Keyboard shortcuts on BibEdit

Basic record actions

Shortcut Definition Action
g Select Go to the record selection field
Ctrl+Right Next Go to next record     (in search results).
Ctrl+Left Previous Go to previous record     (in search results).
Shift+n New record Opens the new record dialog.
Shift+s Submit Submit the record.
Shift+c Cancel Cancel editing of the     record.
Shift+l Clone Clone the record.
Shift+t Tags Toggle MARC/human tags.
a Add field Add a new, empty field.
s Open first field Opens first field for editing.
Del Delete selected Deletes all selected     fields.

 

Focused (clicked) subfield or field

Shortcut Definition Action
Ctrl+Up Move up Move focused subfield up.
Ctrl+Down Move down Move focused subfield down.

 

Input field/form

Shortcut Definition Action
Esc Cancel Cancel edition of subfield
Ctrl+* Jump next Jump to next marc field
Ctrl+/ Jump previous Jump to previous marc field
Tab Jump next subfield Jump to next subfield within marc field

 

Display modes

Shortcut Definition Action
Ctrl+Shift+r References Display only references
Ctrl+Shift+a Authors Display only authors
Ctrl+Shift+o Others Display only other fields
Ctrl+Shift+d All Display all fields

 

Other functionality

Shortcut Definition Action
Ctrl+Shift+z Undo Undo last action
Ctrl+Shift+y Redo Redo last action
Shift+p Open PDF Open attached PDF
Ctrl+Shift+g Affiliation guesser Populates 100__u and 700__u fields with guessed author affiliations

 

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