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Keyboard shortcuts

Every default key in Arx, the commands you can bind yourself, and how to change any of them.

This page is a first draft. It may change before the public beta.

Keep your hands on the keys. These are Arx's defaults, and you can change any of them in Settings → Shortcuts.

Recording planned

Press ⌘K, type a few letters, press Return; then ⌘S to hide the sidebar and hover the left edge to bring it back.

Get around

Open Command Bar⌘K
Search or Enter URL (edit the address)⌘L
Toggle Sidebar⌘S
Back⌘[
Forward⌘]
Settings⌘,

Tabs

New Tab⌘T
Close Tab⌘W
Reopen Last Closed Tab⇧⌘T
Pin tab (Bookmark Tab)⌘B
Duplicate Tab⌘D
Copy Current URL⇧⌘C

On a pinned tab or a Favorite, ⌘W resets it to its saved page and unloads it. It doesn't delete it.

Windows

New window⌘N
New Incognito Window⇧⌘N
New Little Arx window⌥⌘A
Quit Arx⌘Q

Pages

Find in Page⌘F
Find Next⌘G
Find Previous⇧⌘G
Reload⌘R
Reload Ignoring Cache⌥⌘R
Clear Cache and Reload⇧⌘R
Developer Tools (developer mode)⌥⌘I
Open a link in Peek⇧Click
Open a link in Little Arx⌥⌘Click
Open a link in Peek (trackpad)ForceClick

All three can be changed or turned off in Settings → Links. See Peek and Little Arx.

In the sidebar

Rename the selected rowReturn
Rename a tabDouble-click
Open a folder's tabs⌘Return
Open a folder's tabs and its subfolders'⇧⌘Return
Delete a folderDelete
Ungroup a folder⇧⌘G
Move Items…⇧⌘M
Mark a row for moving⇧Space

In the command bar and Little Arx

Search a site by keywordKeywordTab
Open Little Arx's page in a space⌘O
Close PeekthecommandbarorLittleArx'sbar

Commands without a default key

These are in the menus and the command bar, and you can give any of them a key in Settings → Shortcuts:

  • Spaces: New Space, Next Space, Previous Space.
  • Tabs: New Folder, Move Items…, Archive Selected Tab, Archive All Tabs in This Space, Copy Clean Link, Copy Original Link as Markdown, Copy Proxy Link, Copy Proxy Link as Markdown, Share Proxy Link, Route Current URL.
  • Split View: Add a pane, Focus other pane, Close pane, Swap panes, Change split orientation.
  • Capture: Capture Visible Area…, Capture Area….
  • Windows: Library, Downloads, Media Controls, Tab Archive.
  • Edit: Undo Organization Change.

Change a shortcut

In Settings → Shortcuts, search for a command and click Record Shortcut. Press the new keys, or Esc to cancel.

  • A shortcut is one key together with ⌘ or ⌃.
  • If the keys already belong to another command, Arx offers Replace Assignment.
  • Arx keeps a few for macOS: ⌘A, ⌘C, ⌘X, ⌘V, ⌘Z, ⇧⌘Z, ⌘H, ⌥⌘H and ⌘M.
  • Remove Shortcut, Reset to Default and Reset All Keyboard Shortcuts undo your changes.