Some shortcuts to use on howtopedia
By pressing Alt (Windows and Linux) or Control (Mac OS) and one of the following keys, you can access certain features of howtopedia more quickly. Some browsers may require you to press the Enter key after typing the above shortcuts. Mozilla Firefox2 requires you to press Shift+Alt plus one of the following keys. Opera requires you to hit SHIFT-ESC before entering the access key (without ALT or CTRL).
Key | Command | Description |
---|---|---|
+ | Start a new discussion | Allows you to add a new section (talk pages only) |
. (period) | My user page | Opens your user or IP page |
= | Protect | Allows you to protect the current page (sysops only) |
Unprotect | Allows you to unprotect the current page (sysops only) | |
c | Content page | Shows the content page associated with the current article |
d | Delete | Allows you to delete the current page (sysops only) |
Undelete | Allows you to undelete the current page (sysops only) | |
e | Edit this page | Allows you to edit the current page (non-protected pages) |
View source | Shows the source of the current page (protected pages) | |
f | Search | Allows you to search howtopedia |
h | History | Shows the current page's history |
j | What links here | Shows all of the pages that link to the current one |
k | Related changes | Shows recent changes in pages linked to the current one |
l | My watchlist | Opens your watchlist (logged-in users only) |
m | Move | Allows you to move the current page and its talk page (non-move-protected pages only) |
n | My talk | Opens your user's or IP's talk page |
p | Show preview | Shows a preview of your changes (on edit pages) |
q | Special pages | Shows a list of all special pages |
r | Recent changes | Shows a list of recent changes to the Wikipedia |
s | Save page | Saves the changes that you have made (on edit pages) |
t | Discussion | Opens the current article's talk page |
u | Upload file | Allows you to upload images or media files |
v | Show changes | Shows what changes you made to the text (on edit pages) |
w | Watch | Adds the current page to your watchlist (logged-in users only) |
x | Random article | Loads a random article |
y | My contributions | Opens a list of your user's or IP's contributions |
z | Main Page | Goes to the Main Page |
Visual display of shortcuts
The following entry in your user CSS file (e.g., User:Example/monobook.css) will display access keys before links that have them.
This does not work in Internet Explorer, since it doesn't support the :before CSS selector. In Safari, this will not work on initially loading a page, but will show up when you mouse-over the menus, go back to a page, or press Home, End, Page Up, or Page Down.
a[accesskey]:before { content: " " attr(accesskey) " "; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre; border: thin solid; font-family: sans-serif; text-decoration: underline overline; margin-right: 0.5ex; }