Pangur docsKeyboard shortcuts
This page lists every keyboard shortcut Pangur defines on the web, in Pangur for Mac, and on iPad and iPhone with a hardware keyboard, arranged by screen.
This page lists the keyboard shortcuts Pangur defines itself. The ordinary keys of your browser and operating system (Tab to move focus, Space to press a button, ⌘C to copy) work as usual and are not listed.
The tables write keys as they appear on a Mac, so on Windows and Linux press Ctrl wherever a table shows ⌘. Pangur for Mac shows the web client in its window, which means the web's shortcuts are also the Mac's, with the one addition listed under Pangur for Mac. The iPad and iPhone app has its own, shorter set, listed under iPad and iPhone.
Most single-key shortcuts, such as the arrow keys in a reader, do nothing while you are typing in a field, because the key has to go to the field.
Everywhere in the web app
| Keys | What they do |
|---|---|
| ⌘K | Open or close the Go palette, which goes to any screen or searches the current project by title. In Write, ⌘K opens the desk palette instead (see Write). |
⌘\ | Fold or show the app's main sidebar. |
| Escape | Close the open dialog, menu or popover. |
In the Go palette
| Keys | What they do |
|---|---|
| ↑ ↓ | Move through the entries. |
| Enter | Open the chosen entry. |
| Escape | Close the palette. |
The palette itself is described in The library workspace.
In the search bar
The search bar at the top of the app, and the field on Home, share these keys while their list of suggestions is open.
| Keys | What they do |
|---|---|
| ↑ ↓ | Move through the suggestions. |
| Home, End | Go to the first or last suggestion. |
| Enter | Open the chosen suggestion, or search everything for what you typed when none is chosen. |
| Escape | Clear the chosen suggestion; press again to close the list. |
| ⌘Enter | On Home, ask the words you typed as a question in Ask. |
Library
| Keys | Where | What they do |
|---|---|---|
| ⌘-click | item list | Add a row to the selection, or take it out. |
| Shift-click | item list | Select every row from the last one chosen to this one. |
| Escape | Search in this view… | Clear the search. |
| Escape | a row's menu | Close the menu. |
| ← → | tabs above the list (Library, Catalogue, arrangements) | Move to the previous or next tab. |
| Home, End | tabs above the list | Move to the first or last tab. |
| ← → | the item pane's tabs (Read, About, Study, Transcribe) | Move to the previous or next tab. |
| Home, End | the item pane's tabs | Move to the first or last tab. |
| ← → | the divider between the list and the item pane | Narrow or widen the list. |
| Enter | Add a tag… in Edit item | Add the tag. |
| Escape | Search by name… on the authorities screen | Clear the search. |
| ← → | the stages of a manuscript's ingestion desk (Import, Arrange, Number) | Move to the previous or next stage. |
Readers
These keys apply in the item pane's Read tab and in the full-screen reader, both of which are described in Read a source.
PDF reader
| Keys | What they do |
|---|---|
| → or Page Down | Next page. |
| ← or Page Up | Previous page. |
| ⌘F | Open Find in document, when you last clicked in the reader or it has focus. Elsewhere on the page ⌘F keeps the browser's own meaning. |
| ⌘G, ⇧⌘G | Next or previous match, while find is open. |
| Escape | Leave full screen, or close the citation bar. |
The page keys do nothing while text is selected or a modifier key is held, so that selecting and copying text is not interrupted by a page turn.
Images and digitised manuscripts
| Keys | What they do |
|---|---|
| ← → | Turn to the previous or next leaf when the leaf fits the window; pan when you have zoomed in. |
| Page Up, Page Down | Turn to the previous or next leaf, at any zoom. |
| ↑ ↓ ← → | Pan a single image, or a leaf shown on its own. |
| + − | Zoom in or out. |
Extracted text and documents
| Keys | What they do |
|---|---|
| ⌘F | Open find in the text, when the reader has focus. |
Recordings
| Keys | What they do |
|---|---|
| Escape | Leave full screen in the video player. |
| Enter or Space | On a line of the transcript, play from that line. |
Find bar
The find bar is shared by the PDF reader, the extracted text, the reading room and the transcription desk.
| Keys | What they do |
|---|---|
| Enter | Next match. |
| Shift-Enter | Previous match. |
| Escape | Clear the search; press again to close the bar. |
Highlights
| Keys | Where | What they do |
|---|---|---|
| Escape | while making a highlight | Cancel the highlight and clear the selection. |
| Enter | the highlight's Note field | Save the highlight. |
| Escape | editing a note in the annotation inspector | Stop editing the note. |
Reading room
| Keys | What they do |
|---|---|
| ⌘F | Open Find in text across the texts being read, when the reading room has focus. |
Once the bar is open, the find bar keys apply. The screen itself is described in The reading room.
Transcription desk
| Keys | What they do |
|---|---|
| ⌘F | Find in the manuscript or book. |
| ⌘Z | Undo. |
| ⇧⌘Z or ⌘Y | Redo. |
| Shift-F10 or the Menu key | Open the Mark up text menu for the selection, as a right-click does. |
| Escape | Close the markup menu, or clear the selection. |
| ← → | Switch between the Diplomatic and Expanded readings, when their tabs have focus. |
The desk is described in Transcribe a manuscript.
Ask
| Keys | What they do |
|---|---|
| ← → | On the divider between the conversation and a document beside it, narrow or widen the conversation. |
Analysis review desk
These keys work on the review desk unless you are typing in a field.
| Keys | What they do |
|---|---|
| n | Next mention that wants a look. |
| p | Previous mention that wants a look. |
| c | Confirm the selected mention, or take back its confirmation. |
| r | Reject the selected mention. |
| Escape | Let go of the selection. |
| ⌘Z | Undo the last correction. |
| ⇧⌘Z | Redo. |
Plan
These keys work in a draft's outline on the Plan screen.
| Keys | What they do |
|---|---|
| ↑ ↓ | Move to the previous or next section. |
| → | Expand a section, or move to its first subsection. |
| ← | Collapse a section, or move to its parent. |
| Home, End | Move to the first or last section. |
| Enter | Add a new section below this one, at the same level. |
| Space | Select the section. |
| Tab, Shift-Tab | Indent or outdent the section. When the move is not possible, Tab moves focus out of the outline as usual. |
| ⌘↑, ⌘↓ | Move the section up or down. |
| ⌘←, ⌘→ | Promote or demote the section. |
| ← → Home End | On the Plan screen's tabs, move between them. |
In a section's title or synopsis, Enter finishes editing; in the synopsis, Shift-Enter starts a new line.
Write
The Write screen is described in Write a draft.
| Keys | Where | What they do |
|---|---|---|
| ⌘B | editor | Bold. |
| ⌘I | editor | Italic. |
| ⌘F | editor | Find in the draft. |
| ⌘K | anywhere in Write | Open the desk palette, Find on your desk…. |
| ⌘. | anywhere in Write | Enter or leave focus mode, which hides the binder, the desk and the toolbar. |
| ⌥F10 | editor | Move to the selection bubble (Bold, Italic, Heading, Link, Cite, Look up). |
| ← → | selection bubble | Move between its buttons. |
| Escape | selection bubble | Close it. |
| ↑ ↓, Enter | desk palette | Choose an entry and open it. |
| Escape | Write | Close the open menu or side panel; if none is open, leave focus mode. |
| ← → | a panel's divider | Narrow or widen the binder or the desk. |
The binder, the list of sections beside the draft, uses the outline keys of Plan with two differences: Enter opens the section for writing, and Tab does not indent.
Pangur for Mac
The Mac app's main window shows the web client, so every shortcut above works there with ⌘. The app's own windows add one:
| Keys | Where | What they do |
|---|---|---|
| Return | Import media and Record audio windows | Press the window's main button, such as the import or stop button. |
Check for Updates… is in the Pangur menu and has no shortcut. The app is described in Pangur for Mac.
iPad and iPhone
The iPad and iPhone app is written for touch, and defines these shortcuts for a hardware keyboard. They work on an iPhone with a keyboard too.
| Keys | Where | What they do |
|---|---|---|
| ⌘F | PDF reader, reading room, transcription | Find. |
| ⌘G, ⇧⌘G | find bar | Next or previous match. |
| Escape | find bar | Close find. |
| Escape | a note in the reading room's text | Close the note. |
| ⌘K | Write | Open Find on desk. |
| ⌘. | Write | Enter or leave focus mode. |
| ↑ ↓, Return, Escape | Find on desk | Move through the results, open one, close the palette. |
| ⌘B, ⌘I | draft editor | Bold, italic. |
| p, n | analysis review desk | Previous or next mention to look at, when you are not typing. |
| c, r | review desk inspector | Confirm or reject the mention. |
| ⌘Z, ⇧⌘Z | review desk | Undo or redo. |
The app has no Go palette: ⌘K belongs to Write. To search the project, use the search field at the top of the menu.
Command-line reference
This page lists every pangur command with its arguments and options, says which project each one works in, and marks the commands that edit, delete or use Pangur's model.
Troubleshooting
This page collects the problems you are most likely to meet in Pangur, with the message each one shows, why it happens and what to do about it. Look for the message you saw, or for the area you were working in.