Keyboard shortcuts
Fifteen actions have a shortcut you can change; a few keys are fixed. The menus, on both systems, are listed at the end.
Changing a shortcut
Settings > Keyboard shortcuts: press the key chip, then press the new combination. It must include Cmd or Ctrl (or be a function key), it may not be one another action already uses, and "↺" puts a single row back while "Reset all shortcuts" puts them all back.
The shortcuts
| What it does | macOS | Windows |
|---|---|---|
| New tab | Cmd+T | Ctrl+T |
| Close tab | Cmd+W | Ctrl+W |
| Reload | Cmd+R | Ctrl+R, and F5 |
| Back | Cmd+[ | Ctrl+[ |
| Forward | Cmd+] | Ctrl+] |
| Address bar | Cmd+L | Ctrl+L |
| Show or hide the rail | Cmd+Shift+K | Ctrl+Shift+K |
| Split view (and back to one page) | Cmd+Shift+D | Ctrl+Shift+D |
| Settings | Cmd+, | Ctrl+, |
| History | Cmd+Y | Ctrl+Y, and Ctrl+H |
| Downloads | Cmd+J | Ctrl+J |
| Next pane | Cmd+Option+Right | Ctrl+Alt+Right |
| Previous pane | Cmd+Option+Left | Ctrl+Alt+Left |
| Next tab | Cmd+Shift+] | Ctrl+Shift+] |
| Previous tab | Cmd+Shift+[ | Ctrl+Shift+[ |
Fixed keys
Cmd+1 to Cmd+9 (Ctrl+1 to Ctrl+9) go to that tab, and 9 always means the last one; Cmd+Q quits on macOS (Windows has Exit in the menu). The address bar's own keys are in section 3.
The menus
macOS has the menu bar; Windows has the same items under the "≡" button in the title bar.
- Kestrel Browser (macOS): About, Settings, Check for Updates, Report a Problem, Welcome Tour, User Guide, Send Anonymous Statistics, Quit Kestrel Browser.
- File: New Tab, Close Tab; on Windows also Settings and Exit.
- Edit: Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Select All.
- View: Reload, Back, Forward, Open Location, Toggle Rail, Split View, Next Pane, Previous Pane.
- Tabs: Next Tab, Previous Tab, Tab 1 to Tab 9.
- Help (Windows): User Guide, Welcome Tour, Report a Problem, the statistics switch, Check for Updates, About.
User Guide opens this guide, kestrelbrowser.com/docs, in a tab (in the version after v0.4.1).