This section summarizes EagleFiler’s built-in keyboard shortcuts. Many other
keyboard shortcuts are available in the menus, and you can search the menu
commands using the Search field in the Help menu. You can customize the
keyboard shortcuts from the Keyboard pane in System Settings. You can
even add keyboard shortcuts for your favorite named text styles.
- Importing
- F1
- Capture Key. (Depending on your settings in System Settings, you
may need to press fn-F1.)
- Option-F1
- Capture with options. (Depending on your settings in System
Settings, you may need to press fn-Option-F1.)
- Command-Shift-1
The “EagleFiler: Import” system service. Type this from another
application to import the selected text or URL into EagleFiler.
- Command-Shift-Option-1
The “EagleFiler: Import With Options” system service. Type this from
another application to import the selected text or URL into EagleFiler.
EagleFiler will show the options window so that you can set the
destination folder, label, tags, notes, etc.
- Batch Change
- Shift-Command-A
- Append.
- Shift-Command-R
- Replace.
- Command-3
- Choose label.
- Enter or Command-Return
- OK.
- Capture With Options and Quick Entry
- Command-1
- Choose library.
- Command-2
- Choose folder. Then you can select a folder by typing the first few
letters of its name.
- Command-3
- Choose label.
- Command-K
- Reset.
- Enter or Command-Return
- Capture or Save.
- Control-Shift-Tab
- Select the previous tab (Metadata, Source, Text). The shortcut is
Command-{ on macOS 10.11 and earlier.
- Control-Tab
- Select the next tab (Metadata, Source, Text). The shortcut is Command-}
on macOS 10.11 and earlier.
- Info inspector
- Command-click title bar
- Show a path menu for the file being inspected.
- Command-I
- Open the Info inspector and bring it to the front.
- Command-Option-I
- Open the Info inspector without bringing it to the front.
- Command-Shift-E
- Open the Info inspector with the Notes field ready for editing.
- Command-Shift-T
- Make the tags field active.
- Tags inspector
- Spacebar
- Toggle whether the tag is assigned to the selected records.
- Navigating browser windows
- Command-Option-F
- Make the search field active.
- Command-Shift-T
- Make the tag bar active.
- Tab (in source list) or Control-Shift-Tab (in record viewer)
- Make the records list active.
- Tab (in records list) or Shift-Tab (in source list)
- Make the record viewer active.
- Control-Tab (in record viewer) or Shift-Tab (in records list)
- Make the source list active.
- Editing a rich text file or notes
- Option-Tab
- Begin a new bulleted list.
- Tab
- Increase the indentation of the current list item.
- Shift-Tab
- Decrease the indentation of the current list item.
- Records list
- Enter or Return
- Edit the filename of the selected record.
- Option-Enter or Option-Return
- Edit the title of the selected record.
- Delete
- Delete the selected records (if viewing multiple sources or a folder) or
untag them (if viewing a tag).
- Option-Delete
- Delete the selected records (even if viewing a tag).
- Command–Up Arrow
- View the container of the current folder or mailbox (i.e. go up a
level in the hierarchy).
- Command–Down Arrow
- View the contents of the selected folder or mailbox (i.e. go down a
level in the hierarchy).
- Down Arrow or Command-Control–Down Arrow
- View the next record. Down Arrow works in the records list. Spacebar
works in the records list and in uneditable viewers.
Command-Control–Down arrow works everywhere, even from an inspector
window.
- Up Arrow or Command-Control–Up Arrow
- View the previous record.
- Left Arrow
- Change the keyboard focus to the source list.
- Double-click
- Open a folder or mailbox in the same window, like Contents of
Record, or open a file in the external viewer.
- Command-double-click
- Open With External Viewer.
- Option-double-click
- Open Source URL.
- Shift
- Hold the Shift key while mousing over a record to see the tooltip
faster. The tooltip shows the path and source URL.
- Spacebar
- Quick Look
- Option-Spacebar
- Slideshow
- Three-Finger Swipe Left
- Select the previous record.
- Three-Finger Swipe Right
- Select the next record.
- Source list
- Left/Right Arrow
- Collapse or expand the selected sources. If the selected source is
already expanded and you press Right Arrow, changes the keyboard focus
to the records list and selects the first record.
- Option-Left/Right Arrow (or Option-click disclosure triangle)
- Collapse or expand the selected sources and all their children.
- Command-click
- Select multiple sources at once.
- Command–Up Arrow
- Select the enclosing folder in the source list.
- Double-click
- Open in New Window.
- Enter or Return
- Edit the filename of the selected source.
- Type-selection
- Type the first few letters of a source’s name to select it.
- Dragging from Source list or Records list
- Drag to Finder
- Create a copy of the file.
- Command-Option-Drag to Finder
- Hold down before starting the drag to create an alias of the file.
- Command-drag to a tag source
- Assign that tag and unassign all others.
- Drag to an EagleFiler browser window
- Copy the record to another library.
- Drag to Terminal
- Enter the file’s path.
- Hiding
- Option-click on another application
- Switch to that application and hide EagleFiler. While hidden,
EagleFiler will temporarily show itself if you press the Capture with
options key and then re-hide itself automatically.
- Option-click on an EagleFiler window
- Bring EagleFiler to the front and hide the other applications.
- Double-click on the horizontal split bar
- Hide or show the record viewer.
- Tags Bar
- Command-Shift-T
- Move the focus to the tags bar.
- Return or Comma
- End the current tag so that you can begin typing the next one.
- Tab
- Move focus to the search field. Press Tab-Tab to move to the source
list or Tab-Tab-Tab to move to the records list.
- Toolbar
- Option-click New RTF
- Creates a new plain text file.
- Option-click Tags
- Opens the Tag Cloud window.
- Windows
- Command-`
- Move focus to next window.
- Command-Shift-`
- Move focus to previous window.