
Insert new heading of same level immediately	M-Enter
Move heading up/down (promote/demote)	M-up or M-down
Sort - Entries like headings, table, list, todo	C-c ^ or org-sort
Copy heading content	org-copy-subtree

Lists

Name	Shortcuts
Sort lists, tables by selection 1	org-sort= , =org-table-sort-lines
Indent headings/bullets	M-left/right
Insert next item in list	M-Enter
Check checkbox	C-c C-x C-b
org toggle on context 2	Shift-Left or Shift-Right
Toggle task priority (A, B, C)	Shift-Up or Shift-Down

Metadata

Name	Shortcuts
Tags - Add	org-set-tags-command or counsel-org-tag
Tags - Add multiple	M-Enter
Time estimate set	org-set-effort

Tags

• In configuration, add your custom tags with org-tag-alist like (setq org-tag-alist ’((“work”) (“home”)))

Paste org-download

Name	Shortcuts
Paste from clipboard	org-download-clipboard
Paste images or media from URL	org-attach

• Favour using org-download-clipboard to get images or org-mode attach for links

View

Name	Shortcuts
Toggle headings visibility	Shift-Tab , Shift-Tab-Tab
Open all folds of next heading	outline-show-subtree (z O in Doom Emacs)

Links

Name	Shortcuts
Insert link	C-c C-l, org-insert-link
Insert link in any file like org mode would	org-insert-link-global
Open link	C-c C-o
Open link in any file like org mode would	org-open-at-point-global
Get link to current position such as heading in org file	org-store-link
Go back	org-mark-ring-goto

org-store-link can be used outside of org files as well

• Insert link from other location like: org-insert-link or C-c C-l
  • Can be stored link from: org-store-link, which has no keyboard shortcut
  • To insert a link from one org file to another file, use org-store-link at the location to link to, then org-insert-link where you want to link to be
  • Examples: https, roam, email, attachments
  • source: Handling Links (The Org Manual)

Search

• Search tags: org-agenda with m “Match TAGS/PROP/TODO option, then type tag you want to search on

Name	Shortcuts
Navigate org headings	imenu

Tables

Source: Org tutorial for tables - orgmode.org, james-stoup/org-mode-table-tutorial: A simplified guide to mastering Org Mode table functions · GitHub

Create table C-c | from scratch or existing values like a csv formatted list.

Name	Shortcuts
Cell, edit in other window	C-c `
Change formula / format of table column	C-c = or org-table-eval-formula
Create or convert table from region/existing content	org-table-create-or-convert-from-region
Help, See current cell row and column information and reference	C-c ?
Table, Insert column to left or right	S-M-Right arrow or S-M-Left arrow
Table, Insert row to down or up	S-M-Down arrow or S-M-Up arrow
Table, Move column to left or right	M-Right arrow or M-Left arrow
Table, Move row down or up	M-Down arrow or M-Up arrow
Table, Move to next cell / auto format table	TAB
Table, sort	org-sort or C-c ^
View, Adjust column width to expand to maximum	org-table-expand
View, Adjust column width to specific length	org-table-shrink

For table formulas, see:

• Tutorial and examples at: https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-spreadsheet-intro.html
• https://orgmode.org/manual/field-and-range-formulas.htmand
• https://orgmode.org/manual/formula-syntax-for-calc.html#formula-syntax-for-calc

Table Notation

Org mode uses the @ symbol to denote rows and the $ symbol to denote columns:

@1 $1	@1 $2	@1 $3
@2 $1	@2 $2	@2 $3
@3 $1	@3 $2	@3 $3

Literate Programming

Babel Library of Source Code - Collection of code blocks

• For any user to add code to the library, first save the code in regular code blocks of an Org file, and then load the Org file with: org-babel-lob-ingest
• Source: Library of Babel (The Org Manual)

Org-clock Shortcuts

Name	Shortcuts
Start clock on current task	org-clock-in
Stop clock on current task	org-clock-out
Get clock report for current task/file	org-clock-report

Org-roam

See also:

• Info Productivity System Second Brain
• Org-roam User Manual

Name	Shortcuts
Create aliases for node names	org-roam-alias-add
Shows backlinks to current node and context of resources	org-roam-buffer-toggle
Add tag to current node	org-roam-tag-add

Org-roam-ui

Name	Shortcuts
Start server and web interface	org-roam-ui-mode
Zoom to current node in web (should be automatic)	org-roam-ui-node-zoom

Doom Org Module

+org/dwim-at-point: like check boxs, follow items, and other functions

Footnotes

1. different than sort-lines due options and sorts alphabetical and sub bullets correctly with uppercase and lowercase ↩

2. Act on element according to context:

   • switch a timestamp at point one day into the past
   • on a headline, switch to the previous TODO keyword, like DONE
   • on an item, switch entire list to the previous bullet type
   • on a property line, switch to the previous allowed value
   • on a clocktable definition line, move time block into the past
   • in a table, move a single cell left
   ↩