iPhone tips

Kept keeps its screens quiet, which means a few of the best moves are not labeled. Here they are. A shorter version lives in Settings → Tools → Tips & shortcuts, along with a card that sets up the Action Button or a Shortcut for Capture.

Quick log from the button

Touch and hold the round Capture button, slide up to Task, Event, Note, or Meal (when Body is on), and let go. The sheet opens with that kind locked, skipping detection. Use it when you already know what you are about to write.

Pinch the calendar

Pinch in on Week to pull back to Month, and on Month to reach Year. Pinch out on Month to drop into Week, and on Week into Day. The date heading opens the view menu: Schedule, Day, 3 Day, Week, Month, Year, and Jump to month.

Swipe the calendar

Swipe a day left or right to move by a day. Swipe the week strip to move by a week.

Swipe a task done

Swipe right on any task row to complete it. No need to open it. Swipe left for Not today on a Top 3 row, or Tomorrow in Tasks.

Format on selection

Select text in a note, then open the arrow in the menu that appears for Highlight, Add link, and more.

Tap the title, or the avatar

Your avatar and the screen's title both open the menu from any main screen. Notes is the exception: there the title opens the list picker, so use the avatar. On Calendar, the date heading under the title opens the view picker.

Pull down to search

On Today, Tasks, or Notes, pull down past the top to open Quick Search and Ask Kept. With a hardware keyboard attached, / opens it from anywhere.

Shake to report

Shake the phone to open the bug report sheet, already knowing which screen you were on. Kept holds the shake while you are capturing or typing, and Settings → Shake to report turns it off. See Report a bug.

Hold the icon

Touch and hold the Kept icon on the Home Screen for Capture, Log a meal, Start focus, and, when there is one, a fourth action that follows your day: Resume focus, Complete next, or your next event.

Keep the keyboard company

In a note or a task description, tap + on the keyboard bar to browse Insert and format without typing a slash, or Aa to turn the current line into something else.

Let widgets do the checking

The Habits widget checks habits in place and the Tasks widget completes tasks. Both offer undo.

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