Keyboard shortcuts in Den on Mac

In Den on your Mac, you can quickly accomplish many tasks using keyboard shortcuts. The app’s menus show shortcuts beside their commands.

In the tables, ⌘ means Command, ⇧ means Shift, and ⌥ means Option (Alt). The symbol ⌃ means Control. Hold the modifier keys while pressing the final key. For example, ⇧⌘U means Shift-Command-U.

Available shortcuts depend on the current selection and viewer. Select an article before using article commands. Commands that are unavailable appear disabled.

Channels and new articles

Action Shortcut
New channel ⌘N
New channel folder ⇧⌘N
Fetch all channels ⌘R
Fetch the selected channel or channel folder ⇧⌘R
Fetch all channels, ignoring their refresh interval (TTL) ⌃⌘R

To fetch a selection, select a single channel or channel folder in the sidebar. See Fetch new articles.

Navigate and search

Action Shortcut
Previous article ⌥↑
Next article ⌥↓
Go to the selected article’s channel ⌥⌘G
Search the current article list ⌥⌘F
Show or hide Find in the current page ⌘F

Manage articles

Action Shortcut
Mark as read or unread ⇧⌘U
Add or remove a bookmark ⌘S
Mark relevant, or clear the relevant rating ⌘L
Mark irrelevant, or clear the irrelevant rating ⌘D
Change the junk rating (see below) ⇧⌘J
Open in your browser ⇧⌘O
Copy the current page’s link ⌥⌘C
Export the current page as a PDF ⌘P
Undo an available change ⌘Z
Redo an available change ⇧⌘Z

Shift-Command-J performs the junk action currently shown for the article. It can move the article to Junk, mark it as approved, return an automatically classified junk article to the Inbox, or clear an approved rating. See Filter junk.

Choose a viewer mode

Action Shortcut
Web ⌘1
Comments ⌘2
Content ⌘3
Reader ⌘4
Analyst ⌘5

See Read articles for viewer modes and Generate article assessments for Analyst and its Apple Intelligence requirements.

Navigate the viewer and adjust text

Action Shortcut
Back in the viewer’s page history ⌘[
Forward in the viewer’s page history ⌘]
Reload the page, or stop loading ⌥⌘R
Make text larger ⌘+
Make text smaller ⌘−
Reset text size ⌘0

Text-size shortcuts are available in Content, Reader, and Analyst. Back and Forward move through the viewer’s page history; Option-Up Arrow and Option-Down Arrow move between articles.


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