Keyboard shortcuts

Patent Public Search’s Advanced Search interface provides numerous keyboard shortcuts. Some work universally and some are specific to the Patent Public Search pane in use. Keyboard shortcut types include Navigation (such as Numpad 1 or 7), Viewer Manipulation (like Numpad +/-), and Tagging (like *, a-z, Alt+1-9). The table below provides a comprehensive list, listing them all by Shortcut Type and points to the pane the shortcut work on (“Acts on Patent Public Search pane” column). It also shows whether the pane needs focus for the shortcut to work or whether it works universally as long as focus is in Patent Public Search (See “Focus on active pane?” column).

 

Shortcut typeKeysActs on Patent Public Search paneFocus on active pane?Description
EditingCtrl+AAll editable text fieldsYesSelect all text
EditingCtrl+EnterSearch boxYesBreak the line in the search box without running the search
EditingCtrl+AAll non-text fieldsNot implemented yetDefaults to chrome Ctrl+A Selecting all Text on the whole page
EditingCtrl+XAll editable text fieldsYesCut selected text
EditingCtrl+VAll editable text fieldsYesPaste selected text
EditingCtrl+CDocument Viewer: text view / Search Results / Search: search box / Search History / Tagged DocumentsNoCopy all highlighted selections. 
FindingF8Search History, Search Results, Document Viewer, Tagged Documents, Notes ViewerYesOpens "Find Within" and "Advanced Find" options.
Grid/pane navigationLeft arrowSearch ResultsYesMove one cell left
Grid/pane navigationRight arrowSearch ResultsYesMove one cell right
Grid/pane navigationDown arrowSearch ResultsYesMove one cell down
Grid/pane navigationUp arrowSearch ResultsYesMove one cell up
Grid/pane navigationPage downDocument Viewer:Text Viewer / Search Results / Search History / Notes Viewer / Tagged DocumentsYesMove down by one page
Grid/pane navigationPage upDocument Viewer:Text Viewer / Search Results / Search History / Notes Viewer / Tagged DocumentsYesMove up by one page
Grid/pane navigationShift + TabAllYesMove backwards through Elements on the page 
Grid/pane navigationTabAllYesMove forward through Elements on the page 
Grid/pane navigationCtrl+F4AllNoClose active browser tab
Grid/pane navigationCtrl+ Shift+ .AllYesCycles forwards through panes
Grid/pane navigationCtrl+ Shift+ ,AllYesCycles backwards through panes
NavigationNumpad 1Document Viewer (text & image views)/ Search ResultsNoNext document
NavigationNumpad 1 (held down)Document Viewer (image view)/ Search ResultsNoManually autoflipping to next document
NavigationNumpad 7Document Viewer (text & image views)/ Search ResultsNoPrevious document
NavigationNumpad 7 (held down)Document Viewer (image view)/ Search ResultsNoManually autoflipping to previous document
NavigationNumpad 2Document Viewer: image viewNo1Jump to the next section of the image
NavigationNumpad 2 (held down)Document Viewer: image viewNo1Autoflip forward by section
NavigationNumpad 8Document Viewer: image viewNo1Jump to the previous section of the image
NavigationNumpad 3Document Viewer: image viewNo1Next page
NavigationNumpad 9Document Viewer: image viewNo1Previous page
NavigationNumpad 4Document Viewer: image viewNo3Jump to previous note
NavigationNumpad 6Document Viewer: image viewNo3Jump to next note
NavigationCtrl+Spacebar (held down)Document Viewer: image viewYesAutoflip backward (manual) based on user preferences whether to flip by page, section or document.
NavigationSpacebar (held down)Document Viewer: image viewYesAutoflip forward (manual) based on user preferences whether to flip by page, section or document.
NavigationNumpad .
Del		Document Viewer: image viewYesToggle last page/first page
NavigationPage DownDocument Viewer: text viewYesMove down by one page
NavigationPage UpDocument Viewer: text viewYesMove up by one page
NotesNumpad /Document Viewer: image viewNo1Add a notes marker to current page
NotesCtrl+Numpad /Document Viewer: image viewNo1Clear a note marker from current page
TaggingNumpad *Document Viewer / Search ResultsYes2Set user tag 1
TaggingCtrl+Numpad 1-9Document Viewer / Search ResultsYes2Clear user tag 1-9
TaggingAlt+Numpad 1-9Document Viewer / Search ResultsYes2Set user tag 1-9
TaggingCtrl+Numpad *Document Viewer / Search ResultsYes2Clear user tag 1
TaggingCtrl+0Document Viewer / Search ResultsYes2Clear user tag 10
TaggingAlt+Numpad 0Document Viewer / Search ResultsYes2Set user tag 10
TaggingA - ZDocument Viewer / Search ResultsYes2Set user tag 1-26
Text navigationLeft arrowAll editable text fieldsYesMove left within text. 
Text navigationRight arrowAll editable text fieldsYesMove right within text. 
Text navigationDown arrowAll editable text fieldsYesMove down within text.
Text navigationUp arrowAll editable text fieldsYesMove up within text. 
Viewer manipulationEnterDocument Viewer: image viewYesReset image to original settings
Viewer manipulationNumpad +Document ViewerNo3Zoom in
Viewer manipulationNumpad -Document ViewerNo3Zoom out
Viewer manipulationCtrl+Left arrowDocument Viewer: image viewYesRotate image to the left
Viewer manipulationCtrl+Right arrowDocument Viewer: image viewYesRotate image to the right
Viewer manipulationNumpad 0Document Viewer: image viewYesRotate image to normal
Viewer manipulationNumpad 5Document Viewer: image viewYesToggle fit to width/fit to window
Viewer manipulationDown arrowDocument Viewer: text viewYesMoves text view down
Viewer manipulationUp arrowDocument Viewer: text viewYesMoves text view up
Viewer manipulationLeft arrowDocument Viewer: image viewYesMoves zoomed image left
Viewer manipulationRight arrowDocument Viewer: image viewYesMoves zoomed image right
Viewer manipulationDown arrowDocument Viewer: image viewYesMoves zoomed image down
Viewer manipulationUp arrowDocument Viewer: image viewYesMoves zoomed image up

1 Unless action is for the pinned document
2 Focus in Document viewer or Search Results required.
3 Acts on last visible Document Viewer

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