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Keyboard Shortcuts

Global

Shortcut Action
Ctrl+Q Quit Lifebook
Ctrl+M Toggle maximized window size
Ctrl+F Focus the search box
Ctrl++ Increase font size
Ctrl+- Decrease font size
Ctrl+0 Reset font size
Ctrl+N Open add entry
Ctrl+T Show or hide the filter column
Escape Close menus/dialogs where possible, hide the filter column when no search or overlay is active

Timeline List View

Shortcut Action
Enter Open the selected/hovered entry
Home Scroll to top
End Scroll to bottom
PageUp Scroll one page up
PageDown Scroll one page down

Calendar View

Shortcut Action
Up Scroll one week up in month view
Down Scroll one week down in month view
PageUp Scroll one page up
PageDown Scroll one page down
Enter Confirm typed year in the year selector

Overlay View

Shortcut Action
Escape Close nested dialog, cancel edit mode, return from collection item to parent album, or close overlay
Ctrl+E Enter edit mode when the sidebar is visible
Up Show previous visible entry
Down Show next visible entry
Left Show previous item in current collection
Right Show next item in current collection
Space Play or pause audio/video when not editing
Ctrl+S Save edit mode
Enter Save edit mode from single-line fields
Home Scroll text or album content to top
End Scroll text or album content to bottom
PageUp Scroll text or album content one page up
PageDown Scroll text or album content one page down
Shortcut Action
Escape Clear search text if present
Escape again Hide the search popup and return focus to the list or overlay

Media Player

Shortcut or gesture Action
Space in overlay Play or pause audio/video
Mouse wheel over player Adjust volume
Progress slider Seek through audio/video
Remaining time label Toggle remaining-time display behavior