move tasks with ctrl+arrows

[Jacob Lindberg]

A very standard feature, that I have not yet found in MLO, is to rearrange the tasks using CTRL+ARROWS. That is, to move something up, I select a task, hit ctrl+up and it moves up. For small changes in the outline, this is much faster than using ctrl+m. How can I do that with MLO? Dragging with the mouse is not an option.

[robisme (Olivier R)]

you can do this easily with "alt+shift+arrow"

[Dwight]

Jacob, you will find these and many other shortcuts on page 78 of the Users Guide, available for download from the MLO website.

-Dwight

[Steve Gledhill]

Also, use alt+shift+arrow to move tasks left and right (child/parent)

[Jacob Lindberg]

I knew about alt+shift+arrows. But it's a weird combo for me. I want to do it easier. I can customize a lot of the hotkeys, but for some reason, not this one. 

[robisme (Olivier R)]

You're right, and like you would, I'd like to be able to customize every shortcut, without that annoying "conflict with xxx" .

[Richard C]

It is the key combination that the MS Office suite uses (for example: a little known fact is that you can use Alt+Shft+Up/Down to move paragaphs up and down).

[Stéph]

Wow, thanks Richard! I didn't know about that MS Office shortcut. I've been doing that the longhand way all this time.

Stéphane