Keyboard shortcuts for Google Reader

February 7, 2008 by: Prasanth Chandra

Google Reader is one of the first things I open when I switch on my computer and Not only me almost all of us will do the same. So the navigation in the reader can be done easily through some KeyBoard Shortcut Keys. When going through thousands of blog posts, news items, photos, etc. a day, it’s important to do this as efficiently as possible. Many users find that using the keyboard is one way of accomplishing that goal.

These Keyboard shortcuts save you time by helping you quickly explore your reading list without moving your hand back and forth between your keyboard and mouse. Here are the keyboard shortcuts for Google Reader. Hope you will find them useful

Navigation
j/k	item down/up	selects the next/previous item in the list
space/shift-space	page down/up	moves the page down/up
n/p	scan down/up	in list view, selects the next item without opening it
shift-n/p	navigation down/up	selects the next/previous subscription or folder in the navigation
shift-x	navigation expand/collapse	expands or collapses a folder selected in the navigation
o	open/close item	in list view, expands or collapses the selected item
enter	open/close item	in list view, expands or collapses the selected item
shift-o	navigation open subscription	opens the subscription or folder currently selected in the navigation
Acting on Items
s	toggle star	stars or un-stars the selected item
shift-s	toggle share	shares or un-shares the selected item
v	view original	opens the original source for this article in a new window
t	tag an item	opens the tagging field for the selected item
m	mark as read/unread	switches the read status of the selected item
shift-a	mark all as read	marks all items in the current view as read
e	email item	opens the email form to send an item to a friend
Jumping
g then h	go to home	goes to the Google Reader homepage
g then a	go to all items	goes to the “All items” view
g then s	go to starred items	goes to the “Starred items” view
g then shift-s	go to shared items	goes to the “Your shared items” view
g then u	go to subscription	allows you to navigate to a subscription by entering the subscription name
g then t	go to tag	allows you to navigate to a tag by entering the tag name
g then shift-t	go to trends	goes to the “Trends” view
g then d	go to feed discovery	shows the recommendations page, or the browse page if there are no recommendations
Application
r	refresh	refreshes the unread counts in the navigation
u	toggle full screen mode	hides or shows the list of subscriptions
1	expanded view	displays the subscription as expanded items
2	list view	displays the subscription as a list of headlines
/	search	moves your cursor to the search box
a	add a subscription	opens the “Add a subscription” box in the sidebar
?	keyboard shortcuts help	displays a quick guide to all of Reader’s shortcuts