List of keyboard shortcuts in Readlang

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Reader Page

  • Left Arrow: go to previous page (or next page for right-to-left languages)
  • Right Arrow: go to next page (or previous page for right-to-left languages)
  • Space or k: Play/Pause if either Read Aloud or a YouTube video is available for the current text
  • j or Up Arrow: Skip back about 8 words (if Read Aloud is available)
  • l or Down Arrow: Skip forwards about 8 words (if Read Aloud is available)
  • E: Toggle Explain tab in sidebar
  • D: Toggle Dictionary tab in sidebar
  • W: Toggle Words tab in sidebar

Blitz & Mastery Practice

  • Enter or Space: Advance to next challenge
  • Ctrl + E (Cmd + E on mac): Toggle between practice and edit/explain views
  • 1, 2, 3, or 4: select multiple choice answer
  • Ctrl + / (Cmd + / on mac): Show hint (typing challenge only)
  • Ctrl + P (Cmd + P on mac): Replay audio (only while there’s a blue speaker icon visible next to the word/phrase you’re learning)

Classic Flashcards

  • Enter or Space: Reveal answer
  • 1: Self grade as “no, did not remember”
  • 2: Self grade as “almost remembered”
  • 3: Self grade as “yes, did remember”
  • D: Delete flashcard
  • Left Arrow or Right Arrow: cycle through contexts (only if multiple contexts exist for the current card)
  • Ctrl + E (Cmd + E on mac): Toggle the “Edit Card” dialog
  • Ctrl + P (Cmd + P on mac): Replay audio (only while there’s a speaker icon visible at the bottom right of the word/phrase you’re learning)

Reader Page (YouTube videos only)

  • X: Switch to Translate mode
  • C: Switch to Sync mode
  • V: Switch to Play mode
  • Ctrl + ,: Jump backwards 5s
  • Ctrl + .: Jump forwards 5s
  • Ctrl + Shift + s: Toggle half speed playback
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Ctrl+E on classic flashcards might also come in handy.

In Blitz mode, I’d prefer if “Continue” could also be triggered by the space bar - in that case, I woudn’t need to have both hands on the keyboard.

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Agree with Ctrl+E for classic flashcards

Not completely convinced about spacebar just on Blitz mode since I think people will feel like it’s broken on Mastery mode when it doesn’t work. Maybe I could add it to both though. I’ll think about it and maybe test how it feels myself.

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I’ve now added both of these keyboard shortcuts!

Blitz and Mastery mode will both continue to the next card upon hitting Space or Enter.

On Classic Flashcards, Ctrl+E (or Cmd+E on mac) will open or dismiss the Edit Card dialog.

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I’d love to see shortcuts to access the Explain, Dictionary, and Words tabs on the Reader page. I do a lot of clicking between those to make sure my card content is accurate for the context.

Another one I’d love is a shortcut to save updates in the Words tab. Sometimes I accidentally click away from it without saving because the definition and context and explanation are so long that I forget to scroll to click the button.

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Thanks for the suggestion! I’ve just added shortcuts for Explain (E), Dictionary (D) and Words (W).

(Since these clashed with a couple of the shortcuts for switching modes while syncing YouTube videos, I’ve changed those keyboard shortcuts from W, E, R to X, C, V.)

I’m not keen on how this works at the moment since I agree it’s easy to forget to click Save. I’ve been wondering whether to just remove the Save button and auto-save instead (with an Undo button in case of mistakes).

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These are fantastic, exactly what I’ve been hoping for and never thought to ask about – thank you!

And I agree, I’d love an auto-save, though I assume that requires a little more work than shortcuts. Thanks again for all your hard work!

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Auto-save is now implemented! Please refresh your Readlang tab to ensure you’re running the latest version and give it a try. If you come across any problems with it please let me know!

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Just wanted to pop in to say that I just noticed the new keyboard shortcuts and auto-save feature. Both of these save a lot of needless clicking around, so I appreciate them a lot! Thank you so much, Steve.

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