Keyboard Shortcuts & Power Tips

Baulit supports keyboard shortcuts for the actions you perform most often: saving work, closing modals, zooming the Gantt chart, and submitting forms. Learning a few shortcuts can noticeably speed up your daily workflow, especially when you are updating multiple tasks or editing project details.

Save Shortcut

Cmd + S (Mac) or Ctrl + S (Windows/Linux)

The save shortcut works in seven components throughout Baulit. It saves the current form and prevents the browser's default "Save Page" dialog from appearing.

Escape Key

Escape

Escape serves two purposes depending on context:

Close modals

When a modal is open, pressing Escape closes it. This works in six modal components:

• Edit Project Modal
• Change Order Modal
• Contact Form Modal
• Manage Team Modal
• Template Builder
• Browse Library Modal

Go back

In three full-screen views, Escape navigates back to the previous view:

• Project Detail → Dashboard
• Report View → Reports Hub
• Settings Sub-View → Settings

Enter Key

Enter

In the Manage Team Modal, pressing Enter submits the email invite. Type a team member's email address and press Enter to send the invitation without clicking the Send button.

Gantt Chart Zoom

When the Gantt chart is in view:

On Windows and Linux, use Ctrl instead of Cmd. These shortcuts mirror the browser's native zoom keys but are intercepted by the Gantt chart to zoom the timeline instead of the entire page. For more on the Gantt chart, see Gantt Chart & CPM.

Quick Reference Card

Drag-and-Drop

Baulit supports drag-and-drop for two types of task organization:

Task reordering

On the task list, grab a task by its drag handle and move it up or down to change the display order within its phase. This changes the visual order only — it does not affect dependency relationships or schedule calculations.

Hierarchy building

Drag a task onto a phase header to move it into that phase. Drag it out of a phase to make it a top-level task. This is the fastest way to reorganize your task structure without editing each task individually. For more on phases and hierarchy, see Phases & Sub-Tasks.

Power Tips

These are not keyboard shortcuts, but they are workflow accelerators that experienced Baulit users rely on daily.

Dashboard search bar

The search bar on the Dashboard filters projects by name in real time as you type. If you have 20+ projects, this is faster than scrolling. Just start typing the project name or address and the list narrows immediately.

Task status filter

On the task list, use the status filter dropdown to show only tasks with a specific status. Filter to "In Progress" to see what your crews are working on today. Filter to "Blocked" to find bottlenecks. Filter to "Not Started" to see what is coming up next.

Click status badges for quick change

On the task list, click a task's status badge to cycle through statuses without opening the task detail. This is the fastest way to update task progress as you walk the job site. See Task Statuses & Workflow for the full status lifecycle.

Batch operations for bulk updates

Select multiple tasks using checkboxes, then use the batch toolbar to change status, assign team members, or delete tasks in bulk. This is dramatically faster than editing tasks one at a time. See Batch Operations for the full list of batch actions.

Click numbers to drill down

Throughout Baulit, numbers are links. Click the "5 overdue" count on a project card to jump to those 5 overdue tasks. Click a budget amount to see the cost line items. Click a task count to see the task list. This "information to action" pattern is consistent across the entire app.

Use the calendar for resource planning

The Calendar View shows tasks as events on a calendar. When planning your week, check the calendar to see which tasks are scheduled and whether any overlap in ways that might create resource conflicts (two concrete pours on the same day, for example).