Presented here are a list of the keyboard and double-click shortcuts available in OmniWeb. Learning these shortcuts can make using OmniWeb significantly faster and more convenient.
"g" | Jumps to URL textfield. |
Up Arrow, Shift-Tab | Selects previous anchor on web page. |
Down Arrow, Tab | Selects next anchor on web page. |
Right Arrow | If anchor is selected, follows the link. |
Left Arrow | Go back to previous page. |
"a" | Stop the download. |
"b", Backspace, Alt-Space | Scroll up one screenful. |
Space | Scroll down one screenful. |
"d" | Scroll down half screenful. |
"u" | Scroll up half screenful. |
Page Up | Scroll up one screenful in a framed page. |
Page Down | Scroll down one screenful in a framed page. |
Alt-click a link | Displays URL text in browser text field without following link. |
Alt-click-drag a link | A link's URL can be dragged/dropped into bookmark window without following link. |
Command-click a link | Transfers link contents to download directory, without following link. |
Alt-drag a link | Drags new window for current link. |
Command-drag a link | Drags file that current link points to. |
Control-drag a link | Drags a link out of text. |
Control-click a link, right-click a link | Selects a link without following it. |
Shift-Tab, Left Arrow | Promotes (unindents) selected bookmark. |
Tab, Right Arrow | Demotes (indents) selected bookmark &emdash; it becomes a child of the bookmark directly above it. |
Up Arrow | Selects previous bookmark. |
Down Arrow | Selects next bookmark. |
Backspace, Delete | Deletes selected bookmark, and all of its children, if it has any. |
Return | With a bookmark selected, creates blank entry. |
Double-click a ![]() | Opens a browser and loads URL; or, if browser window is already open, loads URL in existing browser, depending on action determined in Bookmarks Inspector Panel. |
Double-click a ![]() | Loads URL and all of its links into a new bookmark window. |
"a" | Stops the (above described) download. |
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