Navigation

Pan

Users can pan using the following methods.

  • Holding down Mouse middle and dragging the mouse.
  • Using a 2 finger “pan” gesture (on touch pads).
  • Using a 1 finger “pan” gesture (on mobile devices).

Zoom

Users can zoom in/out using the following methods.

  • Using Ctrl + Scroll wheel.
  • Using pinch gesture (touch pads and mobile devices only).
  • Using + and - buttons on the interface (next to prev/next)
  • Using Ctrl + + and Ctrl + - keyboard shortcuts.

Words

Select

Individual words can be selected by clicking or tapping them.  Groups of words can be selected by clicking and dragging to create a selection box. Words can be added to an existing selection by holding down Ctrl when selecting them. There is currently no way to select multiple words on mobile devices.

Words can also be selected using the keyboard arrow keys. For a full list of shortcuts for selecting words, see the Shortcuts Cheat Sheet section.

Split Words

A single word can be split into two words by positioning the cursor where the word should be split, right clicking, and selecting Split Word.

Combine Words

Multiple adjacent words can be combined into a single word by selecting the words, right clicking, and selecting Merge Words.

Keyboard Shortcut Cheat Sheet

General

Shortcut Action
Ctrl + + Zoom in
Ctrl + - Zoom out
PageUp Previous page
PageDown Next page

Select Words

Shortcut Action
Tab Select next word1
Shift + Tab Select previous word
ArrowRight Select word to right
ArrowLeft Select word to left
ArrowUp Select word above selected word
ArrowDown Select word beneath selected word
Shift + ArrowRight Expand selection to right
Shift + ArrowLeft Expand selection to left

Edit Words

Once words have been selected, shortcuts using the Ctrl modifier can be used to edit them.

Shortcut Action
Ctrl + i Toggle italic font style
Ctrl + b Toggle bold font style
Ctrl + Alt + + Increase word font size
Ctrl + Alt + - Decrease word font size
Ctrl + ArrowLeft Move the word’s left bound to the left
Ctrl + ArrowRight Move the word’s left bound to the right
Ctrl + Alt + ArrowLeft Move the word’s right bound to the left
Ctrl + Alt + ArrowRight Move the word’s right bound to the right
Enter Start/stop editing word text (from start)
Alt + Enter Start/stop editing word text (from end)
Ctrl + Delete Delete word(s)

  1. The “next word” (selected with Tab) is selected based on what Scribe.js believes the reading order is. After reaching the end of a line, the Tab shortcut will jump to whatever it believes the next line in the document is, whereas ArrowRight will go to the word visually to the right (if any). The “next word” can be unpredictable for documents without an unambiguous reading order–for example, data tables or documents with many floating elements. ↩