Use these keyboard shortcuts to streamline your experience in the LingQ Reader.
Web
Navigation shortcuts
- Move to next highlighted word: Right arrow
- Move to the previous highlighted word: Left arrow
- Moves to the next page: Shift+Right
- Moves to the previous page: Shift+Left
- Moves to the next blue word: b
LingQ widget controls
- Change status to 1 - New: 1
- Change status to 2 - Recognized: 2
- Change status to 3 Familiar: 3
- Change status to 4 - Learned: 4
- Mark the word “Known” (equivalent to clicking the checkmark): k
- Ignore the word (equivalent to clicking the trashcan): x
- Open your primary external dictionary: f or d
- Play the word’s text-to-speech audio: s
- Move to the next hint in the popular meanings panel: Down arrow
- Move to to the previous hint in the popular meanings panel: Up arrow
- Add a tag: t
- Create LingQ and points cursor to the manual meaning field: h
- Save the selected meaning and opens dictionary: e
- Open and close sidebar: (with sidebar widget enabled) Shift + Spacebar
- Open popup: (with popup widget enabled) Shift + Spacebar
- Close popup: (with the popup widget enabled) Escape
- Flag selected meaning: Shift + f
Sentence mode
- Plays sentence audio: a
- Shows sentence translation: Shift + t
Player
- Plays/pauses audio: Spacebar
- Reminds audio by chosen number of seconds: Alt + number
- Fast forwards audio 5 seconds: Shift + >
- Rewinds audio 5 seconds: Shift + <
Font
- Decreases the Reader font size: -
- Increases the Reader font size: +
iOS
Navigation shortcuts
- Move to next blue word = b
- Move to next page = Right arrow + shift + command
- Move to next word = Right arrow + shift
- Move to previous page = Left arrow + shift
- Move to previous word = Left arrow
LingQ widget controls
- Close Popup = Escape
- Create LingQ = Return
- Move to next meaning = Down arrow, + shift
- Create LingQ and taps to manual meaning field = h
- Create LingQ and show dictionary = e
- Play TTS of selected word = s
- Jump to previous meaning = Up arrow + shift
- Change status to 1 - New = 1
- Change status to 2 - Recognized = 2
- Change status to 3 - Familiar = 3
- Change status to 4 - Learned= 4
- Change status to Known = k
- Ignore word = x
- Show dictionary = d
- Add tag = t
- Flag meaning = f
Sentence Mode
- Play sentence audio = a
- Show sentence translation = t
Player
- Play/pause lesson audio = space
- Rewind lesson audio = x + control
Font
- Decrease font = -
- Increase font = +