Help Gestures and shortcuts

This page is generated from docs/aide/en/: it is also the admin’s online help (“Help” menu). Edit it in the repository, not here.

In the admin

Where	Gesture	Effect
Everywhere	⌘K (Ctrl+K)	palette: find a photo, a series, a page, or run an action
Everywhere	Tab on arrival	shows Skip to content: Enter skips the sidebar
Everywhere	sun / moon button	light or dark mode
Photo library	click on a thumbnail	selects it alone: the inspector shows it
Photo library	Shift + click · ⌘ + click · ⌘A · Esc	range · add or remove · all · none
Photo library	P	publish the selection
Photo library	L, Space, double click	loupe; ← → previous or next photo, Esc or Space closes
Photo library	I	import photos
Photo library	⌘Z (Ctrl+Z)	undo the last change offered at the bottom of the screen
Photo library	drag a thumbnail onto another	changes the order (no filter)
Photo library	drag a thumbnail onto a series in the sidebar	files it in that series
Photo library	drop files anywhere	imports them
Photo library, one photo chosen	Open details (top of the panel)	opens the photo’s page
Photo library, on a phone	tap a thumbnail, then its title	chooses the photo, then opens its page
Photo library → inspector	leave a field, or Enter	saves it
List	⋯ menu	edit, publish or unpublish, move up or down one place
Complete the batch	leave a field	saves it; the bar’s series, place and date apply to the ticked photos
Complete the batch, on a phone	Series, place or date for all ticked…	opens the bar’s fields
Series	⠿ handle then ↑ ↓ ← →	moves the contact sheet by one place
Series → new series	Enter / Esc	creates / clears the entry
Public site → opening slideshow	← / → / ✕	reorders or removes a photo from the slideshow
⋯ menus, windows, loupe, palette	Esc	closes them

Everything works from the keyboard: every drag and drop has an equivalent in buttons or arrow keys. On a phone, the tab bar at the bottom replaces the sidebar (Menu opens it).

On the public site

Gesture	Effect
← / →	previous / next photo (viewer)
Esc, Close, the browser’s Back button	back to the series (or the gallery), where you left off (viewer)
horizontal swipe	next or previous photo (viewer), slide of the opening slideshow
pinch	zoom (viewer)
Pause / Play	stop / restart the opening slideshow