Shortcut Keys for Google Reader
Google Reader is one of my favorite feed readers that I use it almost every day on my computer, iPad, as well as iPhone. Google not only provide a single window for all updated contents from your favorites websites/weblogs, but it also having the innovative features such as sharing, tagging, auto-sorting etc.
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To make the product more user friendly, Google Reader come with a long list of shortcut key to save your time when browsing the feed. The most common use shortcut keys that I use are J, K (to navigate forward and backend) and V (to open the original source for the article in new window).
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Here is the list of useful shortcut key come with Google Reader:
| Navigation | ||
| j/k | item down/up | selects the next/previous item in the list |
| space/shift-space | page down/up | moves the page down/up |
| n/p | scan down/up | in list view, selects the next item without opening it |
| shift-n/p | navigation down/up | selects the next/previous subscription or folder in the navigation |
| shift-x | navigation expand/collapse | expands or collapses a folder selected in the navigation |
| o | open/close item | in list view, expands or collapses the selected item |
| enter | open/close item | in list view, expands or collapses the selected item |
| shift-o | navigation open subscription | opens the subscription or folder currently selected in the navigation |
| – | zoom out | decreases the font size of the current item |
| = | zoom in | increases the font size of the current item |
| Acting on Items | ||
| s | toggle star | stars or un-stars the selected item |
| l | toggle like | likes or un-likes the selected item |
| shift-s | toggle share | shares or un-shares the selected item |
| shift-d | share with note | shares the selected item with a note |
| v | view original | opens the original source for this article in a new window |
| t | tag an item | opens the tagging field for the selected item |
| m | mark as read/unread | switches the read status of the selected item |
| shift-a | mark all as read | marks all items in the current view as read |
| e | email item | opens the email form to send an item to a friend |
| Jumping | ||
| g then h | go to home | goes to the Google Reader homepage |
| g then a | go to all items | goes to the “All items” view |
| g then s | go to starred items | goes to the “Starred items” view |
| g then shift-s | go to shared items | goes to the “Your shared items” view |
| g then u | go to subscription | allows you to navigate to a subscription by entering the subscription name |
| g then t | go to tag | allows you to navigate to a tag by entering the tag name |
| g then f | go to friend | allows you to navigate to a friend’s shared items by entering the friend’s name |
| g then shift-f | go to all friends’ shared items | shows all of your friends’ shared items |
| g then shift-t | go to trends | goes to the “Trends” view |
| g then d | go to feed discovery | shows the recommendations page, or the browse page if there are no recommendations |
| Application | ||
| r | refresh | refreshes the unread counts in the navigation |
| f | toggle full screen mode | displays reading list in full screen mode |
| u | toggle subscription list display | hides or shows the list of subscriptions |
| 1 | expanded view | displays the subscription as expanded items |
| 2 | list view | displays the subscription as a list of headlines |
| / | search | moves your cursor to the search box |
| a | add a subscription | opens the “Add a subscription” box in the sidebar |
| ? | keyboard shortcuts help | displays a quick guide to all of Reader’s shortcuts |
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