Gramps 3.3 Wiki Manual - Keybindings

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This appendix lists keybindings (also known as Keyboard shortcuts) you can use on the GRAMPS dialogs, so as to avoid the use of the mouse.

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List Views

Common bindings

The following bindings are available in all views.

Key Function
<CTRL>N Changes the view to the next view category
<CTRL>P Changes the view to the previous view category
<CTRL>M Close the navigator panel (left sidebar)
<CTRL>1/2/... Changes the view to view number 1/2/... in this view category
<CTRL>B Open the Clipboard
<Ctrl>D Add the selected item as a bookmark
<Shift><Ctrl>D Organize the bookmarks
<Ctrl>H Open the Undo History dialog
<Ctrl>J Jump to an ID
<ALT>Left arrow Move to previous item in history
<ALT>Right arrow Move to next item in history
<Shift><CTRL>C Configure active view
<Shift><CTRL>R Toggle the right gramplet sidebar
<Shift><CTRL>B Toggle the bottom gramplet sidebar

All List Views bindings

The following bindings are available in all list views: People, Family List, Events, Sources, Places, Media, Repositories and Notes View.

Key Function
Enter Edits the selected list item
<Ctrl>Insert Adds a new item to the database
<Ctrl>Delete Deletes the selected list item

People View bindings

Key Function
Enter Expands and hides entries of the selected surname

Editor Tab bindings

These bindings work on the tab pages of the editors (so not on the labels of the tabs!, press tab on label to move to tabpage content).

Key Function
Enter Same action as the Edit button when that button is present
Insert Same action as the Add button when that button is present
Delete Same action as the Remove button when that button is present
CTRL+O Same action as the Share button when that button is present
ALT+Left arrow Change tabpage to the tabpage to the left
ALT+Right arrow Change tabpage to the tabpage to the right
Mouse Key Function
Right-click Call up context popup
Double-click Same action as the Edit button when that button is present
Middle-click Common action that is not the same as Edit button. Eg: on Family Editor Child tab, edit child
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