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Keyboard & Navigation

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The calendar window is fully keyboard-driven. Press ? at any time to bring up the in-app shortcut overlay.

Views

Five views are available. Switch between them from the sidebar, or with the keys below.

View	Description
Month	A full month grid (the default view)
Week	A seven-day time grid
Day	A single-day time grid
Agenda	A scrolling list of upcoming days
Tasks	Your VTODO task lists — shown when Show tasks is enabled and an account provides them

Your last-used view is remembered across sessions. You can also open a specific view from the CLI, e.g. dcal show --view week.

Moving around

• t jumps back to today.
• h/l (or ←/→) move one day at a time.
• [/] (or PgUp/PgDn) move by one period — a day, week, or month depending on the current view.
• {/} jump a full year back or forward.
• g opens the Go to date dialog for larger jumps.

Go to date

Press g to open a compact go-to dialog for jumping across long distances in one step. You can either:

• Type a date and press Enter. Several formats are understood, including 2026-07-13 (ISO), 2026/07/13, 2026.07.13, 2026-07 (first of the month), and 2026 (start of the year). Many written forms such as Jul 13 2026 also work. As you type a recognized date, the picker previews it.
• Use the mini picker. The single chevrons step by month and the double chevrons step by year; click a day to jump straight to it.

Selecting and opening events

In day, week, and agenda views, j/k (or ↓/↑) walk through events chronologically, crossing into the next or previous day that has events. In month view the same keys move by week.

• Tab/Shift+Tab jump to the next or previous day that has events.
• Enter opens the selected event, or creates a new one if nothing is selected.
• Esc clears the current event selection.
• c creates an event on the selected day.

Search

Press / or Ctrl+F to open spotlight-style search. Type at least two characters to search across every connected calendar; selecting a result jumps to and opens that event.

Shortcut reference

Navigation

Keys	Action
t	Go to today
h / ←	Previous day
l / →	Next day
j / ↓	Next event (next week in month view)
k / ↑	Previous event (previous week in month view)
[ / PgUp	Previous day, week, or month
] / PgDn	Next day, week, or month
{	Previous year
}	Next year
g	Go to date
Tab	Next day with events
Shift+Tab	Previous day with events
Enter	Open or create event
Esc	Clear event selection

Views

Keys	Action
d / Ctrl+1	Day view
w / Ctrl+2	Week view
m / Ctrl+3	Month view
a / Ctrl+4	Agenda view
Ctrl+5	Tasks view

Sidebar

Press s to focus the sidebar; press s or Esc to leave it.

Keys	Action
j / k	Move through sidebar items
h / l	Collapse or expand a section
Enter / Space	Toggle calendar, switch view, or sync account
r	Rename calendar
Del	Remove calendar or account

General

Keys	Action
c	Create event
/ / Ctrl+F	Search
Ctrl+,	Settings
?	Toggle the shortcut overlay

note

Under right-to-left locales the calendar mirrors automatically, and the horizontal navigation keys (h/l, ←/→) follow the mirrored direction.

Next Steps

• Usage - CLI commands for the window, sync, and reminders
• IPC - Drive dcal from keybinds and scripts