
With Todoist, you can work with custom task lists organized by categories like work, personal, movies to watch, or shopping. In this case, using its official desktop client for Mac.

It also boasts of a user-friendly interface with integrated productivity charts (for premium accounts).
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Todoist is a freemium to-do app that works on multiple platforms and devices, including Windows, Android, Apple iOS, Mac and all leading web browsers.I figured that the usability people at Gmail have probably given some thought to the layout of the shortcuts and this is almost the same as the default layout.Īnd there you have it, hope that’s useful. I’ve left the other settings as their defaults and changed the delete key to 3 (instead of Alt + 3), not particularly imaginative. Once the page re-loads, you’ll see a new tab at the top of Settings page, labelled Keyboard Shortcuts, click on the link to tailor the keyboard shortcuts, including that annoying delete key.
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So, the annoying UK keyboard layout problem? How to get round it? Luckily there’s a feature in Gmail Labs – a collection of handy tweaks for Gmail – called Custom keyboard shortcuts written by the enigmatic sounding Alan S.Ĭlick on the Labs link in your Gmail Settings (see pic below), find the Custom keyboard shortcuts feature and select Enable, then click Save Changes at the bottom of the page.
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Click on the link labelled Settings. Make sure Keyboard shortcuts on (see pic below) is selected and click Save Changes at the bottom of the page. Go to your Gmail settings (top-left hand corner, once you’ve logged in). Mastering these shortcuts will save you heaps of time and make the Gmail experience even better. Seriously, it’s worth doing this step without anything else. Workaround: Gmail Delete Key (#) Shortcut for Apple’s UK, French, German Keyboardsįirstly, turn on the Keyboard Shortcuts. Thankfully, after lots of hunting round, I found a solution, which I’ve written up below in case anyone else is being driven nuts (yes, I know, I need to get out more). Perhaps, but for me, a typical day will see 2-400 emails pour into my inbox. Now, I can imagine you’re thinking that this is pedantry in the extreme. Apparently the problem also affects other European keyboard layouts. In this case, to generate a # key, you press Alt + 3.


Unless you have an Apple MacBook with a UK keyboard layout. The keyboard shortcut for deleting a message is #. There’s one niggle though and it was driving me particularly bonkers. Now Gmail is pretty quick, but turning on Gmail’s keyboard shortcuts (and remembering at least some of them) makes handling email even quicker. Close, but no cigar, at least not for long. Once or twice, I’ve even got close to reaching Inbox Zero. Having taken the plunge in January and moving wholesale from Outlook to Gmail, I’ve become hooked.
