# Plan your day on the hourly schedule > Drag a task or habit from the Tasks or Habits list into an hour of your day. Hold Ctrl, or Cmd on a Mac, to place a copy, and Alt to move a whole series. The red line marks the current time, and the Now button brings you back to it. - Page: https://dabadoro.com/docs/dashboard-and-schedule/ - Applies to: Dabadoro 1.2 - Last updated: 2026-10-19 *Figure: Tuesday 20 October on the schedule: 6 to 9 AM has passed and is hatched, 9 AM to 12 PM holds the running chemistry task with the green tracked-time line and the red line at the current time, and 12 to 3 PM holds the lab report. Example data.* - The arrows around the date move one day. - Morning and Afternoon group the hours of the day. - Each shows its hours and how many items it holds. *Example data: Tuesday at 10:41 AM.* ## Drag a task into your day The schedule holds your day in hours. You fill it by dragging from the lists. *Figure: A task dragged from the Tasks list over the 12 PM block. A blue line shows where it will land. Example data.* - **Pick it up**: Press and hold a card in the Tasks list. - **The drop line**: The hour lights up, and a line shows where the item lands. 1. **Open Tasks** Press `2`, or choose **Tasks** above the list. 2. **Drag a card into an hour** Move it between two cards, or below the last one, until the line shows. Near the top or bottom edge, the schedule scrolls. 3. **Let go** The task lands where the line was. Without the line, letting go cancels the drag and nothing changes. > **Tip:** While you drag, hold the card over the **Tasks** or **Habits** tab for half a second to open it. ## Copy or move a series while you drag A key held during the drag changes what the drop does. drag: **Drag**: Task: A locked task places a copy. An unlocked task moves. Habit: From the list, opens **Schedule habit** for that day. Press **Schedule habit** to add it. On the schedule, moves it. `Ctrl`+ drag: **Copy**: Task: Places a copy. The original stays where it was. Habit: Opens **Schedule habit** to add one more occurrence on that day. `Alt`+ drag: **Series**: Task: Moves its future copies to the new time. Habit: From the list, starts a new schedule. On the schedule, moves the whole series. Tasks in the list start locked. How to unlock one is in [lock the tasks you reuse](https://dabadoro.com/docs/tasks-and-topics/#lock). `Ctrl+Z` undoes the whole drag, and `Ctrl+Shift+Z` redoes it. ## Know which hours take a drop Plans point forward. The schedule refuses drops into time that has passed. *Figure: Two hour blocks of today in the afternoon: 12 to 3 PM has passed and is hatched, so it takes no drops. 3 to 6 PM holds the current time and a task still to do. Example data.* *Example data: 3:20 PM on a Tuesday.* - Past days are read-only. To log time on one, use [Complete activity](https://dabadoro.com/docs/complete-past-days/). - Today, hours that have passed are hatched and take no new items. - An unfinished item whose hour has passed moves to the current hour. - Unfinished tasks move to the next day when a day ends. Habits stay on their own day. ## Read the time line and your tracked time Two thin lines on today's schedule tell you where you are and what you did. *Figure: An hour block of today: the running chemistry task with the green tracked-time line beside it, and the red line at 10:41. Example data.* - **Tracked time**: A green line beside the hours you tracked. - **Current time**: The red line, on today only. To hide either line, switch off [Show current time line](https://dabadoro.com/docs/settings/#show-current-time-line) or [Show tracked time](https://dabadoro.com/docs/settings/#show-tracked-time) on the Schedule tab in Settings. When the current hour scrolls out of view, or you open another day, the Now button appears on the schedule. *The Now button, with the current time.* ## Move between days and plan ahead Use the arrows around the date, the week strip, or the activity heatmap. *Figure: Part of the activity heatmap: past days shaded by how much you completed, today ringed, and the days ahead drawn as outlines you can select. Example data.* *Part of the activity heatmap. Example data.* The heatmap bar sits at the foot of the schedule. Days ahead are drawn as outlines. Select one to open that day and plan it. With a day focused, the arrow keys move by day or week, and Enter or Space selects it. > **Shortcut:** Press `Ctrl+H` to show or hide the heatmap. The week strip and the other views are on [schedule views and layouts](https://dabadoro.com/docs/schedule-views-and-layouts/). ## See also - [Daily planner](https://dabadoro.com/daily-planner/): What the schedule is for. - [Habits and streaks](https://dabadoro.com/docs/habits-and-streaks/): Habits on the schedule, and their streaks. - [Focus timer](https://dabadoro.com/docs/focus-timer/): Run the timer on a planned task.