Options/Shortcuts

From XOWA: the free, open-source, offline wiki application
 

Navigation

 
App - Exit
 
 

Exit XOWA by shutting down application

 
Back
 
 

Go back one page

 
Forward
 
 

Go forward one page

 
Options
 
 

Show Options Page

 
Options - Menus
 
 

Configure the main menu bar or the popup menus

 
Main Page
 
 

Go to Main Page of current wiki

 
Sandbox
 
 

Go to sandbox for current wiki. Note that some wikis may not have a sandbox

 
Sandbox
 
 

Go to sandbox for current wiki. Note that some wikis may not have a sandbox

 
Random
 
 

Go to random page in mainspace (no Category:, File:, Help:, etc.)

 
All Pages
 
 

Go to alphabetic listing of pages by Special:AllPages

 
Title Search
 
 

Go to title search by Special:Search

 
Full-text Search
 
 

Go to full-text search by Special:XowaSearch

 
Search per cfg
 
 

Go to search page specified by Special:XowaCfg

Navigation (pages)

 
XOWA Help
 
 

View XOWA's Help page

 
About XOWA
 
 

View information about XOWA

 
Change log
 
 

View XOWA's change log

 
Diagnostics
 
 

Diagnose parts of your XOWA installation

 
XOWA App Update
 
 

Update the XOWA app

 
XOWA Main Page
 
 

Go to XOWA's Main Page

 
XOWA Blog
 
 

View XOWA's blog

 
Download Central
 
 

Download wikis

 
Import Online
 
 

Import a wiki from an online Wikimedia dump server

 
Import Offline
 
 

Import a wiki from an offline dump (or by using a script)

 
Wiki Maintenance
 
 

View a list of your wikis and update selected ones

 
Image Databases
 
 

View a list of all available image dumps

 
Session Log
 
 

View the log file

 
Application Config
 
 

View the main config file

 
Language Config
 
 

View the language's config file for the current wiki

 
Page History
 
 

View the page history file

 
Personal Wikis - Item
 
 

Create or edit a personal wiki

 
Personal Wikis - List
 
 

List all personal wikis

Font

 
Increase Font Size
 
 

Increase size of Window and HTML font.

 
Decrease Font Size
 
 

Decrease size of Window and HTML font.

 
Reset Font Size
 
 

Reset font to default size

Page View

 
Read Page
 
 

Read page

 
Edit Page
 
 

Edit page's wikitext

 
View HTML
 
 

View page's HTML

 
View HTML
 
 

View page's HTML

 
Refresh Page
 
 

Refresh page content by reparsing only

 
Reload Page
 
 

Reload page content by retrieving data and reparsing

 
Save As
 
 

Save current page to an HTML file

 
Print
 
 

Print current page. See Help:Printing

Page Edit

 
Save Page and Read
 
 

Save wikitext and switch to the Read view

 
Save Page (draft)
 
 

Save wikitext and continue editing

 
Focus Edit Box
 
 

Switch keyboard focus to the edit box

 
Preview
 
 

Preview wikitext

 
Expand Templates
 
 

Expand all templates using the text in the edit box (developer usage only)

 
Expand Templates
 
 

Expand all templates using the text in the edit box (developer usage only)

 
Show Current HTML
 
 

Show current HTML (with javascript changes) (developer usage only)

 
Run XOWA Script
 
 

Run XOWA script using the text in the edit box(developer usage only)

Page Selection

 
Select All
 
 

Select all text on current page

 
Copy
 
 

Copy selected text or url to clipboard

 
Save File As
 
 

Save selected image to a file (currently available by right-clicking on an image)

Browser

 
Focus URL Bar
 
 

Switch keyboard focus to the url bar

 
Focus URL Bar
 
 

Switch keyboard focus to the url bar

 
Go to the Address
 
 

Go to the Address in the Location Bar

 
Paste and Go
 
 

Paste the current clipboard text into the address bar and go

 
Paste and Go
 
 

Paste the current clipboard text into the address bar and go

 
Paste and Show In New Tab
 
 

Paste the current clipboard text into the address bar and show in new tab

 
Restore page url
 
 

Restore original url for page to the address box

 
Focus Search Box
 
 

Switch keyboard focus to the search box

 
Search
 
 

Search for pages using the text in the search box

 
Focus AllPages Box
 
 

Switch keyboard focus to the allpages box

 
List all pages
 
 

Search for pages using the text in the allpages box

 
Focus HTML Browser
 
 

Switch keyboard focus to the HTML box

 
Focus HTML Browser
 
 

Switch keyboard focus to the HTML box

 
Focus HTML Browser
 
 

Switch keyboard focus to the HTML box

 
Focus HTML Browser
 
 

Switch keyboard focus to the HTML box

 
Focus or unfocus selection's anchor
 
 

Focus or unfocus the anchor that spans the current selection.

This command is meant to be used for keyboard navigation. Try the following steps:

  • Press Ctrl+F
  • Type unique letters for a link (try r i b)
  • Press Ctrl+G
  • Press Ctrl+G: the link underneath the highlighted letters will now be selected

You can now do the following:

  • Press enter and the link will open in the current tab
  • If Popups is configured to show on focus, a popup will show
  • Use a "right-click-mouse" keystroke (for example, AutoHotKey on Windows)
 
Find
 
 

Show the find box

 
Find
 
 

Show the find box and paste current clipboard text

 
Hide
 
 

Hide the find box

 
Find
 
 

Find text on the page using the text in the find box

 
Find Next
 
 

Find the next occurrence. Also switch default find direction to forward.

 
Find Previous
 
 

Find the previous occurrence. Also switch default find direction to reverse.

 
Toggle Case Sensitivity
 
 

Toggle case sensitivity for the search ("Find" vs "find")

 
Toggle Wrap Search
 
 

Toggle search wrap settings (whether a search stops at the end of the page, or wraps back to the beginning)

 
Focus Status Box
 
 

Switch keyboard focus to the status box

 
Show Progress Messages
 
 

Pop up window with most recent progress messages

 
Show Progress Messages
 
 

Pop up window with most recent progress messages

 
Focus Messages Box
 
 

Switch keyboard focus to the messages box

 
Clear Messages
 
 

Clear messages box

Tabs

 
New Tab
 
 

Open a new tab

 
 
 
 
 
Open Link in New Tab and Follow
 
 

This command is meant to be used for keyboard navigation. Try the following steps:

  • Press Ctrl+F
  • Type unique letters for a link (try r i b)
  • Press Ctrl+G
  • Press Ctrl+F: the link underneath the highlighted letters will now open
 
Select Previous Tab
 
 

Select previous tab as current tab

 
Select Previous Tab
 
 

Select previous tab as current tab

 
Select Next Tab
 
 

Select next tab as current tab

 
Select Next Tab
 
 

Select next tab as current tab

 
Select Tab #1
 
 

Select tab #1 as current tab

 
Select Tab #2
 
 

Select tab #2 as current tab

 
Select Tab #3
 
 

Select tab #3 as current tab

 
Select Tab #4
 
 

Select tab #4 as current tab

 
Select Tab #5
 
 

Select tab #5 as current tab

 
Select Tab #6
 
 

Select tab #6 as current tab

 
Select Tab #7
 
 

Select tab #7 as current tab

 
Select Tab #8
 
 

Select tab #8 as current tab

 
Select Tab #9
 
 

Select tab #9 as current tab

 
Move Tab Left
 
 

Move current tab to the left

 
Move Tab Right
 
 

Move current tab to the right

 
Close Tab
 
 

Close current

 
Close Other Tabs
 
 

Close all tabs except for the current one

 
Close Tabs to the Left
 
 

Close all tabs to the left of the current tab

 
Close Tabs to the Right
 
 

Close all tabs to the right of the current tab

 
Undo Close Tab
 
 

Restore last closed tab

 
Pin Toggle
 
 

Pin / Unpin current tab

HTML

 
Toggle HTML Tidy
 
 

Enable / Disable HTML Tidy

Net

 
Offline
 
 

Disable internet connectivity. XOWA will not connect to the internet for any reason. Note that some functions will not work (for example, Help:Import_from_list)

 
Online
 
 

Enable internet connectivity

 
Toggle Online
 
 

Toggle internet connectivity

Bookmarks

 
Bookmark this Page
 
 

Add current page to list of bookmarks

 
Show All Bookmarks
 
 

Show all bookmarks

History

 
Go to Recent Page
 
 

Go to last visited page

 
Show
 
 

Navigate to XOWA's History Page

Namespaces

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