Use Google Chrome with Todoist

View your Todoist task list

To get a quick look at Todoist from your browser, click the Todoist icon in your extensions bar in the top right. A compact view of Todoist will appear:

The compact view is a great way to save time: You can access any of Todoist’s features without having to leave your current web page.

Add a website as a task by right clicking

1. Go to the website you’d like to add as a task.
2. Right click anywhere on the page and select Add to Todoist.
3. You can also select any text on the page, then right click on it and select Add to Todoist. The selected text will then be used as the name for the newly created task.

Add a website as a task using Quick Add

You can also add the website as a task by using quick add:

1. Click the Todoist icon in your extensions bar in the top right.
2. Click + icon at the top bar to open Quick Add.
3. Click Add website as task at the bottom to add the page and URL as the task name.
4. Click Add task to save the task.

Adding tasks using Quick Add

1. Go to the website you’d like to add as a task in your Google Chrome browser.
2. Right click anywhere on the page and select Add to Todoist. You can also select any text on the page, then right click on it and select Add to Todoist. The selected text will then be used as the name for the newly created task.
3. The Quick Add feature will open in a pop-up window. You can now make edits to your task (such as adding it to a project, adding a due date, label(s), priority level, reminder(s), or comment(s) before saving it).
4. Once you're done editing your task, select Add task.

Using keyboard shortcuts

1. Open Google Chrome.
2. Right-click the Todoist icon in the top-right corner.
3. Select Manage Extensions.
4. Click the three horizontal lines icon in the top-left corner.
5. Select Keyboard shortcuts.
6. You'll now see a list of all of your extensions that have implemented keyboard shortcuts. Find Todoist for Chrome in the list.
7. You can now set two keyboard shortcuts: Activate the extension and Add to Todoist.

Setting default due date to Today

1. Open Google Chrome.
2. Click the Todoist icon in the top-right corner.
3. Select Manage Extensions.
4. Click Extension options.
5. Click the checkbox to the left of Set default due date for 'Today'.

Add tasks through Gmail

With the Chrome extension, you can turn emails into Todoist tasks or open these same emails through Todoist. Find the steps to do so here.