Keyboard Shortcuts

Open General → Controls → Keyboard shortcuts in the Crumbs popup to enable, disable, customize, or reset in-page shortcuts.

Default shortcuts

• Pin or unpin: Option/Alt + Shift + C
• Search the outline: Option/Alt + Shift + V

Search opens the outline and focuses heading search even when the outline is collapsed. Pin/unpin controls whether the outline stays expanded; it does not replace Show/Hide in the popup.

The former Command/Ctrl + K search default has changed. Check the shortcut shown in your popup if you previously customized it. Hover over or focus Search or Pin/Unpin to see the current shortcut beneath its tooltip label. Disabled shortcuts do not show a hint.

ChatGPT and reader controls

The same pin/unpin and search shortcuts work in page outlines, ChatGPT conversations, and Markdown and JSON readers. On ChatGPT, Search opens Find in conversation and searches entries available to Crumbs; it cannot search older messages that have never loaded.

In outline search, Enter jumps to a result. Escape clears the query first; press it again to close search.

In the reader’s theme palette menu, use Up/Down arrows to move between Light, Dark, and System, Home/End for the first/last option, Enter to select, and Escape to close.

In JSON Rendered view, Shift-click a collapsed chevron to expand descendants within the rendering limits. Change or disable this under Readers → JSON reader → More options → Advanced → Expand branch modifier. It is independent of hover preview.

Customize a shortcut

Choose Edit beside an action, record the new combination, and save it. Use Ctrl, Alt/Option, or Command with a letter or number and up to two modifiers. Each action needs a unique combination. Use Reset to return to the current default.

Browser and operating-system shortcuts may take priority. Crumbs ignores its in-page shortcuts while you are typing or composing text. Changes are stored locally and apply across open tabs.

Hover preview

Hover preview appears below Search in the same settings section and is enabled by default. Hold Shift and pause over an outline heading to preview that section. Crumbs scrolls instantly after a short delay without highlighting the heading or changing the URL, and keeps the outline list in place. Release the key to stop previewing.

Choose Edit to select Shift, Alt/Option, Control/Ctrl, or Command on Mac. Use only that modifier, without additional keys. You can disable the feature or reset the key to Shift. Preview does not interrupt typing, and Caps Lock is not a supported preview key.

Opening the settings popup

Crumbs suggests Option/Alt + Shift + X for opening its settings popup. Chrome manages this assignment separately and may leave it unassigned if the combination conflicts with another shortcut.

To change or remove it:

1. Select Set in Chrome shortcuts from Crumbs.
2. Find Crumbs on Chrome’s extension-shortcuts page.
3. Edit Activate the extension.

The Settings tooltip and the popup’s shortcut display reflect Chrome’s actual assignment. If none is assigned, open Crumbs from the browser toolbar.