The LivingWordAppForensic Research Station

Keyboard shortcuts

Everything in The LivingWordApp can be done from the keyboard. On a Mac, use ⌘ (Command) wherever Windows uses Ctrl, and Option wherever Windows uses Alt.

Moving around the main window
KeysWhat they do
Ctrl + 1 or Ctrl + FGo to the search box
Ctrl + 2Go to the search results
Ctrl + 3Go to the chapter text
Ctrl + 4Go to the details panel (Forensics, Strong’s and the rest)
Ctrl + 0Go to the row of module buttons
EscapeBack to the search box, with your last word selected so typing replaces it
Tab / Shift + TabNext / previous control
F1 (on a Mac, fn + F1, or Help in the menu bar)Open Help, which lists every keyboard shortcut
Searching and reading
KeysWhat they do
Ctrl + ] / Ctrl + [Next / previous chapter (across the end of a book into the next)
Return in the search resultsOpen the chosen verse in its chapter
Up / Down in the chapter textPrevious / next verse
Left / Right in the chapter textMove along the verse; hold Ctrl (Option on a Mac) to move a word at a time
Return on a wordLook the word up, as if you had clicked it
Ctrl + Alt + RSwitch the chapter between the page view and the verse list
Ctrl + SSave the current search
A Strong’s number in the search box (G26, H2617)Find every verse that carries it
Cross-refs buttonCross-references for the verse being read; Return opens one
The verse list
KeysWhat they do
Up / DownPrevious / next verse, or word
Right or Return on a verseList that verse’s words, one at a time
Return on a wordLook the word up
Left or Escape in the wordsBack to the verses, on the same verse
Escape in the versesBack to the search box
Buttons, lists and windows
KeysWhat they do
Return or Space on a buttonPress it
Return, Space or Alt + Down on a drop-down list (Book, Chapter, translation)Open the list
Up / Down on a closed drop-down listPrevious / next choice
A letter on a drop-down listJump to the first choice starting with it
Return or Space on My WorkspaceOpen its menu; arrows move, Escape closes
Ctrl + + / Ctrl + −Larger / standard text (see Larger text)
Starting the app (Windows only)
KeysWhat they do
Ctrl + Shift + KSet up, or remove, the start-up shortcut (also in My Workspace, Start-up Shortcut)
Ctrl + Alt + L, once set upStart The LivingWordApp from its drive, whatever letter Windows gave the drive, without opening File Explorer
In the module windows
KeysWhat they do
Ctrl + R in CompareGo to the report
+ / − on a Journeys mapZoom in / out
Arrow keys on a Journeys mapMove the map
Escape in JourneysBack to the search box