# Options/Shortcuts

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

Open the selected link in a new tab

Open Link in New Tab and Follow

Open the selected link in a new tab and switch to it.

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

### XOWA

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### Getting started

- Requirements
- Installation
- Simple Wikipedia
- English Wikipedia
- Other Wikipedias

### Android

- Setup
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### Links

- Wikimedia dumps
- XOWA @ archive.org
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### Donate

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