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Keyboard shortcuts

The same list is in MDM under Help → Keyboard shortcuts, and the menus show each command's keys beside it. On a Mac, ⌘ (Command) takes the place of Ctrl: ⌘N adds a download.

Adding and finding

Keys What they do
Ctrl+N Add a download (Add URL)
Ctrl+F Find a download
F3 Find the next match
Type a name Jump to the download whose name starts with it

The selected download

Keys What they do
Enter Open the selected download (as a double-click does)
Alt+Enter Properties of the selected download
Ctrl+M Move or rename the selected download
Shift+F10 Open the selected download's menu
Delete Delete the selected downloads (asks first)
Shift+Delete Delete the selected downloads and their files (asks first)

Selecting

Keys What they do
Ctrl+A Select all downloads
Ctrl+click Select or unselect one more download
Shift+click Select every download up to this one
Drag on blank space Select the downloads in the box
Up / Down Select the previous / next download
Shift+Up / Shift+Down Make the selection longer or shorter
Ctrl+Up / Ctrl+Down Move without changing the selection
Ctrl+Space Select or unselect the download with the dotted outline
Page Up / Page Down Move a page up / down
Home / End Select the first / last download
Keys What they do
F10, or Alt pressed alone Open the first menu (Tasks); on a Mac Ctrl+F2
Alt + a menu's underlined letter Open that menu (Windows and Linux)
Up / Down Move through an open menu
Left / Right The menu before / after; in a submenu, Left closes it
Enter, or an item's underlined letter Run the highlighted item
Esc Close a menu or dialog (an open drop-down list first)
Enter In Download File Info: Start Download

Right-click any text box for Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete and Select all.

In the Scheduler's time boxes, Up / Down and the number keys change the selected part of the time, and Left / Right move between parts.

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