You can use your keyboard to quickly accomplish many tasks in Vienna. To find the shortcuts for common commands, look in the menus (or see the list at the bottom of this page). Many items in Vienna such as the folder pane and the article list pane also have contextual menus. To see a contextual menu, press the Control key and click the item.
To do an action, press the shortcut keys indicated below.
Key | Action |
Single Key Shortcuts | |
f | Opens the filter bar and puts the focus on the filter search field. |
h | Puts the focus on the search articles field. |
k | Marks the current folder read. |
m | Toggles the selected articles flagged or unflagged. |
n | Moves to the next unread article. |
r | Toggles the selected articles read and unread. |
u | Toggles the selected articles read and unread. |
s | Marks the current folder read then skips to the next folder with unread articles. |
< | Displays the previous viewed article or web page. |
> | Displays the next viewed article or web page. |
Left | Moves the focus to the folder list if it is currently in the article list. |
Right | Moves the focus to the article list if it is currently in the folder list. |
Spacebar | Moves to the next unread article unless the current article has more text to scroll in which case it scrolls the current article up one page. |
Enter/Return | Opens the selected article's original web page. |
Delete/Backspace | Moves the selected articles to the Trash folder. If this key is used in the Trash folder, the selected articles are permanently deleted. |
General Shortcuts | |
Alt-Click | Open the clicked link, overriding your preference for opening links in external browser. |
Shift-Command-B | Opens the filter bar. |
Command-N | Create a new subscription. |
Shift-Command-F | Create a smart folder. |
Shift-Command-E | Edit the selected folder URL or edit a smart folder criteria. |
Shift-Command-D | Delete the selected folder. |
Command-C | Copies the selected text to the clipboard. If the focus is on an article, it copies the article details to the clipboard. |
Command-H | Hides the Vienna main window. |
Alt-Command-H | Hides all other application windows but keeps the Vienna main window visible. |
Command-I | Displays the Info window for the selected folder. |
Command-L | Puts the focus on the address bar of the current tab. Or if no browser is open and has the focus, opens a new tab and puts the focus on the address bar. |
Shift-Command-N | Rename the selected folder. |
Command-R | Refreshes all subscriptions. |
Shift-Command-R | Refresh only those subscriptions selected in the folder list. |
Control-Command-S | Stops any active refresh. |
Command-P | Print the selected articles. |
Shift-Command-P | Brings up the Page Setup panel. |
Command-Q | Exit Vienna. |
Command-T | Opens a new tab and puts the focus on the address bar. |
Command-U | Moves to the next unread article. |
Command-Z | Undoes the last action, if it can be undone. |
Command-/ | Toggles the status bar on or off. |
Command-+ | Increases the size of the text in the current article or web page. |
Command-- | Decreases the size of the text in the current article or web page. |
Command-, | Opens the Vienna preferences panel. |
Alt-Command-Backspace | Empties the trash folder after prompting for confirmation. |
Command-? | Displays the Vienna help book. |
Articles Shortcuts | |
Alt-Enter/Alt-Return | Opens the selected article's original web page, overriding your preference for opening links in external browser. |
Shift-Command-Z | Redo the last action, if it was previously undone. |
Shift-Command-M | Flags the selected articles. |
Shift-Command-U | Marks the selected articles read. |
Alt-Command-S | Uses your default mail application to send a link to the current article by e-mail. |
Shift-Command-S | Marks the current folder read then skips to the next folder with unread articles. |
Shift-Command-O | Restores an article from the trash back to its original folder. |
Shift-Command-K | Marks all articles in the selected folders read. |
Alt-Command-K | Marks all articles in all folders read. |
Window Shortcuts | |
Command-W | Closes the active tab window if one is open. Otherwise if no tabs are open, this closes the Vienna window. |
Alt-Command-W | Closes all tab windows. Note that this command replaces the Close Tab command on the File menu when the Alt key is held down. |
Alt-Command-Left | Displays the previous tab window. |
Alt-Command-Right | Displays the next tab window. |
Command-M | Minimizes the Vienna window to the dock. |
Command-0 | Displays the activity log viewer window. |
Command-1 | Reopens the Vienna window if it was previously closed. |
Command-2 | Displays the Downloads window. |
Browser Window Shortcuts | |
Alt-R | Reloads the current web page. |
Command-Period | Cancels loading of the current web page. |
Command-[/Command-Left | Goes back to the previous web page. |
Command-]/Command-Right | Goes forward to the next web page. |
Command-F | Puts the input focus in the search field. Entering some text here and pressing Enter will search for that text on the current web page. |
Command-G | Searches for the next occurrence of the search text on the web page. |