Best way to insert a new action between two action groups?

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#1

Hi,

I want to insert an action between two action groups. I can see three options for adding new actions directly:

  1. New Action (Cmd+N)
  2. Add Inside (Shift+Cmd+])
  3. Add Outside (Shift+Cmd+[)

I have tried all combinations of selecting top/bottom action, first action in either groups, in combinations with all the keyboard shortcuts above. The only way I have found to work is:

  1. Expand top action group.
  2. Select first action in top action group.
  3. Add Outside.
  4. Collapse top action group.

That’s four actions for the simple goal of inserting a new task between two action groups. Is there no better way?

#2

How about option-return?

#3

Thanks, that did it!

What is that a shortcut for? Where can I find it in the menu? 😶

#4

I haven’t found it documented anywhere. Think of it as an alternative (optional) way to create a new task. As the ordinary way to create a new task below the selected task, by using the return key, doesn’t have the desired effect (it creates a new task inside the action group), it could be worth trying if there was a variant of the command.

Many of the the keyboard shortcuts in Omnifocus can be found in the nicely presented Keyboard Commands page (available in the Help menu). I will let The Omni Group know that option-return is missing there. I will also remind them that I have sent an e-mail to their support a long time ago mentioning that the following convenient shortcuts deserve to be documented there as well as in the Omnifocus manual:

D - Move down
U - Move up
R - Move right
L - Move left

Naturally enough, these commands only work while no text fields are activated.

(There is also a very dangerous command for changing the status to completed: space. A whole set of projects once disappeared when I by mistake tried to write something while having those projects selected. I didn’t realize that this had happened until later, when the projects were missing.)

#5

Those are useful, thanks for mentioning. Although I’ll probably stick to the arrow keys. At least those are in the menu along with their “standard” keyboard shortcuts “Cmd+Ctlr+arrows”.

It’s a problem that the “Opt+Return” is not documented in any way (menus), but can only be found by experimentation.