Keyboard Shorcuts in the Reader (Web & iPad)

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 = +
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