Keyboard shortcuts

Everything in InstaloaderSharp GUI can be done with the keyboard. This page lists the shortcuts and how the keyboard moves through the window.

Contents

• Shortcuts everywhere
• In the target box and the target list
• On the Look up page
• Moving around with the keyboard
• In dialogs

Shortcuts everywhere

Keys	Action
Ctrl+Enter, F5	Start the download. While one runs: show the Activity page
Shift+F5	Stop the download (resume information is saved)
Ctrl+L	Go to the target box on the Download page
Ctrl+F	Go to the search box on the Look up page
Ctrl+1	Download page
Ctrl+2	Activity page
Ctrl+3	Look up page
Ctrl+4	Account page
Ctrl+5	Settings page

In the target box and the target list

Keys	Where	Action
Enter	Target box	Add what you typed or pasted
Delete	Target list	Remove the selected targets
Ctrl+A	Target list	Select all targets
Ctrl+C	Target list	Copy the selected targets, one per line
Ctrl+V	Target list	Add the targets on the clipboard
Shift+F10 or the menu key	Target list	Open the context menu: Look up profile, Open on Instagram, Copy, Paste targets, Remove

See Adding targets.

On the Look up page

Keys	Action
Enter	Look up the profile or hashtag. When you typed several words, search Instagram instead

See Looking up and searching.

Moving around with the keyboard

• Tab and Shift+Tab move between the controls. The control that has the focus is outlined.
• In the sidebar, ↑ and ↓ change the page.
• In the sign-in method selector on the Account page, ← and → change the method.
• Space flips the focused switch and presses the focused button; Enter presses the focused button.
• In a list such as the browser list, the arrow keys choose an entry; Alt+↓ opens it.
• The account chip at the bottom of the sidebar opens the Account page with Enter or Space.

In dialogs

Keys	Action
Enter	The main answer, shown on the right (for example OK, Sign in, Start download)
Esc	Cancel