Sunday, 29 January 2012 20:11
Keyboard shortcuts save you time by helping you quickly do common tasks. Google Reader, the well known web RSS reader has a lot of them to help you navigate through your feeds and control them without having to leave the keyboard and catch the mouse. Here is a list with the most helpful keyboard shortcuts for Google Reader.
| Shortcut | Description | |
| J/K | Item down/up | Selects the next/previous item in the list |
| N/P | Scan down/up | In list view, selects the next item without opening it |
| O/Enter | Open/Close item | In list view, expands or collapses the selected item |
| Shift + N/P | Navigation next/previous | Selects the next/previous subscription or folder in the navigation |
| Shift + O | Navigation open subscription | Opens the subscription or folder currently selected in the navigation |
| S | Toggle star | Stars or un-stars the selected item |
| L | Toggle like | Likes or un-likes the selected item |
| V | View original | Opens the original source for this article in a new window |
| 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 |
| G H | Go to home | Goes to the Google Reader homepage |
| G A | Go to all items | Goes to the "All items" view |
| G S | go to starred items | goes to the "Starred items" view |
| G Shift + S | Go to shared items | Goes to the "Your shared items" view |
| G U | Go to subscription | Navigate to a subscription by entering the subscription name |
| 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 subscrition | Opens the "Add a subscription" box in the sidebar |
| ? | Keyboard shortcuts help | Displays a quick guide to all of Reader's shortcuts |
And here is a screenshot of the help screen which you can easily fire up with the ? to quickly remember a shortcut.
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