Keyboard shortcuts
Status: available from 0.1.0-beta.2; the shortcuts of the page tools and for new and private windows from 0.1.0-beta.4.
Astela uses the shortcuts that are usual on each operating system. They work the same way in the address bar and in web pages. Shortcuts cannot be changed yet; a shortcut editor is planned for 0.1.0, see the roadmap.
Windows and Linux
Section titled “Windows and Linux”| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| New tab | Ctrl+T |
| New window | Ctrl+N |
| New private window | Ctrl+Shift+N |
| Close the tab | Ctrl+W or Ctrl+F4 |
| Reopen the last closed tab | Ctrl+Shift+T |
| Next tab | Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+Page Down |
| Previous tab | Ctrl+Shift+Tab or Ctrl+Page Up |
| Back | Alt+Left Arrow or the keyboard’s Back key |
| Forward | Alt+Right Arrow or the keyboard’s Forward key |
| Reload | F5 or Ctrl+R |
| Go to the address bar | Ctrl+L, Alt+D or F6 |
| Open the history | Ctrl+H |
| Open the downloads | Ctrl+J |
| Bookmark the page | Ctrl+D |
| Open the bookmarks | Ctrl+Shift+O |
| Show or hide the bookmarks bar | Ctrl+Shift+B |
| Reload without the cache | Ctrl+Shift+R, Shift+F5 or Ctrl+F5 |
| Find in the page | Ctrl+F |
| Next match | F3 or Ctrl+G |
| Previous match | Shift+F3 or Ctrl+Shift+G |
| Zoom in | Ctrl+Plus or Ctrl+= |
| Zoom out | Ctrl+- |
| Actual size | Ctrl+0 |
| Full screen | F11 |
Ctrl+P |
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| Save the page | Ctrl+S |
| View the source | Ctrl+U |
| Developer tools | F12 or Ctrl+Shift+I |
None of these shortcuts combines Ctrl and Alt. Windows reports the AltGr key as Ctrl+Alt, so AltGr keeps typing characters such as @, € or {.
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| New tab | Command+T |
| New window | Command+N |
| New private window | Command+Shift+N |
| Close the tab | Command+W |
| Reopen the last closed tab | Command+Shift+T |
| Next tab | Control+Tab, Command+Option+Right Arrow or Command+Shift+] |
| Previous tab | Control+Shift+Tab, Command+Option+Left Arrow or Command+Shift+[ |
| Back | Command+[ |
| Forward | Command+] |
| Reload | Command+R |
| Go to the address bar | Command+L |
| Open the settings | Command+, |
| Open the history | Command+Y |
| Open the downloads | Command+Option+L |
| Bookmark the page | Command+D |
| Open the bookmarks | Command+Shift+O |
| Show or hide the bookmarks bar | Command+Shift+B |
| Reload without the cache | Command+Shift+R |
| Find in the page | Command+F |
| Next match | Command+G |
| Previous match | Command+Shift+G |
| Zoom in | Command+Plus or Command+= |
| Zoom out | Command+- |
| Actual size | Command+0 |
| Full screen | Control+Command+F |
Command+P |
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| Save the page | Command+S |
| View the source | Command+Option+U |
| Developer tools | Command+Option+I |
Command+Left Arrow and Command+Right Arrow move the cursor to the start and the end of the line, as everywhere on macOS, so they do not go back and forward. Command+Tab switches between apps.
On keyboard layouts that need Option, or Option and Shift, to type [ and ], such as German or French, press Command together with the keys that type the bracket.
The back and forward buttons of a mouse go back and forward in the current tab, over the page as well as over the toolbar. On Windows and Linux, Ctrl and the mouse wheel zoom the page in and out.
Other layouts and input methods
Section titled “Other layouts and input methods”Letter shortcuts also work with keyboard layouts for other scripts, such as Cyrillic, Greek, Arabic or Devanagari. They use the key that carries the letter on an English keyboard. The shortcuts with [ and ] on macOS do the same on layouts that type letters of another script on these keys, such as Russian or Arabic. Shortcuts with a digit use the key of the digit on layouts that type a letter there, such as Ctrl+0 on French or Czech layouts. On macOS, shortcuts with Option, such as Command+Option+I, use the key of the letter, whatever character Option types with it.
While an input method composes text, for example in Japanese or Chinese, its keys belong to the input method and do not run shortcuts.
Shortcuts in web pages
Section titled “Shortcuts in web pages”The browser handles these shortcuts before the page sees the key, so a web page cannot use them for its own functions. All other keys go to the page.