Keyboard shortcut to move a bullet
Hi all,
Hope you are safe.
I just want to suggest having a keyboard shortcut to move a node (bullet) to a different location. I realised that this is likely the only shortcut missing to let me keep my hands on the keyboard at all times while using WorkFlowy and I am sure I am not alone. This would really help speed up my work a lot.
Thanks, all the best.
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Hi Anton,
If you're talking about moving your bullets up/down/left/right, you should be able to use Alt+Shift+Left/Right/Up/Down arrows.
If you're looking to move items to different outlines (not visible) you can drag into your starred-page lists in the left bar on desktop and in the browser app.
~ Frank
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The community forum is scattered with such requests, and it's hard to pick just one to add my vote to (topic consolidation would be great by a community moderator) ... For instance, here's one of many others: https://workflowy.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360022525072-Easy-way-to-move-over-long-distances
I'm surprised this functionality hasn't been added over all these years; the table stakes omission here makes WF far less nimble of a tool than it could be. Dragging something to land under a different node in the left sidebar beats cutting and pasting, for sure, but not by much. In contrast, cmd+shift+m to send over to a different node would be a huge boost (and explaining an option like this would get this article some helpful points haha!)...
I suggest Workflowy support an "inbox" (a la Dynalist: https://help.dynalist.io/article/119-set-an-inbox-location) to compile stuff for easy later filing to the proper location, e.g. when using the desktop app at the end of the day. Don't worry about sending functionality on mobile for now. But something as basic as sending not being first-class supported in WF really dampens its competitive appeal: https://help.dynalist.io/article/54-move-lists
Tangentially, adding functionality like this would join mirroring as reason to jump to Workflowy, an area Dynalist does not have elegant support for. When you want to quickly close a node you're deep inside of (point 13 of topic C, and you want all of C to be closed), this would be a quick clickless way to make that happen.
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Hi Nathan,
We're not currently working on this feature... but we are very much working on the infrastructure that will enable it – the dynamics that allow inline search for different purposes. We're coming out very soon with creating new pages when backlinking – which requires inline search. We're getting there.
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fwiw, I was toying around w/ switching from Dynalist to Workflowy yesterday, but aborted as soon as I realized there isn't a keyboard shortcut to move items elsewhere. In Dynalist, I'll frequently be working on task A, then think of some random idea related to task Z, and it's SO useful/powerful to be able to quickly capture it, shoot it off to Z, and then continue working on task A without having to take my hands off the keyboard, click on side bars, drag dots, etc. (and subsequently lose my train of thought).
… but I realize it's in the long term plans! And I'm just a single data point 😊 Nonetheless, wanted to express that I think of this as a must-have feature and look forward to reconsidering Workflowy when it's ready 😄
Some of the newer features like Mirroring look awesome. Keep up the good work!
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I would love to be able to do this too. I use Workflowy in a GTD style and when processing my Inbox, I will often modify the Inbox bullet to be a Project or Task that I then need to move to another node (e.g. Projects or Anytime nodes). I hit Command+K to search the node I want to move it too, but I know of no way to then easily move it there. It would be perfect if I could cut the Inbox source node and then paste it in the node that I search up.
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