Working with Several Cards

Select several cards to act on all of them at once. You can move, duplicate, merge, group, tint or delete them together.

Select cards

With	To…	Do this
Mouse	Add or remove one card	Option-click it
Mouse	Select a range	Click the first card, then Shift-click the last
Keyboard	Extend the selection	Shift+↑ or Shift+↓
Keyboard	Select all visible cards	Cmd+A: in the focused column, or on the whole board if no column is focused
Touch	Start selecting	Touch and hold a card, then choose Select card. Tap the circle on other cards to add them.

Press Escape to clear the selection. On iPad and iPhone, tap Done.

If a filter is active, Cmd+A selects only the cards you can see.

Act on the selection

Right-click one of the selected cards to open the selection menu. On iPad and iPhone, touch and hold. Many actions also have shortcuts:

Action	Shortcut	What it does
Move to…	Cmd+P	Moves the cards to another column. In the picker, choose a column with the arrow keys and press Enter, or press the column’s number.
Duplicate selected		Copies the cards in place
Copy selected cards	Cmd+C	Copies the cards so you can paste them elsewhere with Paste cards in a card menu
Cut	Cmd+X	Removes the cards until you paste them
Merge	Cmd+M	Combines the cards into one card
Group	Cmd+G	Puts the cards into a group (see below)
Delete n selected	Cmd+Backspace	Deletes the cards permanently, after confirmation

The menu also moves the cards to the Done or Archive column, collapses or expands their text, and changes their tint or other properties for all of them at once.

Some actions need all selected cards to be in the same column, for example grouping. If they aren’t, FlowBoard tells you. Cmd+Z undoes any of these actions.

Group cards

A group collects cards that belong together, such as the beats of a scene or the tasks of one step. You can fold it away and unfold it.

• Create a group: select cards in one column and press Cmd+G, or choose Group from a card’s menu.
• Add a card to a group: choose Add to group from the card’s menu.
• Fold or unfold a group: select the toggle on the group card.
• Remove a group: focus the group card and press Cmd+G, or choose Ungroup. The cards stay in place.

Groups can’t be nested. Only cards that aren’t already in a group can be grouped.

Next

• Filter, find and sort narrows the board down, which makes selecting easier.