I looked through the hotkeys, and can not find a way of changing the status. This would help me out seeing my timeclock system is integrated in with the "In Progress" status ( I have it set up where if a ticket's status get's put into "In Progress" it clocks that user into that job, And when one moves from "In Progress" to something else, it clocks me out of it )
Best Answer
To change a tickets status without your hands leaving the keyboard, hit the period (.) key and then type the name of the status you want to transition to. Some JIRA installations or situations may require you to use (gg) instead of (.) so try that too. This will work from the search results screen, agile boards, or just about anywhere where you can select a particular issue.
Be careful to make sure the result that you select shows up under the Workflow heading just in case there are other related actions that are worded in a similar fashion to your status.