Gramps 5.2 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.
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.
Contents
List Views
Common keybindings
Action/Function | Microsoft Windows | macOS | 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 a Gramps ID in the Current View | 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 splitbar (Navigator panel) | Ctrl+M | ⌘ Cmd+M | Ctrl+M |
Toggle the right gramplet splitbar (Sidebar) | ⇧ Shift+Ctrl+R | ⇧ Shift+⌘ Cmd+R | ⇧ Shift+Ctrl+R |
Toggle the bottom gramplet splitbar (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 |
Expands and collapses entries of the selected entry in Group mode | ↵ Enter or ⇧ Shift+→ (expand) ⇧ Shift+← (collapse) |
↵ Enter or ⇧ Shift+→ (expand) ⇧ Shift+← (collapse) |
↵ Enter | |
Expands and contracts selected entry in Group mode | ⇧ Shift+↑ (Up arrow) ⇧ Shift+↓ (Down arrow) |
⇧ Shift+↑ (Up arrow) ⇧ Shift+↓ (Down arrow) |
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 | Return or ↵ 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+⌥ Opt+← (Left arrow) | Alt+← (Left arrow) |
Change tabpage to the tabpage to the right | Alt+→ (Right arrow) | Ctlr+⌥ Opt+→ (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 | ⌘ Cmd+Ctrl+F | F11 | Maximizes 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 | ||
Dismiss (Select the Cancel button) | Esc | ⎋ Esc | Esc | Handy for use with low resolution screens |
Toggle Open/Save dialog between breadcrumbs and filepaths |
Ctrl+L | Ctrl+L Esc |
Ctrl+L | Handy for pasting filepaths |
Access Key Shortcuts
In general with most programs you can use the access key shortcuts for accessibility to navigate or access menus. The most useful of these allow you navigate within an interface that has a lot of entry boxes and separate sections like the Person Editor window. The access key shortcuts are shown as underlined letters or numbers when you press and hold the ALT key and then the corresponding letter or number that is shown underlined this will move the focus of the interface to that field or if it is a menu command it will be run.
For example on the Gramps Person Editor window to go the bottom half of the editor that shows the various tabs you can use the keyboard to press the ALT key and then press the letter “e” twice to go to the “Events” tab.
A context pop-up menu shows limited number of choice related to the currently selected item in a Graphical User Interface. The menu appears with right-click on an item in operating systems with a 2 or 3 button mouse. In the one button mouse macOS, a Ctrl-click will bring up the Contextual Menus.
Keybindings:
- In Windows, the Menu Key (aka application key) will show the context menu for the active field. Alternately, the ⇧ Shift+F10 keyboard shortcut, or sometimes Ctrl+⇧ Shift+F10
- In macOS, users will need to enable the Universal Access settings in the System Preferences.
Quick navigation to an object The clipboard has a navigation shortcut. Copy any object to the Clipboard (by drag'n'drop or by selecting and pressing the Ctrl+C keybinding), then select the object on the Clipboard and right-click to reveal the Clipboard's contextual pop-up menu. The bottom menu item will offer to make the selected object active. The View will not navigate to the object's category. |
See Context Menu
See also
- Table of keyboard shortcuts - for major operating systems.
- Discourse forum thread: "Can I disable a hotkey/keybinding" (aka: hacking keybindings)
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