Most keyboard shortcuts are indicated on the menus: this list is a selection of the most useful.
F1 | Open Help Notes (context sensitive) |
F12 | Minimize Bookmark Buddy |
Alt+F4 | Exit Bookmark Buddy |
F5 | Show/hide Note window (without activating it) |
Shift+F5 | Extend/contract Note window |
Alt+F5 | Activate Note window |
Ctrl+L | Fill out last-active log-in form |
Ctrl+E | Fetch bookmark from frontmost web browser tab |
Ctrl+Shift+N | Enter a bookmark to open in a new browser window |
Alt+F | Make Find box active and select search text |
F3 | Highlight next search match |
Shift+F3 | Highlight previous search match |
Ctrl+Shift+F | Open Advanced Search window (also right-click on Search button) |
Ctrl+Shift+click | Mark/unmark all items between the currently selected and the clicked item |
Ctrl+Shift+C | Unmark all marked items |
Ctrl+V | Move marked items in active* list level |
Ctrl+Down | Sort items in active* list level |
Ctrl+B | Make selected item bold/unbold |
Ctrl+C | Copy selected bookmark’s address to clipboard |
Ctrl+Shift+L | Copy log-in name to clipboard |
Ctrl+Shift+P | Copy log-in password to clipboard |
Ctrl+D | Insert current date at text cursor (in Notes box) |
Alt+C or 1 | Make Category list box or menu active |
Alt+S or 2 | Make Subcategory list box or menu active |
Alt+B or 3 | Make Bookmark list box active |
F2 | Edit item in active* list level |
Alt+Shift+C or 1 | Edit selected category |
Alt+Shift+S or 2 | Edit selected subcategory |
Alt+Shift+B or 3 | Edit selected bookmark |
Tab | Advance to next list or text box |
Shift+Tab | Return to previous list or text box |
Cursor Right | Advance to next list box |
Cursor Left | Advance to previous list box |
Alt+A | Move cursor to bookmark address field |
Alt+N | Move cursor to note field |
Alt+L | Move cursor to log-in field |
Alt+P | Move cursor to password field |
Alt+R | Move cursor to rating field |
Alt+K | Move cursor to keywords field |
Return/Enter | With caret in the search box: Start/cancel search;
With bookmark title list in focus: Open bookmark**;
With caret in an edit box and highlighted: Add bookmark/title.
With caret in an edit box and highlighted: Finish editing and move focus to search box. |
Ctrl+<digit> | Switch to a different bookmark list (see File menu) |
Ctrl+Tab | Switch to bookmark list containing marked items or to previously open list |
*The active list level is the list box that responds to keyboard input. If the window style is standard Windows, this is indicated by a dashed line around the selected item in the list. With the custom window style, this is indicated by a red (by default) border line around the list box.
**When you open a bookmark, you can change the default behavior by holding down either the Shift or Alt key as follows:
• | Hold down Shift key: Open bookmark with the frontmost/new tab default switched. |
• | Hold down Alt key: Open bookmark then minimize Bookmark Buddy (or, if auto-minimize is set, do not minimize Bookmark Buddy). |
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