List of Tables
+A number of common actions within the graphical + interface can be triggered through keyboard shortcuts. As + of Recoll 1.29, many of + the shortcut values can be customised from a screen in + the GUI preferences. Most shortcuts are specific to a + given context (e.g. within a preview window, within the + result table).
+Table 3.1. Keyboard + shortcuts
+| Description | +Default value | +
|---|---|
| Context: almost + everywhere | +|
| Program exit | +Ctrl+Q | +
| Context: advanced + search | +|
| Load next stored search | +Up | +
| Load previous stored + search | +Down | +
| Context: main + window | +|
| Clear search | +Ctrl+S | +
| Move keyboard focus to the + search entry area | +Ctrl+L | +
| Move keyboard focus to the + search entry area | +Ctrl+Shift+S | +
| Toggle displaying results as + table or list | +Ctrl+T | +
| Context: main window, when + showing the results as a + table | +|
| Move the keyboard focus to the + result table | +Ctrl+R | +
| Jump to row 0-9 or a-z | +Ctrl+[0-9] or [a-z] | +
| Cancel current selection | +Esc | +
| Context: preview + window | +|
| Close the preview window | +Esc | +
| Close the current tab | +Ctrl+W | +
| Print current tab + contents | +Ctrl+P | +
| Load the next result in the + current tab | +Shift+Down | +
| Load the previous result in + the current tab | +Shift+Up | +
| Context: result + table | +|
| Copy the current result + document text contents to the clipboard | +Ctrl+G | +
| Open the current result + document and quit | +Ctrl+Shift+O | +
| Open the current result + document | +Ctrl+O | +
| Preview the current + result | +Ctrl+D | +
| Toggle showing the table + header | +Ctrl+H | +
| Open snippets window for the + current result | +Ctrl+E | +
| Toggle showing row + numbers | +Ctrl+V | +
| Context: snippets + window | +|
| Close the snippets window | +Esc | +
| Find in snippets | +Ctrl+F | +
| Find (alt) | +/ | +
| Find next | +F3 | +
| Find previous | +Shift+F3 | +
Term completion. Typing Esc Space in the simple - search entry field while entering a word will either - complete the current word if its beginning matches a - unique term in the index, or open a window to propose a - list of completions.
+Term completion. While typing into the + simple search entry, a popup menu will appear and show + completions for the current string. Values preceded by + a clock icon come from the history, those preceded by a + magnifier icon come from the index terms. This can be + disabled in the preferences.
Picking up new terms from result or preview text. Double-clicking on a word in the result list or in a preview window will copy it to the simple @@ -4145,70 +4352,16 @@ fs.inotify.max_user_watches=32768 description of what the query looked for, including stem expansion, and Boolean operators used, by clicking on the result list header.
-Advanced search history. As of - Recoll 1.18, you can - display any of the last 100 complex searches performed - by using the up and down arrow keys while the advanced - search panel is active.
-Browsing the result list inside a preview - window. Entering Shift-Down or - Shift-Up - (Shift + - an arrow key) in a preview window will display the next - or the previous document from the result list. Any - secondary search currently active will be executed on - the new document.
-Scrolling the result list from the - keyboard. You can use PageUp and - PageDown - to scroll the result list, Shift+Home to go back - to the first page. These work even while the focus is - in the search entry.
-Result table: moving the focus to the - table. You can use Ctrl-r to move the - focus from the search entry to the table, and then use - the arrow keys to change the current row. Ctrl-Shift-s returns - to the search.
-Result table: open / preview. With the - focus in the result table, you can use Ctrl-o to open the - document from the current row, Ctrl-Shift-o to open - the document and close recoll, Ctrl-d to preview the - document, and Ctrl-e to open the - document snippets window.
-Editing a new search while the focus is not in - the search entry. You can use the Ctrl-Shift-S shortcut - to return the cursor to the search entry (and select - the current search text), while the focus is anywhere - in the main window.
+Advanced search history. You can display + any of the last 100 complex searches performed by using + the up and down arrow keys while the advanced search + panel is active.
Forced opening of a preview window. You
can use Shift+Click on a
result list Preview link
to force the creation of a preview window instead of a
new tab in the existing one.
Closing previews. Entering Ctrl-W in a tab will - close it (and, for the last tab, close the preview - window). Entering Esc will close the - preview window and all its tabs.
-Printing previews. Entering Ctrl-P in a preview - window will print the currently displayed text.
-Quitting. Entering Ctrl-Q almost anywhere - will close the application.