Peek preview
Preview issue or project details without opening them.
Overview
Peek is one of the semi-secrets of the Linear UI. It lets you view details of focused issues at a glance from any list or board view, similar to Quicklook in macOS.
Tap Space to toggle peek on or off
Space and hold to turn on peek only while Space is depressed
Peek can only be launched with the keyboard shortcut
Using peek
Peek is a default setting in Linear available on many issue and project views. If peek is available for your page or view, you can launch it by pressing the Space bar and turn it off by pressing the Space bar again. To temporarily turn it on, hold the Space bar down. Peek will remain active until you let go of the Space bar.
Basics
Press and release Space quickly to keep peek open, or hold Space to preview temporarily and close it when released.
Press Space to open peek, then use ↑ and ↓ to move through adjacent issues or projects while updating the preview.
Press Esc to close peek.
The peek preview will show information based on the items
- For issues, it will show a preview of issue details including the description, assignee, status, priority, cycle, labels, estimate, creation date, and updated date.
- For projects, peek will show project details as well as the project graph.
When navigating the command menu, peek automatically previews supported items as you move between them.