Redmine Blitz ⚡

Lightning-fast keyboard shortcuts for Redmine. Navigate and operate with blazing speed.

Features

• ⚡ Quick navigation in issue lists
• 🎯 Keyboard control for search results
• 🚀 Fast page navigation
• ⌨️ Vim-inspired key bindings
• 💬 Reply keyboard shortcut (auto-assigns to last updater)
• ⌨️ ⌘/Option + Enter to submit forms (compatible with auto-save drafts)
• 🔄 Shift + Enter to toggle Edit/Preview tabs
• 🌐 Multi-language support (Japanese, English, French)

Installation

cd /path/to/redmine/plugins
git clone https://github.com/unchained-llc/redmine_blitz.git redmine_blitz
service puma restart

Restart your Redmine instance.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Navigation

Key	Action
h	Go to home
m	Go to my page
Backspace	Go back to the previous page
^ (Shift+6)	Go up one URL path level
n	Create new issue
i	Go to issues list
a	Go to activity
w	Go to Wiki
l	Open / close sidebar
/	Focus search field
p	Project jump
f	Focus title filter (press Enter to blur)

Scrolling

Key	Action
gg	Scroll to top
G (Shift+g)	Scroll to bottom

Issue Operations

Key	Action
e	Edit issue (including description)
c	Copy issue number(s) only
C (Shift + c)	Copy issue title(s) followed by #number
r	Reply (single issue from the issue list, inline search, or recently viewed issues; auto-assigns to last updater)
Shift + Enter	Toggle Edit/Preview tabs (when in textarea)
⌘/Option + Enter	Submit form (works on all forms)
ZZ	Submit form (Vim-style)
j / k	Scroll down / up on issue detail pages

Issue List

Key	Action
j	Move to next row
k	Move to previous row
x	Toggle issue selection
A (Shift + a)	Select all visible issues
s	Change status of the cursor issue, or selected issues, using Redmine's workflow actions
Space	Open / close Quick Look preview
Enter	Open issue (bulk edit if 2+ checked)
t	Open issue in new tab
r	Reply to the cursor issue first, or the single checked issue (auto-assigns to last updater)
Esc	Clear selection (press twice to uncheck all)

Search Results

Key	Action
j	Move to next result
k	Move to previous result
Enter	Open selected result
t	Open result in new tab

Other

Key	Action
?	Show keyboard shortcuts help
Esc	Clear filter / search input (when focused); otherwise blur input

Usage Tips

Efficient Issue List Operations

1. Use j/k keys to select issues
2. Use x to check multiple issues
3. Press Space to open or close Quick Look
4. Press Enter to go to bulk edit

Two-Stage Selection Clear

• Press Esc once to clear highlight only
• Press Esc twice to uncheck all checkboxes

Project Jump

1. Press p to open project search
2. Type project name
3. Automatically jumps when narrowed down to one project

Sidebar Toggle

Press l to open or close the sidebar.

Quick Description Edit

Press e to open the issue edit page with the description field already in edit mode.

Reply to Issue

On issue detail pages, press r to:

• Automatically assign the issue to the last person who updated it (or the author if no updates)
• Open the notes field for quick response

Edit/Preview Toggle

When editing issues or writing notes:

• Press Shift + Enter to toggle between Edit and Preview tabs
• Works on issue description, notes, and all textarea fields with wiki formatting
• Quick way to preview your markdown formatting without using the mouse
• Only active when focused on a text input field

Developer API

The following JavaScript API is available:

// Open help overlay
window.KeyboardHelp.open();

// Close help overlay
window.KeyboardHelp.close();

// Toggle help overlay
window.KeyboardHelp.toggle();

Multi-language Support

Redmine Blitz automatically detects your browser language and displays UI elements accordingly:

• Help overlay (? key): Displays keyboard shortcuts in your language

• Supported languages: Japanese (ja), English (en), French (fr)

• Falls back to English for unsupported languages

Notes

• Shortcuts are disabled when input fields (input, textarea, etc.) are focused (except Shift+Enter for preview toggle)
• Some shortcuts only work within a project context (n, w, etc.)
• ⌘-Enter and Shift+Enter work with the auto-save drafts plugin

License

MIT License

Author

UNCHAINED

• GitHub: https://github.com/unchained-llc

Version

1.0.0

1.0.0

• Initial release with core keyboard shortcuts