Search & keyboard shortcuts

When your hands are already on the keyboard, you shouldn't have to reach for the mouse to find something. ArtistHQ has a handful of shortcuts that get you anywhere — and let you create things — fast.

The command palette

Press Cmd+K (Mac) or Ctrl+K (Windows) from anywhere in the app to open the command palette. The same key toggles it closed again.

The palette does three things:

• Search across everything. Start typing and it searches your shows, releases, contacts, crew, gear, tasks, and merch all at once. Results appear grouped by type, and each one shows a little context — a city and date, a role, a category — so you can tell two similarly-named things apart. Pick one and you land straight on it.
• Jump to a page. The Navigate commands take you to Shows, Releases, Calendar, Contacts, Crew, Gear, Merch, Tasks, or Settings without clicking through the sidebar.
• Create something new. The Create commands spin up a new show, release, contact, crew member, task, gear item, or product from wherever you are. There's also a Sign out command tucked in Utility.

The command list is always there when you open the palette; the searched-across-everything results appear as soon as you type. Move with the up/down arrows, hit Enter to go, and Esc (or a click outside) to close.

The / shortcut on list pages

When you're already on a list — Shows, Contacts, Gear, and the rest — press / to drop your cursor straight into that page's search box. No clicking; just start typing to filter what's in front of you. It's the fast way to narrow a long list when you're staying put. (If your cursor is already in a text field, / types a normal slash, so you won't fire it by accident mid-sentence.)

A couple more, inside forms

Two extra keys help once you're editing something:

• Cmd+Enter / Ctrl+Enter saves or submits the form you're in, so you can finish without hunting for the button.
• Backspace, when you've got a row selected and no field focused, deletes it.

Habits worth building

• Reach for Cmd+K / Ctrl+K instead of the sidebar — it's almost always faster, and it creates as well as navigates.
• Use / when you're staying on the same page and just want to filter the list.

New to the app and still finding your feet? Getting started with ArtistHQ walks through the layout. If a shortcut isn't behaving the way you'd expect, email us at hello@artisthq.app.