Shortcuts

Command Key Shortcuts
Other Keyboard Shortcuts

Panel and Dialog Window Shortcuts

Letter-Key Shortcuts
Chart Window Shortcuts

Reunion has a huge variety of keyboard and mouse shortcuts.

A keyboard shortcut is a combination of keys that are pressed, usually at the same time, to achieve the same result as choosing a command from a menu or clicking a button, but are often much faster to use.
A mouse shortcut is clicking more than once, or clicking while simultaneously pressing a modifier key on the keyboard.

Command Key Shortcuts

Except where noted, these shortcuts are available only in the family view.

To perform Command key shortcuts, hold down the Command key on the keyboard and then press another key before letting the Command key up.

b
Locate starting box - in tree view only
c
Copy (the family view, tree view, selected item in Media window, highlighted text, or text of selected source)
d
Direct Lines Bold
Duplicate Source - when a source is selected in the Sources sidebar.
e
Edit Family, Children section
Edit Source - when a source is selected in the Sources sidebar.
f
Find
When cursor is inside a log field or note field, then Command-f initiates "Find on this page"
g
Clicks the Settings button in the tree view or reports view (if a Settings button appears in the bottom bar)
Clicks the Settings button in the List window, if it is frontmost
Find Person by ID number - in the family view.
h
Hide Reunion
L
List window
m
Mark panel
n
New family file
o
Open
p
Preview/Print (the family view, tree view, or selected item in Media window)
q
Quit
r
Home family
When the cursor is blinking in a field of the Edit Person or Edit Family panel, Command-r will insert the most recently used source citation.
s
Open sources in the List window
t
Tree View
u
Show Usage of a Source - when a source is selected in the Sources sidebar
v
Paste (in text fields or media items)
w
Close frontmost window (if the cursor is not in a text field)
x
Cut (in text fields or items in Multimedia sidebar)
y
Unmark everybody in the family file and then mark everybody listed in the current sidebar or List window, whichever is frontmost.
z
Undo (in text fields)
1
First family view
2
Second family view
etc.
?
  • Brings manual window to front (if it's already open)
  • Opens the manual (if it was not open).
[
Back
]
Forward
`
Cycle Through Windows [tilde key]
,
Settings
+
Increase font size of all fields in the family view, sidebars, and List windows.
In the tree view, this shortcut zooms in.
_
Decrease font size of all fields in the family view, sidebars, and List windows.
In the tree view, this shortcut zooms out.
 
Other Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Moves cursor into the search box of the current sidebar (if one is showing) for finding people or...
  • Moves cursor out of the search box for letter-key shortcuts.
  • if the middle section of the Reunion window contains editable fields, pressing tab will move the cursor through those fields.
Returns to the family view from any other view
Open previous/next marked person
Click the first direct-line child
Open lowest person ID
Open highest person ID
Open next higher person ID
Open next lower person ID
Open lowest family ID
Open highest family ID
Open next higher family ID
Open next lower family ID
f
Advanced Find
r
Find Relationship
h
Hide other application windows
t
Special Characters - when the cursor is in a text field
h
To husband's next spouse
w
To wife's next spouse
Note: this is not the "Forward Delete" key on extended keyboards.

• Delete selected person in the People sidebar or List People window
• Delete selected source in the Sources sidebar
• Delete selected citation in Edit Person > Names
• Delete selected citation in Edit Person > Events
• Delete selected citation in Edit Person > Facts
• Delete selected citation in Edit Family > Marriage
• Delete selected citation in Edit Family > Events
• Delete selected event in Edit Person > Events
• Delete selected fact in Edit Person > Facts
• Delete selected event in Edit Family > Events
• Delete selected source fields in the Source window

 
Sidebar Shortcuts
Scroll to top of list
Scroll to bottom of list
Scroll up
Scroll down
When the cursor is in the search box, pressing the Down Arrow key will select the first person in the sidebar.
Option-click the Sidebar button to slide the sidebar the opposite direction
h
Hide/show the sidebar
p
People sidebar
s
Sources sidebar
m
Multimedia sidebar
r
Relatives sidebar
u
Summary sidebar
y
Color Tags sidebar
a
Ages sidebar
l
Places sidebar
f
Results sidebar (think "find results")
b
Bookmarks sidebar
t
Treetops sidebar
c
Clipboard sidebar
d
Calendar sidebar (think "dates")
e
Reminders sidebar
o
Contacts sidebar
i
Islands sidebar
k
Clicks the Marking Shortcuts button under a sidebar
g
Clicks the Settings button (think "gear") under a sidebar
g
Clicks the Settings button (think "gear") under a middle panel (such as tree view or events report)
 
Miscellaneous Clicking Shortcuts
Single-click
Empty parent button to create a record for a parent.
Single-click
Empty person button to create a new record.


Option Key Shortcuts
click
Home button to designate the current family as the home family.
click
Sidebar items in the navbar to open lists in the List window, rather than the sidebar. For example, Option-click Sources in the list of Sidebars to open the List window, showing sources.
click
Children to toggle bold text style.
click
Check box buttons in any list to check/uncheck all of the check box buttons in a list.
drag
To duplicate a child button, hold down the Option key and drag a child button to the Clipboard sidebar. Then, when you drag the child button out of the Clipboard into another family, a duplicate child button is created.

Control-Click Shortcuts
click
Parent, husband, wife or children buttons to show contextual Person menus.
click
Any person's name in any sidebar to show contextual Person menus.
click
Any name in the tree view to show a menu of the clicked person's spouses, children, siblings and some other features. Selecting somebody from the menu will move that person to the source position in the tree view.
click
Anywhere in the children box (except directly on a child button) to see a pop-up window of children.

 

Shift-Click Shortcuts
click
Family View button in the navbar to open the Family View Settings window. (The family view must be selected for this shortcut to work.)
click
Connections (names) in notes or in the family view to bypass the Quickview window and go directly to the linked record.
click
Names of "other spouses" or "other children" in the family view to bypass the Quickview window and go directly to the linked person.
click
Find button in the navbar to enter Advanced Find.
 
Panel and Dialog Window Shortcuts
1
Clicks the first section button.
2
Clicks the second section button.
3
Clicks the third section button.
etc.
]
Clicks the "next" section button in windows/panels with tabs.
[
Clicks the "previous" section button in windows/panels with tabs.

Clicks the default button shown in blue. For example, in the Edit Person panel, the default button is the Done button
Clicks the default button if the cursor is not blinking inside a multi-line text field
Moves cursor to next field
Moves cursor to previous field
d
Clicks the Don't Save button in message warnings
Cancels or closes modal dialog windows
Cancels or closes modal dialog windows
click
In report configuration windows, Shift-click the Layout button to open the Layout window.
exit a field
(Option-Tab or Option-click). Moves the cursor to the next field without applying the Initial Caps or Last Name UPPERCASE buttons. Avoids the Custom Date window when tabbing out of a date field.
n
Enter source by number (from Edit Person or Edit Family panel)

Editing Text in Fields

Text appearing in editable text fields in windows may be selected and edited using standard Mac mouse techniques and keyboard shortcuts. (These also apply to text in chart boxes.)

x
Cut
c
Copy
v
Paste
z
Undo (In Note fields, "Undo" only works while the cursor is still inside the field.)
a
Select all
Move cursor to the end of a field
Move cursor to the beginning of a field
Clears previous character.
Forward Delete
Clears next character.

The following shortcuts apply only to text in Notes, Noteboard, Logs and Free-form source text fields...

t
Plain
b
Bold
i
Italic
u
Underline
k
Strikethrough
v
Paste as Plain Text

Highlighted text can be typed over, or you can position the cursor (using the mouse or arrow keys) within the text to delete or insert text. When the entire content of a field is highlighted, you can press the Delete key (formerly called "Backspace") to clear the entire field.

Triple-click Text to select an entire line (or paragraph) of text.

When the cursor is inside any place field or the Last Name field...
' (apostrophe)
Ditto Shortcut
Duplicates the last entry you made in the same field for a different person. This only applies to place fields and the Last Name field.
 
When the cursor is inside an up/down arrow box...
 
Increments/decrements by 1.
 
Increments/decrements by 10.
 
Enters lowest/highest possible entry.

List window shortcut
To show a person in the family view, and move the List window behind the family view, Option-double-click any name in the List window.

Edit Person panel shortcut
Single-click
General Source (at the bottom of the Edit Person panel) to show the Name section, where general sources are entered and edited.
 
Letter-Key Shortcuts

These shortcuts are available only in the family view.

To perform a letter-key shortcut, simply type some letters and press Enter or Return. These commands do not use a modifier key such as the Command or Control key. When you type the letter-key shortcuts, you'll see them appear in the left edge of the bottom bar (at the bottom of the Reunion app window). Being mnemonic, they are easy to remember. These shortcuts are case sensitive and do not support diacritical marks (such as é).

Note: Reunion's default behavior is to always put the cursor into the search box at the top of the sidebar. So, if the cursor is blinking in the search box (at the top of the sidebar) and you want to do a letter-key shortcut, press the Tab key to take the cursor OUT of the search box and into a mode where Reunion is waiting for letter-key shortcuts.

If you like using letter-key shortcuts — for example, to streamline the process of adding children to families — you can change the default cursor behavior so that Reunion will not automatically move the cursor into the search box when returning to the family view. To change this behavior, use the letter-key shortcut: plks (and press the Return key). A quick confirming message will appear in the bottom bar. The behavior may be changed back to the default by using the same shortcut again.

nmc
New male child
nfc
New female child
nuc
New child of unknown sex
nh
New husband
nw
New wife
nhf
New husband's father
nhm
New husband's mother
nwf
New wife's father
nwm
New wife's mother
um
Unrelated male
uf
Unrelated female
uu
Unrelated unknown sex
All of the above shortcuts can be used with an optional name. For example, nmcLeroy/Brown would create a new child named Leroy Brown.
The syntax for name is: given name(s)/optional surname.
mcs
Add male child from the sidebar
fcs
Add female child from the sidebar
ucs
Add unknown sex child from the sidebar
hs
Add husband from the sidebar
ws
Add wife from the sidebar
hfs
Add husband's father from the sidebar
hms
Add husband's mother from the sidebar
wfs
Add wife's father from the sidebar
wms
Add wife's mother from the sidebar
All of the above shortcuts are used to add an existing person by opening the People sidebar. However, if you know the ID number of the person you want to link, you can use these shortcuts with an ID number. For example, to add a male child ID number 45, to the current family, type mcs45 and press Return.
h
Edit husband's name
w
Edit wife's name
he
Husband's events
we
Wife's events
hn
Husband's notes
wn
Wife's notes
fn
Family's notes
m
Marriage
ci
Contact Info
ec
Edit children
esh
Edit spouses of husband
esw
Edit spouses of wife
eph
Edit parents of husband
epw
Edit parents of wife
hp
To husband's parents
wp
To wife's parents
hns
To husband's next spouse
wns
To wife's next spouse
b
Back
f
Forward
t
Tree View
find
Find
af
Advanced Find
mg
Mark (groups and sets)
log
Logs
p
People sidebar
s
Sources sidebar
mm
Multimedia sidebar
rel
Relatives sidebar
ag
Ages sidebar
pl
Places sidebar
res
Results sidebar
bm
Bookmarks sidebar
tt
Treetops sidebar
cb
Clipboard sidebar
cal
Calendar sidebar
rem
Reminders sidebar
con
Contacts sidebar
isl
Islands sidebar
mh
Mark/unmark husband
mw
Mark/unmark wife
me
Mark everybody
ue
Unmark everybody
c1
To 1st child
c2
To 2nd child
  etc.
ac
Charts > Ancestor chart
dc
Charts > Descendant chart
fc
Charts > Fan chart
rc
Charts > Relative chart
tc
Charts > Timeline chart
cp
Charts > Cascading Pedigree
bc
Charts > Bowtie chart
hc
Charts > Hourglass chart
xc
Charts > Everybody chart
ps
Reports > Person Sheet
fg
Reports > Family Group Sheet
bf
Reports > Blank Forms
fh
Reports > Family History
rr
Reports > Register
ar
Reports > Ancestor
dr
Reports > Descendant
book
Reports > Book
web
Reports > Web Project
obit
Reports > Obituary
ln
Reports > Last Names
stat
Reports > Statistics
otd
Reports > On This Date
mu
Reports > Multimedia Usage
lp
List > People
ls
List > Sources
lx
List > Connections
lc
List > Citations
lc[x]
List > Citations to source number x
le
List > Events
ll
List > Places
lf
List > Results
ld
List > Calendar
lu
List > Couples
lo
List > Contacts
ly
List > Feasibility
rp
Reunion Settings
pg
Settings > General
pd
Settings > Dates
pi
Settings > Child Status
pf
Settings > Fields
po
Settings > Folders
pm
Settings > Multimedia Files
pp
Settings > Privacy
pr
Settings > Reports
pb
Settings > Startup
pe
Settings > Sources
ph
Settings > Slideshows
pv
Settings > Family Views
pw
Settings > Web
dl
Change > Direct lines bold
n
Change > Numbering
sf
Change > Set flags
sg
Change > Set general sources
sc
Change > Sort children
cc
Change > Case
px
Show/hide preferred picture
gi
Get Information
cl
Change Log
ss
Sharing Status
tn
Thumbnails
s[x]
Show source number x
?
Opens the manual window to a page relating to what appears in the middle of the Reunion window. This shortcut can also be used with words. For example, to search for help on "leap years" type ?leap year and hit the Return key.
plks
Toggles the placement of the cursor when returning to the family view. The cursor can appear in the search box (default) or the cursor can be hidden, meaning Reunion is immediately ready for the next letter-key shortcut to be typed.
hb
Add husband to the currently selected bookmarks set
wb
Add wife to the currently selected bookmarks set
fp
Find person ID#
ff
Find family ID#
gp
Find person ID# (known as "Go person" in older versions of Reunion)
gf
Find family ID# (known as "Go family" in older versions of Reunion)
The above two shortcuts can be used with an ID number. For example, to go to person ID 53, type fp53 and press Return. Without an ID number, the shortcuts simply open the Find ID# window.

Chart Window Shortcuts

Chart Window Command Key Shortcuts
a
Select all objects
b Locate starting box
c
Copy selected objects
d
Duplicate selected objects (images, shapes, and text objects)
e
Everything to center
f
Find text
g
Find next
h
Hide Reunion
i
Get Info
k
Colors
l
Lines - tree charts only
m
Frame title
o
Open
p
Print
q
Quit
r
Orientation - tree charts only
s
Save
t
Tool panel (show/hide)
v
Paste
w
Close
x
Cut
z
Undo
1
Zoom 1:1
-
Zoom out
+
Zoom in
5
Zoom to 50%
>
Increase text size in selected boxes or frame title
<
Decrease text size in selected boxes or frame title

Other Chart Window Shortcuts

space key
click & drag
Scrolls a chart — the cursor becomes a "grabber hand"
click
Any chart object to see a menu of commands specific to the clicked object
double-click
Anywhere on a chart (except on an object) to zoom in and out
double-click
A box to delete the box and its branch
double-click
A picture, text object, bar, or perspective event to delete the object
choose
Tree > Orientation menu command to bypass the window and redraw the chart in the previously selected orientation
drag
Text objects, images, and shapes to duplicate

 

f b
Layer front
Layer back
r
Orientation - tree charts only — this will redraw the chart using the previous settings of the Orientation window
Space horizontally
Space vertically


Scrolls to upper-left corner of chart
Scrolls to lower-right corner of chart
Scrolls up one screen
Scrolls down one screen
Scrolls left/right one column

Scrolls up/down one line
Deselects selected objects