2.3. Tab Buttons and Keyboard Shortcuts

Navigating Browsers Using Tab Buttons and Keyboard Shortcuts

Users can use browser-based tab controls and keyboard shortcuts to help with navigation. Below are some tips for browser navigation that can be used in Chrome and Firefox on Windows PCs.

Use CTRL-T or click the browser’s new tab button to open a new tab.
Use CTRL-W or click the x in the tab to close the tab.
Undo closing a tab by hitting CTRL-Shift-T.
To open a link from the web client in a new tab, CTRL-click the link or right-click the link and select Open Link in New Tab. Using this method, you can also open options from the web client’s dropdown menus in a new tab.
Navigate to the next tab using CTRL-Tab. Go to the previous tab with CTRL-Shift-Tab.

Upgrade to 3.1 video clip: Home page & tabs - open new tabs

Setting New Tab Behavior

Some users may want to automatically open the web client’s portal page in a new tab. Neither Chrome nor Firefox will open your home page by default when you open a new tab. However, both browsers have optional add-ons that will allow you to set the browsers to automatically open the home page whenever opening a new tab. These add-ons may be useful for those libraries that want the new tab to open to the web client portal page.

Evergreen Keyboard Shortcuts

**Navigation Keyboard Shortcuts**
New Tab	Ctrl+T
New Window	Ctrl+N
Close Tab	Ctrl+W
Close All Tabs (closes window, too)	Ctrl+Shift+W
Close Window	Ctrl+Q

**Circulation Keyboard Shortcuts**
Check Out/Retrieve Patron by Barcode	F1
Check In	F2
Register Patron	Shift+F1
Renew Items	Ctrl+F2
Capture Holds	Shift+F2
Search the Catalog	F3
Search for Patrons	F4
Show Item Status by Barcode	F5
Record In-house Use	F6
Retrieve Last Patron	F8
Reprint Last Receipt	F9

**Cataloging Keyboard Shortcuts**
Search the Catalog	F3
Retrieve Record by TCN	Shift+F3
Show Item Status by Barcode	F5
Retrieve Last Bib Record	Shift+F8

Circulation Basics video clip: Keyboard shortcuts

You can download the print-ready pdf of keyboard shortcuts attached to this page.

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Evergreen Keyboard Shortcuts.pdf

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