Keyboard shortcuts in Bookmark Buddy

Keyboard shortcuts

Navigating around the Bookmark Buddy window

To move keyboard focus to:
the next list box	Right cursor key or Tab
the previous list box	Left cursor key or Shift+Tab
the next list or edit box	Tab
the previous list or edit box	Shift+Tab
the first (category) list box	Alt+1 or Alt+C
the second (subcategory) list box	Alt+2 or Alt+S
the third (bookmark) list box	Alt+3 or Alt+T
the bookmark address edit box	Alt+U
the Find edit box	Alt+F
Show/hide the note window	F5
Extended notes (Bookmark Buddy only)	Shift+F5
Open the note window ready to start typing	Alt+F5

Opening a bookmark

Open currently-highlighted bookmark when bookmark title has keyboard focus:	Ctrl+O Return key
Open a new bookmark in a blank browser window	Ctrl+Shift+N or hot key
Open a blank browser window	Ctrl+B
Temporarily switch preference for opening in new or frontmost window	hold down Shift key
Temporarily switch preference for auto-minimising Bookmark Buddy	hold down Alt key

Organizing your URLs

To mark an item	Ctrl + Click or Ctrl + X
To sort items in selected list box	Ctrl + Cursor Down

Other useful shortcuts

Start search when Find edit box has focus:	Ctrl+F Return key
Find next occurrence of Find text	Bookmark Buddy: F3 URL Organizer: Ctrl+F or Return key
Add a new bookmark	Ctrl+N
Fetch URL from frontmost browser window	Ctrl+E or hot key
Copy selected bookmark URL to the clipboard	Ctrl+C
Re-activate URL Organizer	hot key

The rest

Most shortcuts are also indicated on the program's menus. All shortcuts are documented in the help notes: in Bookmark Buddy, select Keyboard shortcuts from the Help menu. In URL Organizer, open the help notes and navigate to Using URL Organizer, Keyboard Shortcuts.

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