Bookmark ScoutKeyboard shortcuts
Search, move through folders, save the current page, and work the manager's table without the mouse.
Shortcuts in the popup and side panel never use Ctrl or Cmd, so the browser's own shortcuts with those keys, such as opening a new tab or the address bar, keep working. The bookmarks manager replaces the browser's own, so it also takes that manager's Ctrl shortcuts (Cmd on a Mac): select all, copy, cut, paste, undo, redo, and open in new tabs. Shortcuts pause while you type in a text field (Esc in the search box is the exception), while an input method is composing text, and while a dialog or menu is open.
On any page
These work with no Bookmark Scout window open. Your browser owns them, so you can change or remove them in its shortcut settings; see Save with a keyboard shortcut. In Chrome and Edge you can also give quick save the browser's bookmark key, Ctrl+D (⌘D on a Mac); see Use the bookmark key for quick save.
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| Alt+Shift+S (⌥⇧S on a Mac) | Quick save the current page to the folder from Quick Save Folder |
| Alt+Shift+D (⌥⇧D on a Mac) | Quick save the current page to the folder AI suggests |
In the notification that follows, Tab reaches Undo and the other folders, and Esc closes it.
Popup and side panel
Hover the search box for a reminder.
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| / | Focus the search box |
Esc in the search box | Clear the search; press again to leave the box |
↓ in the search box | Move to the first folder |
Enter in the search box | Save the current page into the first folder under Save to folder, which is highlighted; with no folder listed, keep the search in recent searches |
| Alt+↓ (⌥↓ on a Mac) in the empty search box | Show recent searches; ↓ / ↑ pick one, Enter searches it, Tab reaches Clear |
↓ / ↑, Home / End | Move between visible folders and bookmarks (↑ on the first row returns to search) |
→ / ← | Open or close a folder; on an open folder → moves to its first item, and ← moves to the parent folder |
Enter on a folder | Save the current page into that folder (a page already saved there is not duplicated) |
Enter on a bookmark | Open it in a new tab |
Space on a folder | Open or close it |
Bookmarks manager
Press ?, or click the keyboard button in the header, to see this list in the manager. The keys follow Chrome's bookmark manager.
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| / | Focus the search box |
| Alt+↑ or Backspace (⌥↑ or ⌫ on a Mac) | Go to the parent folder |
↓ / ↑, Home / End | Move between rows and select the row; with Shift, extend the selection; with Ctrl (Cmd on a Mac), move without selecting |
| j, k | Move to the next or previous row |
Space | Select or unselect the focused row |
| Ctrl+A (⌘A on a Mac) | Select every row the filters show, on every page |
| Esc | Clear the selection, or close a dialog or menu |
| Enter (⌘O on a Mac) | Open the selected folder, or the selected bookmarks in tabs |
| Ctrl+Enter (⌘Enter on a Mac) | Open the selection in new background tabs |
| Shift+Enter (⇧Enter on a Mac) | Open the selection in a new window |
| F2 (Enter on a Mac) | Edit the selected bookmark, or rename the folder |
| Delete (⌦ or ⌘⌫ on a Mac) | Delete the selection |
| Ctrl+Z (⌘Z on a Mac) | Undo the last change |
| Ctrl+Y or Ctrl+Shift+Z (⇧⌘Z on a Mac) | Redo |
| Ctrl+C (⌘C on a Mac) | Copy the selection; its URLs go on the clipboard |
| Ctrl+X (⌘X on a Mac) | Cut the selection, to move it with paste |
| Ctrl+V (⌘V on a Mac) | Paste after the selection, or at the end of the folder; URLs copied in another app become bookmarks |
| s | Open saved searches |
| ? | Show the keyboard shortcuts |
| Menu key or Shift+F10 (⇧F10 on a Mac) | Open the right-click menu for the focused row or folder |
In the folder tree on the left, which is also one Tab stop:
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
↓ / ↑, Home / End | Move between the folders shown |
→ / ← | Open or close a folder; on an open folder → moves to its first subfolder, and on a closed one ← moves to the parent folder |
Enter (⌘O on a Mac), or Space | Show the folder in the table |
| F2 (Enter on a Mac) | Rename the folder |
| Delete (⌦ or ⌘⌫ on a Mac) | Delete the folder |
| Ctrl+C (⌘C on a Mac), Ctrl+X (⌘X on a Mac) | Copy or cut the folder |
| Ctrl+V (⌘V on a Mac) | Paste into the folder |
The table is one stop when you press Tab; the arrow keys move between its rows. Opening more than 15 tabs at once asks first; a folder opens the bookmarks directly inside it. In the table, focus the edge of a column header and press ← or → to resize that column.
Keyboard shortcuts are covered by the Chromium and Edge automated tests, not by the Firefox ones.
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