CERF Hot Keys

CERF 6.0 Documentation

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Below is a list of all hot keys or keyboard shortcuts you can use in the CERF Desktop App.

If you are running CERF on a Mac, you may need to disable shortcuts in order for the hotkeys to work.

If a resource is selected in the CERF document tree, you can start typing the name of another resource, CERF will jump to that resource.

Ctrl+0 Shows/Hides the right-hand panel (Info Panel)
Ctrl+1 Shows/Hides the Document Tree and closes the left-hand panel if no other panes are showing.
Ctrl+2 Shows/Hides the Checked Out Documents pane in the left panel
Ctrl+3 Shows/Hides the Bookmarks pane in the left panel
Ctrl+4 Shows/Hides the Saved Searches pane in the left panel
Ctrl+5 Shows/Hides the Local Files pane in the left panel
Ctrl+W Exit CERF
Ctrl+Shift+C Show Collections
Ctrl+D Add Bookmark
Ctrl+Shift+B Manage Bookmarks
Ctrl+F Search
Ctrl+Comma Options
F1 Help Contents

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