Shortcuts & Small Habits

FocusNow is built to be glanced at, not lived in. These shortcuts and habits keep it that way: in and out in seconds.

The keyboard

On Windows, read Ctrl wherever you see ⌘.

• ⌘K: the command palette. Type where you want to go and press Enter. The fastest route to any page.
• ⌘\: collapse the sidebar to icons. The same shortcut brings it back.

On the Focus page, when you're not typing in a field:

• Space: start or pause the timer.
• 1 – 4: switch mode (Pomodoro, Deep Work, Short Break, Long Break).
• T: add a new task.

The ⓘ buttons

Any time a metric makes you pause (what exactly counts as "neutral"?), look for the small ⓘ next to it. Every card and chart carries a plain-language explanation of what it measures and what's excluded, in your language. No metric in FocusNow should require faith.

Small habits that pay off

• Open the day, not the week. "What was that at 3pm?" is fastest in Calendar: open the day and the records are listed by window title.
• Search, don't scroll. Activities and the Calendar day view both have search. Looking for one site or document title beats scanning a list.
• Pause from the widget. During a session, the floating widget has its own pause and resume button. No need to find the main window when the doorbell rings.
• Fix categories the moment you notice. Wrong category in Activities? ⋯ → Change category takes five seconds and makes every future day more accurate. Your Focus Score is only as honest as your categories.
• Log while it's fresh. If you bill clients, spend two minutes each morning adding yesterday's records to timecards. Friday-you will thank Tuesday-you.