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Keyboard shortcuts [/ˈkiˌbɔrd ˈʃɔrtˌkəts/] n - This lexicon borrows a few keystrokes from GNU nano, the small terminal editor many of us inhabit on a jump box at 3 a.m. If you can drive nano, you can drive these pages. Every key acts upon the page currently in view.

The cheat sheet

Keysnano nameWhat it does here
Ctrl+VNext PageScroll down one screen
Ctrl+YPrev PageScroll up one screen
Shift+WWhere IsOpen search
Ctrl+GGet HelpOpen this shortcuts page
Alt+\First LineJump to the top of the note
Alt+/Last LineJump to the bottom of the note
Alt+UThemeToggle light / dark theme

Notes and gotchas

  • The shortcuts fall silent while you type in a text box (the search bar, for one), so they never quarrel with what you are entering.
  • They act on the page as it lies open before you; scroll to a passage and the keys move that passage.
  • Shift+W opens search and shuns the browser’s Ctrl+W “close tab”. If it fails you, use the search icon in the left sidebar (or Ctrl+K) instead.
  • On phones and narrow windows the two columns fold into one, and these reading keys simply step aside.

For how these pages are arranged and why, see About these pages.