Gramps 4.1 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.

Some keyboard shortcuts require the user to press a single key or a sequence of keys one after the other. Other keyboard shortcuts require pressing and holding several keys simultaneously. Keyboard shortcuts may depend on the keyboard layout (localisation).

List Views

Common bindings

The following bindings are available in all views.

Action/Function	Microsoft Windows	Mac OS	KDE/GNOME
Manage family trees	CTRL+O
Import family tree	CTRL+I
Export family tree	CTRL+E
Changes the view to the next view category	CTRL+N
Changes the view to the previous view category	CTRL+P
Close the navigator panel (left sidebar)	CTRL+M
Changes the view to view number 1/2/... in this view category	CTRL+1/CTRL+2/..
Open the Clipboard	CTRL+B
Add the selected item as a bookmark	CTRL+D
Organize the bookmarks	⇧ Shift+CTRL+D
Open the Undo History dialog	CTRL+H
Jump to an Gramps ID	CTRL+J
Move to previous item in history	ALT+← (Left arrow)
Move to next item in history	ALT+→ (Right arrow)
Go to the Home Person	ALT+Home
Configure active view	⇧ Shift+CTRL+C
Toggle the right gramplet sidebar	⇧ Shift+CTRL+R
Toggle the bottom gramplet sidebar	⇧ Shift+CTRL+B
Undo	CTRL+Z
Do again	⇧ Shift+CTRL+Z
Quit Gramps	CTRL+Q

All List Views bindings

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

Action/Function	Microsoft Windows	Mac OS	KDE/GNOME
Edits the selected list item	CTRL+↵ Enter
Adds a new item to the database	CTRL+Insert
Deletes the selected list item	CTRL+Delete

People View bindings

Key	Function
↵ Enter	Expands and hides entries of the selected surname in Group mode

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).

Key	Function
↵ Enter	Same action as the button when that button is present
Insert	Same action as the button when that button is present
Delete	Same action as the 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

Editor bindings

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

Key	Function
Ctrl+P	Change the privacy status.
Ctrl+D	Call the Date editor (if present).
Ctrl+A	Activate the Add button (if present).
Ctrl+E	Activate the Edit button (if present).
Ctrl+S	Activate the Select button (if present).
Ctrl+F	Activate the Father button (if present).
Ctrl+M	Activate the Mother button (if present).

Handy Shortcuts

Key	Function
F11	Maximises Gramps to use the Full screen
F1	Show manual

See also

• Table of keyboard shortcuts - for major operating systems.