Gramps 5.1 Wiki Manual - Keybindings

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This appendix lists keybindings (also known as Keyboard shortcuts or hotkeys) that can be used in the Gramps dialogs as an alternative to using the mouse.

Some keybindings require the user to press a single key or a sequence of keys one after the other. Other keybindings require pressing and holding several keys simultaneously.

List Views

Common keybindings

Keyboards are not all the same! Keybindings may depend on the keyboard layout (localization) and on your computer’s Operating System.

The following keybindings are available in all category views.

Action/Function	Microsoft Windows	Mac OS	KDE/GNOME
Manage family trees	Ctrl+O	⌘ Cmd+O	Ctrl+O
Import family tree	Ctrl+I	⌘ Cmd+I	Ctrl+I
Export family tree	Ctrl+E	⌘ Cmd+E	Ctrl+E
Changes to the next Category.	Ctrl+N	⌘ Cmd+N	Ctrl+N
Changes to the previous Category.	Ctrl+P	⌘ Cmd+P	Ctrl+P
Change Category to Category number 0/1/2/../9	Ctrl+1 Ctrl+2 Ctrl+3 ...	⌘ Cmd+1 ⌘ Cmd+2 ⌘ Cmd+3..	Ctrl+1 Ctrl+2 Ctrl+3..
Within the Category changes the view to view mode number 0/1/2/../9	Ctrl+Alt+1 Ctrl+Alt+2 Ctrl+Alt+3 ...	⌘ Cmd+⌥ Opt+1 ⌘ Cmd+⌥ Opt+2 ⌘ Cmd+⌥ Opt+3..	Ctrl+Alt+1 Ctrl+Alt+2 Ctrl+Alt+3..
Open the Clipboard	Ctrl+B	⌘ Cmd+B	Ctrl+B
Add the selected item as a bookmark	Ctrl+D	⌘ Cmd+D	Ctrl+D
Organize the bookmarks	⇧ Shift+Ctrl+D	⇧ Shift+⌘ Cmd+D	⇧ Shift+Ctrl+D
Open the Undo History dialog	Ctrl+H	⇧ Shift+⌘ Cmd+H	Ctrl+H
Jump to an Gramps ID	Ctrl+J	⌘ Cmd+J	Ctrl+J
Move to previous item in history	Alt+← (Left arrow)	Ctrl+⌥ Opt+← (Left arrow)	Alt+← (Left arrow)
Move to next item in history	Alt+→ (Right arrow)	Ctrl+⌥ Opt+→ (Right arrow)	Alt+→ (Right arrow)
Go to the Home Person	Alt+Home		Alt+Home
Same action as the Configure active view button	⇧ Shift+Ctrl+C	⇧ Shift+⌘ Cmd+C	⇧ Shift+Ctrl+C
Toggle the left gramplet sidebar (Navigator panel)	Ctrl+M	⌘ Cmd+M	Ctrl+M
Toggle the right gramplet sidebar (Sidebar)	⇧ Shift+Ctrl+R	⇧ Shift+⌘ Cmd+R	⇧ Shift+Ctrl+R
Toggle the bottom gramplet sidebar (Bottombar)	⇧ Shift+Ctrl+B	⇧ Shift+⌘ Cmd+B	⇧ Shift+Ctrl+B
Undo	Ctrl+Z	⌘ Cmd+Z	Ctrl+Z
Do again	⇧ Shift+Ctrl+Z	⇧ Shift+⌘ Cmd+Z	⇧ Shift+Ctrl+Z
Quit Gramps	Ctrl+Q	⌘ Cmd+Q	Ctrl+Q
Add/Create a new object (Opens the related Editor) Person Family Event Place Source Citation Repository Media Note	⇧ Shift+Alt+P ⇧ Shift+Alt+F ⇧ Shift+Alt+E ⇧ Shift+Alt+L ⇧ Shift+Alt+S ⇧ Shift+Alt+C ⇧ Shift+Alt+R ⇧ Shift+Alt+M ⇧ Shift+Alt+N	⇧ Shift+Ctrl+⌥ Opt+P ⇧ Shift+Ctrl+⌥ Opt+F ⇧ Shift+Ctrl+⌥ Opt+E ⇧ Shift+Ctrl+⌥ Opt+L ⇧ Shift+Ctrl+⌥ Opt+S ⇧ Shift+Ctrl+⌥ Opt+C ⇧ Shift+Ctrl+⌥ Opt+R ⇧ Shift+Ctrl+⌥ Opt+M ⇧ Shift+Ctrl+⌥ Opt+N	⇧ Shift+Alt+P ⇧ Shift+Alt+F ⇧ Shift+Alt+E ⇧ Shift+Alt+L ⇧ Shift+Alt+S ⇧ Shift+Alt+C ⇧ Shift+Alt+R ⇧ Shift+Alt+M ⇧ Shift+Alt+N

All List Views bindings

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

Action/Function	Microsoft Windows	Mac OS	KDE/GNOME	Note
Edits the selected list item	Ctrl+↵ Enter		Ctrl+↵ Enter
Adds a new item to the database	Ctrl+Insert		Ctrl+Insert
Deletes the selected list item	Ctrl+Delete		Ctrl+Delete
Activate the Find field	Ctrl+F	⌘ Cmd+F	Ctrl+F	List view interactive search ahead / Quick search

People View bindings

Action/Function	Microsoft Windows	Mac OS	KDE/GNOME
Expands and hides entries of the selected surname in Group mode	↵ Enter	↵ Enter	↵ Enter

Editors

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).

Action/Function	Microsoft Windows	Mac OS	KDE/GNOME
Same action as the button when that button is present	↵ Enter	↵ Enter	↵ Enter
Same action as the button when that button is present	Insert		Insert
Same action as the button when that button is present	Delete		Delete
Same action as the Share button when that button is present	Ctrl+O	⌘ Cmd+O	Ctrl+O
Change tabpage to the tabpage to the left	Alt+← (Left arrow)	Ctrl+Alt+← (Left arrow)	Alt+← (Left arrow)
Change tabpage to the tabpage to the right	Alt+→ (Right arrow)	Ctlr+Alt+→ (Right arrow)	Alt+→ (Right arrow)

Action/Function	Mouse Key
Call up context menu popup	Right-click
Same action as the Edit button when that button is present	Double-click
Common action that is not the same as Edit button. Eg: on Family Editor Child tab, edit child	Middle-click

Editor bindings

These bindings work on Editors by activating focus or by changing state of toggle buttons (Accessibility).

Action/Function	Microsoft Windows	Mac OS	KDE/GNOME
Change the privacy status.	Ctrl+P	⌘ Cmd+P	Ctrl+P
Call the Date editor (if present).	Ctrl+D	⌘ Cmd+D	Ctrl+D
Activate the Add button (if present).	Ctrl+A	⌘ Cmd+A	Ctrl+A
Activate the Edit button (if present).	Ctrl+E	⌘ Cmd+E	Ctrl+E
Activate the Select button (if present).	Ctrl+S	⌘ Cmd+S	Ctrl+S
Activate the Father button (if present).	Ctrl+F	⌘ Cmd+F	Ctrl+F
Activate the Mother button (if present).	Ctrl+M	⌘ Cmd+M	Ctrl+M

Handy Shortcuts

Action/Function	Microsoft Windows	Mac OS	KDE/GNOME	Note
Full screen	F11		F11	Maximises Gramps to use the Full screen
Show this user manual	F1	F1	F1
Select the OK button	Alt+O			Handy for use with low resolution screens
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