NCSA Mosaic for MS Windows User Guide: Tips and Tricks

Shortcut Keys

Mosaic is a mouse-dependent application. Keyboard keys can be used as shortcuts to different Mosaic functions. The shortcuts are activated from using one of the following:

When using a Ctrl or Alt shortcut key combination, hold either the Ctrl or Alt key down and press the listed key for the desired shortcut. Most shortcuts are listed in the pulldown menus next to the respective function and are summarized here.

Menu Item Shortcut Keys

Keyboard combination
Menu, Option
Ctrl+O
File, Open Document...
Ctrl+L
File, Open Local File
Ctrl+S
File, Save (current document)
Ctrl+P
File, Print (current document)
Ctrl+C
Edit, Copy
Ctrl+V
Edit, Paste
Alt+F3
Edit, Find
F3
Edit, Find next
Alt+T
Options, Show Toolbar (toggle on/off)
Alt+S
Options, Show Status Bar (toggle on/off)
Alt+L
Options, Show Location Bar (toggle on/off)
Alt+P
Options, Presentation Mode
Alt+ENTER
Options, Preferences
Key
Action
B
backward one link into history
F
forward one link into history
A
add current to hotlist
R
reload current document
H
return to home page
S
stops transfer

Scrolling

You can scroll through a document using the keyboard.

Keyboard combination
Action
Up arrow
up one unit
Down arrow
down one unit
Left arrow
to previous anchor (if anchor highlighting is selected in the Preference menu)
Right arrow
to next anchor (if anchor highlighting is selected in the Preference menu)
Page up
up one page
Page down
down one page
NOTE: The left and right arrow functions are only active when the Current Anchor Highlighting function is active (from the Options menu, select Preferences then Anchor).

Changing Fonts Quickly

If you want to change your fonts quickly, use the plus and minus keys. Each click move all the fonts used in your display a size larger or smaller. This is a faster way to make font changes than using the Preferences:Font menu, where you modify individual elements. See "Fonts" on page 4-11 for more information.

Keyboard combination
Action
+ and - keys
changes all fonts in the Document View window proportionally

Location Bar

With the keyboard combinations below, Mosaic switches its focus to the location bar and enters the following prefix in the command line.

Keyboard combination
Action
Ctrl+H
http://
Ctrl+F
ftp://
Ctrl+G
gopher://
Ctrl+N
news:
Ctrl+M
mailto: