Keyboard shortcuts

Mouse shortcuts

• Click: edit component (e.g. to edit text)
• Shift+Click: Edit file (e.g. to edit pictures)
• Ctrl+Click: Ctrl+click: View file associated with the component (e.g. to view a picture in the default viewer). In HTML components, Ctrl+click works like in Internet Explorer (e.g. select paragraph or word, follow hyperlink, etc.)
• Alt+Click: switch components (or element) between presentation, editing and dragging modes

Single keys

• A: Edit the first answer
• E: Edit texts
• Q: Edit the first question
• Del: Delete the currently displayed element (use Shift+Ctrl+Del when in the editing mode)
• Ins
  • in the Contents window: insert element
  • in the browser: select or deselect the element
  • in the plan: insert a new activity in the currently selected row
• Tab
  • in dialogs: move to the next button, checkbox, etc.
  • in the element window: move to the next component
  • in the tasklist manager: select a new tasklist
• Enter
  • in browser: display the currently selected element in the element window

Function keys

• F1: Help
• F2: Tools : Memory : Memory status
• F3
  • in element window, text components: search for a string
  • in Contents window, element browser, registries, tasklist manager: repeat last search
• F4: Open the tasklist manager with the currently used tasklist
• F5: Apply Warrior layout without making it the default layout
• F6:
  • in HTML/RTF component, filter source (e.g. to remove formatting that makes incremental reading difficult)
  • in the File : Open collection dialog box, rename the currently selected collection
• F7: Tools : Memory : 4D Graphs
• F8: Not used consistently. It may show up in test, debug, or release versions in various contexts
• F9: View the file associated with the component. For example, if you use MS Office, F9 on rich text components will start editing your texts in MS Word, and F9 on HTML components will use your default browser to view your HTML texts (see also: Ctrl+F9 for editing files)
• F11
  • Random review in collection or browser
  • Random jump/pick in a registry or tasklist manager
• F12: Sleep and learning timeline (Tools : Sleep Chart)

Shift+key

• Shift+Enter
  • in HTML components: single-spaced new line in HTML (tag <br>);
  • in the Contents window: View the currently focused element; Enter can also be used if the element does not have children
• Shift+Tab: Move to the previous option or option group
• Shift+F2: Search SuperMemo Wiki Help
• Shift+F3: Search for leeches
• Shift+F4: Import mail from Windows (Live) Mail (or any other e-mail client supporting EML) or MS Outlook 2000 or later for incremental reading
• Shift+F12: Backup

Ctrl+key

• Ctrl+click
  • in HTML component: select paragraph or word, follow hyperlink, etc. depending on the context
  • in image, sound, and video components: View the file in the associated application
  • in text, RTF and spelling components: view the translation
  • in script components: Edit the associated script file
• Ctrl+Up: go to the parent of the current element
• Ctrl+Down: in the Contents window: go to the first child of the current element (if available)
• Ctrl+Enter
  • SuperMemo Commander
  • in the tasklist manager: display the currently selected task in the element window
• Ctrl+Space
  • in the Contents window: browse the elements belonging to the selected branch
  • in the element window: browse all descendants of the current element
• Ctrl+]: increase font size
• Ctrl+[: decrease font size
• Ctrl+Del
  • in the element window: delete the current component
  • in the Plan: delete the currently selected activity
  • in the tasklist manager: delete the currently selected task
• Ctrl+Home: in the Contents window, go the first element of the knowledge tree
• Ctrl+End: in the Contents window, go to the last element of the knowledge tree
• Ctrl+F2: Learn : Go neural
• Ctrl+F3: Search the web for the currently selected phrase (Google, Wikipedia, dictionaries, etc.)
• Ctrl+F5: Restore the default windows layout
• Ctrl+F6: Next window
• Ctrl+F7: Set a read-point in an article
• Ctrl+F8: Download remote images referred to in an HTML component
• Ctrl+F9: Edit the file associated with the component. For example, Ctrl+F9 on image components will start editing your images in the default picture editor
• Ctrl+F10: Play again (e.g. to repeat a sound when learning pronunciation)
• Ctrl+F11
  • Random learning
  • in browser: Random test
• Ctrl+F12: Repair collection
• Ctrl+A
  • in text components: Select All
  • in Import web pages: Check all
• Ctrl+B
  • in text components: bold font (if applicable)
  • in the registry window: view registry member users in the browser (View : Browse current)
• Ctrl+C: Copy to the clipboard
• Ctrl+D
  • in the element window: Dismiss the current element
  • in the tasklist manager: Dismiss the current task (i.e. move it to the archive)
  • in the Contents window: Dismiss the current element
• Ctrl+E
  • in the element window: switch from the presentation mode to the editing mode, or from the editing mode to the drag-and-size mode, or from the dragging mode to the presentation mode
  • in Plan: edit the currently selected activity
  • in the tasklist manager: edit the currently selected task
• Ctrl+F
  • Find elements
  • in the Plan, Fix
  • in other windows, Find
• Ctrl+G
  • go to an element with a given number (see the caption of Element data window)
  • in the registry window: select a registry member by its physical position in the registry
• Ctrl+I
  • unlocked SuperMemo: Italic font in text components (if applicable)
  • locked SuperMemo: File : Installation : Input password
• Ctrl+J: Learning : Reschedule
• Ctrl+K
  • in the element window: Create a hyperlink
  • in the Contents window: Convert the current branch into a concept
• Ctrl+L
  • in the element window: Learn
  • in the Contents window: start branch learning beginning with the selected element
  • in browser: start subset learning on the browser
• Ctrl+M
  • Remember, i.e. introduce an element into the learning process; make it memorized
  • in the tasklist manager: memorize the currently selected task
• Ctrl+N: Add a new article to the current concept group by pasting the text from the clipboard
• Ctrl+O
  • File : Favorites
  • in the Plan: open a plan
• Ctrl+P: Tools : Plan - plan your daily schedule
• Ctrl+Q: Import file (in a component)(e.g. to add sound to a sound component)
• Ctrl+R
  • in the main window, browser, registry window: Search/Find and replace
  • in the Find elements dialog: restore the parameters of the most recently executed search
• Ctrl+S
  • Search for texts containing a given string (globally or in registries)
  • in the browser: apply the default sorting criteria to sort the browser (e.g. before review)
  • in the tasklist manager: sort the tasklist for priority
  • in the Plan: save changes to the current schedule
• Ctrl+T
  • Edit next component (e.g. quickly switch between the question and the answer)
  • in the tasklist manager: transfer the currently selected task to another tasklist
  • in the Plan: Split the currently selected activity
• Ctrl+U: Underline font in text components (if applicable)
• Ctrl+V: Paste from clipboard
• Ctrl+W: Tools : Workload
• Ctrl+X: Cut
• Ctrl+Y: Redo last Undo (in HTML text editing)
• Ctrl+Z: Undo text editing (same as Alt+Backspace)

Alt+key

• Alt+\: in the editing mode, delete texts before the cursor
• Alt+.: Delete texts after the cursor (without references)
• Alt+Enter: in Tools : Plan: start or end editing an activity
• Alt+Left arrow
  • in the element window: Back, i.e. revisit a recently visited element
  • in the registry window: Change the registry subset to its immediate superset, if available
• Alt+Right arrow
  • in the element window: Forward, i.e. move forward on the list of recently visited elements
  • in the registry window: Change to the next registry subset, if available
• Alt+Backspace: Undo text editing (same as Ctrl+Z)
• Alt+PgUp: Previous element in the knowledge tree (in the element window)
• Alt+PgDn: Next element in the knowledge tree (in the element window)
• Alt+Home: First element in the knowledge tree (in the element window)
• Alt+End: Last element in the knowledge tree (in the element window)
• Alt+F1: Add a new task
• Alt+F4: Close the program (or the currently active dialog box)
• Alt+F5: Dock toolbars (e.g. to clear the desktop)
• Alt+F7: Go to the read-point (in text, RTF and HTML components)
• Alt+F10: Open the context menu of the currently active window (element window, browser, Contents window, registry window, etc.)
• Alt+F11: Random test or Resume random test
• Alt+F12: Open the component menu of the current component
• Alt+A: Add new
• Alt+B: Begin the currently selected activity in Plan
• Alt+C: View the Contents window
• Alt+D: Duplicate an element
• Alt+E: Edit menu
• Alt+F: File menu
• Alt+G: Cancel grade
• Alt+H: Help menu
• Alt+L: Learn menu
• Alt+N:
  • Add a new note empty topic to the current concept group
  • in the registry window: Start a neural review over the selected registry member
• Alt+O: Tools : Options
• Alt+P: Modify the priority of the current element
• Alt+Q: Choose a reference label
• Alt+R
  • in the element window: Rename member on the component menu to rename a registry member associated with the component
  • in the registry window: Rename member on the registry menu to rename the selected registry member
  • in the File : Open collection dialog box, rename the currently selected collection
• Alt+S: Search menu (on the Professional level)
• Alt+T: Edit : Title or Reference : Title depending on the current text selection and the current component type (in the element window)
• Alt+U: translate all text components in the element window
• Alt+V: View menu
• Alt+W: Window menu
• Alt+X
  • when text is selected in an HTML component, it works the same as Reading : Remember extract
  • when there is no text selected but there is a YouTube extract, it will extract it
  • when there is no text selected but there is a picture, it works the same as Image : Extract
• Alt+Y: provide phonetic transcription to all text components in the element window
• Alt+Z: Reading : Remember cloze

Shift+Ctrl+key

• Shift+Ctrl+Up arrow: Increase the priority of the element
  • For topics: it will decrease the current value of A-Factor
• Shift+Ctrl+Down arrow: Decrease the priority of the element
  • For topics: it will increase the current value of A-Factor
• Shift+Ctrl+Enter
  • in the element window or in the Contents window: Done (i.e. dismiss or delete an element that has been processed and is no longer needed)
  • in the registry window: display selected registry members in a separate subset
  • in the tasklist manager: go to the currently selected task
  • in the Plan: terminate the schedule at the selected activity
• Shift+Ctrl+Del: in the element window: Delete the currently displayed element
• Shift+Ctrl+F2: Template : Impose template
• Shift+Ctrl+F5: Save as default (window layout)
• Shift+Ctrl+F6: View source code of HTML and RTF files (in HTML and rich edit components)
• Shift+Ctrl+F7: Clear a read-point
• Shift+Ctrl+F8: Process image
• Shift+Ctrl+F11
  • Randomize (outstanding) repetitions
  • in browser: randomize the content of the browser
• Shift+Ctrl+F12: Convert formatted text (in HTML and rich edit components) to plain text
• Shift+Ctrl+1: Text : Convert : Parse HTML (on the HTML component menu)
• Shift+Ctrl+A
  • Import web pages or pictures from the currently running instances of Internet Explorer
  • in Plan: archive the current schedule
• Shift+Ctrl+B
  • in the registry window: Open a browser with all elements that use any of the selected members of the registry
  • in the tasklist manager: Browse all tasks in a given tasklist
  • in the Contents window and in the browser: Compute statistics for a selected set of elements
  • in web imports: Browse duplicates
• Shift+Ctrl+C: File : Copy collection (e.g. for backup purposes)
• Shift+Ctrl+D: Add to final drill
• Shift+Ctrl+E
  • in the element window: Send element, files, or extract via e-mail
  • in Plan: Define activities that should be used in Plan on different days
• Shift+Ctrl+F: Link registry font (in text components)
• Shift+Ctrl+G: Hide SuperMemo and put it to the system tray/notification area
• Shift+Ctrl+H: Display repetition history for the currently displayed element in the element window
• Shift+Ctrl+I: Reading : Ignore
• Shift+Ctrl+J: Later today, i.e. schedule the review of the element later today
• Shift+Ctrl+K: Link registry member
• Shift+Ctrl+L
  • when editing HTML: Add a bullet to the currently edited text
  • in the browser: Review all
  • in the Contents window: Review all
• Shift+Ctrl+M
  • in the element window: Change the look of an element with a template
  • in the Contents window: Apply a selected template to the elements of a selected branch
  • in browser: Merge browser elements with template
• Shift+Ctrl+O: Edit component order
• Shift+Ctrl+P: Edit Element parameters
• Shift+Ctrl+Q: Change the way in which the picture is stretched in the image component
• Shift+Ctrl+R: Execute repetition, i.e. execute a mid-interval repetition before its scheduled repetition date
• Shift+Ctrl+S
  • in the element window: Swap question with answer
  • in the Plan: save the schedule template for daily execution
• Shift+Ctrl+T
  • in the element window: transfer the current element to another collection
  • in the Contents window: replicate a branch by transferring copies of its elements to another collection
• Shift+Ctrl+U: View source data of the element (i.e. without the applied template)
• Shift+Ctrl+V: Move current element to a selected branch of the knowledge tree (Edit : Move)
• Shift+Ctrl+W: Import from Wikipedia]
• Shift+Ctrl+X: Display the Ancestors window with the position of the element in the knowledge tree
• Shift+Ctrl+Y: Import from YouTube
• Shift+Ctrl+Space: in the presentation mode, resume subset learning

Ctrl+Alt+key

• Ctrl+Alt+Up: Drag up all components in dragging mode (in the element window)
• Ctrl+Alt+Left: Drag left all components in dragging mode (in the element window)
• Ctrl+Alt+Right: Drag right all components in dragging mode (in the element window)
• Ctrl+Alt+Down: Drag down all components in dragging mode (in the element window)
• Ctrl+Alt+Enter: Collapse the current branch (in the contents window)
• Ctrl+Alt+F10: Show or hide the background behind SuperMemo
• Ctrl+Alt+F11: Show or hide the toolbars window
• Ctrl+Alt+F12: Move one SuperMemo difficulty level up (see: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F12)

Shift+Alt+key

• Shift+Alt+A: Tools : Statistics : Analysis
• Shift+Alt+H: Reading : Insert : Insert splitline (on the component menu)
• Shift+Alt+L: Test the repetition cycle (display components as if during learning using their Display at property)
• Shift+Alt+M: Mercy
• Shift+Alt+T: Tile selected components
• Shift+Alt+X: Reading : Schedule extract (on the component menu)

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+key

• Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F12: Move one SuperMemo difficulty level down (see: Ctrl+Alt+F12)