Zathura is Simple document viewer for Linux and other UNIX-like operating systems. Unlike other document readers, Zathura aims to provide a plugin-based document viewer that can handle almost any modern format. Furthermore, you can use it With Troff, produce print-ready PDF documents.However, one of Zathura's main selling points is its focus on "mouse-free navigation." This means that nearly all of the program's functions are available as keyboard shortcuts. As a result, Zathura can be an effective way to navigate your digital documents. Below are Zathura's keyboard shortcuts.
Zathura Keyboard Shortcuts
This article will demonstrate how you can effectively use Zathura to scan basic documents in Linux. Not only that, but it will also show you how you can enhance the program with some of its hidden command mode features.
| abbreviation | Occupation |
|---|---|
| Document navigation | |
| J | Move the document view window down one line. |
| K | Move the document view window up one line. |
| L | Move the document view window one column to the right. |
| H | Move the document view window one column to the left. |
| Ctrl + D | Move the document view window half a page down. |
| Ctrl + U | Move the document view window up half a page. |
| Ctrl + Y and | Move the document view window half a page to the right. |
| Ctrl + T | Move the document view window half a page to the left. |
| Ctrl + B | Move the document view window down a full page. |
| Ctrl + F and | Move the document view window up a full page. |
| Y | Move the document view window full page to the left. |
| T | Move the document view window a full page to the left. |
| G, then G | Go to the first page of the current document. |
| Shift+G | Go to the last page of the current document. |
| 5, then Shift + G | Go to page 5 of the current document. |
| Shift + P and | To the currently selected page. |
| Shift + H | Top of the currently selected page. |
| Shift+L | To the bottom of the currently selected page. |
| / | Open Zathura's front-end search prompt. |
| shift + / | Open Zathura's reverse lookup prompt. |
| N | Go to the next occurrence of the current search term. |
| Shift + N. | Return to a previous occurrence of the current search term. |
| Navigation interface | |
| A | Fit the height of the current page to the viewport. |
| S | Fit the current page width to the viewport. |
| D | Redraw the current document in booklet format. |
| R | Rotate the current document 90 degrees clockwise. |
| Ctrl + N | Toggle Zathura's info bar. |
| CTRL+M | Toggle input field bar for Zathura. |
| Shift + Equal (=) | Zoom in on the currently selected page. |
| minus (-) | Minimize the currently selected page. |
| Equal (=) | Reverse the document zoom level on the currently selected page. |
| 60 + Equal (=) | Set the current document zoom level to 60%. |
| Ctrl + R | Invert the colors of the current document. |
| Shift+R | Update and redraw the current document. |
| F5 | Switch to Zathura view mode. |
| F11 | Switch to full screen mode for Zathura. |
| Q | End the current Zathura session. |
| Linking and indexing | |
| Shift+F | Show all link hints on the current page. |
| F | Loading a tooltip page link to the document viewer. |
| C | Copy the link hint page to the system clipboard. |
| M+1 | Create a new bookmark on the current page and save it at letter “1.” |
| Apostrophe (') + 1 | Load the signal currently stored in character “1.” |
| Tab | View document content index tab. |
| J | Scroll down one item in the document content index. |
| K | Scroll up one item in the document content index. |
| L | Display the sub-items of the current index item. |
| H | Hide sub-items of the current index item. |
| Shift+L | Display all sub-items in the document content index. |
| Shift + H | Hide all sub-items in the document content index. |
| Enter | Load the currently selected index entry page. |
| Display mode | |
| Space | Go to the next document slide. |
| Shift + Space | Go back to the previous document slide. |
| I | Cancel any task currently running in presentation mode. |
| F5 | Return to default Zathura mode. |
| full screen mode | |
| Shift+J | Move the document view window down a full page. |
| Shift + K | Move the document view window up a full page. |
| Z, then Shift + I | Zoom in on the currently selected page. |
| Z, then Shift + O | Minimize the current selected page. |
| Z+0 | Reset the current zoom level. |
| 60 + Equal (=) | Set the document zoom level to 60%. |
| I | Cancel any task currently running in full screen mode. |
| F11 | Return to default Zathura mode. |
| Place orders | |
| Shift + semicolon (;) | Open the Zathura command prompt. |
| Shift + semicolon (;), then “close” | Exit the current document without exiting Zathura. |
| Shift + semicolon (;), then “open” | Open a new document in the current Zathura window. |
| Shift + semicolon (;), then “blist” | List of all available bookmarks for the current session. |
| Shift + semicolon (;), then “badd” | Add the current page to the session's bookmark index. |
| Shift + semicolon (;), then “bdelete” | Open the Zathura bookmark deletion prompt. |
| Shift + semicolon (;), then “exec” | Run an external shell command on the current document. |
| Shift + semicolon (;), then “info” | Print the internal properties of the document. |
| Shift + semicolon (;), then “print” | Send the current document to the device's print spooler. |
