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Keyboard shortcuts

On a computer, most of Skyreader works from the keyboard. Press ? anywhere to see the list in the app. Shortcuts stay out of the way while you’re typing in a box. A few, marked below, need you to be signed in.

KeyDoes
jnext item (in the reader, next paragraph)
kprevious item (in the reader, previous paragraph)
Enterexpand or collapse the item (in the Queue, open it)
fread the item full screen (in feeds)
oopen the original in a new tab
[previous feed
]next feed
gopen the view switcher
/open search (Supporter); otherwise search your Queue, or open the switcher
KeyOpens
0Home
1Feeds
2Queue
3Linkblog (unless you’ve deleted it)
4Highlights (signed in)
5Discover (signed in)
6Manage Sources
7Settings (signed in)
8the review deck, once you have highlights
KeyDoes
ssave, or unsave
earchive a save, or bring it back to the inbox
mmark read, or unread
Shift Amark everything in the feed you’re looking at read
ttag the item
hhighlight the paragraph, or remove its highlight
Shift Ffetch the full article, when the feed sent only a summary
Shift Sshare to your linkblog, or unshare
KeyDoes
cshow the article’s Contents
j / knext or previous paragraph (in page view, next or previous page)
↓ / ↑next or previous paragraph
Shift +larger text, or zoom in on a PDF’s original pages (signed in)
Shift -smaller text, or zoom out (signed in)
Shift 0reset the text size, or fit a PDF to the width (signed in)
Escclose the reader
KeyDoes
aopen Add to Skyreader
uswitch between unread and everything
?show the shortcuts
Escclose an image or a dialog, or clear the selection

The review deck and search have a few keys of their own, listed on their pages.