Lynx Navigation Keys Summary

Lynx provides a rich set of keystrokes to move around in the current document. You can use the numeric keypad, control key combinations, cursor movement keys or some miscellaneous special purpose keys to move around. If you have a DEC keyboard or true VT keyboard emulation, many of those keys are mapped to cursor movement as well.

Moving with number keys

Because the numeric keypad has both cursor movement functions and numeric values, Lynx maps both of those to the same function name by default. For example, the key "7" has the same function as the "Home" key. Here are the meanings of the number keys:

    1  Last page of document             (END key)
    2  Move to next link in sequence     (DOWN arrow)
    3  Display next page of document     (PAGE DOWN)
    4  Return to previous document       (LEFT arrow)
    5  no default action
    6  Activate this link                (RIGHT arrow)
    7  First page of document            (HOME key)
    8  Move to previous link in sequence (UP arrow)
    9  Display previous page of document (PAGE UP)
    0  no default action
Note that these keys work whether on the top row of the keyboard or on the numeric keypad.

The first set of movement commands will move you between links. If the next/previous link is on the same page, the page remains the same, and the next/previous link is highlighted. If the next/previous link is not on the same page, these commands act as a next/previous page instead.

  Next           Down Arrow or 2       Next link right or down
  Previous       Up Arrow or 8         Prev link left or up
  Down link      >                  Down to first link on the next line
  Up link        <                  Up to first link on the previous ine

The remaining movement commands will change the portion of the text that is displayed.

  First page     Home, 7 or Ctl-A                first page in document
  Last page      End, 1 or Ctl-E                 last page in document
  Next page      Pg Dn, 3, +, space or Ctl-F     next page
  Prev page      Pg Up, 9, -, b or Ctl-B         previous page
  forward two    Ctrl-N                          scroll forward two lines
  back two       Ctrl-P                          scroll back two lines
  forward half   )                               scroll forward half page
  back half      (                               scroll back half page

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Last Updated: 11/27/96