Browsing
Address bar
Press ⌘L (or click the address bar), type, and press Enter. Esc puts the current address back and returns to the page.
What you type is read like this:
| You type | Litr opens |
|---|---|
https://example.com/page |
exactly that |
example.com, docs.rs/gpui |
https:// plus what you typed |
localhost:3000, myapp.test, .local hosts, 127.0.0.1 |
http:// plus what you typed |
anything else (rust gpui, 1.5) |
a search with your search engine |
The default search engine is DuckDuckGo. You can choose Google, Kagi or Bing in settings.
The address bar supports the usual text editing: ⌘A, ⌘C, ⌘V, ⌘X, ←/→, ⇧←/⇧→, ⌘←/⌘→ (start and end), and input methods for accented and non-Latin text.
Back, forward and reload
- Back ⌘[ and forward ⌘], or ‹ › in the toolbar. You can also swipe with two fingers.
- Reload ⌘R, or ↻.
A thin blue bar under the toolbar shows loading progress.
History
Every page you visit is saved in your history on this Mac. Reloads and restored tabs don't count as new visits.
Open it with ⌘Y (History → Show All History).
- Search as you type. Every word must appear in the title or the address.
- Results are grouped by site, with the most recent site first.
- Click an entry to open it in the current tab, or ⌘-click to open it in a new tab. Enter opens the first result.
- Hover an entry and click × to delete it. Clear History deletes it all.
The command palette also searches your history.
Find in page
Press ⌘F. A find bar appears under the toolbar.
- Matches are found as you type.
- Enter or ⌘G goes to the next match. ⇧Enter or ⇧⌘G goes back.
- "No matches" appears when there are none.
- Esc or Done closes the bar.
Search is case-insensitive and wraps around the page.
Zoom
⌘+ zooms in, ⌘− zooms out and ⌘0 returns to actual size. Each tab keeps its own zoom level, including after it is unloaded or restored. The steps are 50%, 67%, 75%, 80%, 90%, 100%, 110%, 125%, 150%, 175%, 200%, 250% and 300%.
Downloads
Files the browser can't show, and links marked as downloads, are saved to
~/Downloads. If a file with that name exists, Litr adds a number:
report (2).pdf.
Downloads appear at the bottom of the sidebar:
- A bar shows progress while a file downloads.
- Click a finished download to show it in Finder.
- Hover and click × to cancel a download, or to remove a finished one from the list. The file stays on disk.
Downloaded files carry macOS's quarantine flag, so Gatekeeper checks downloaded apps before they first open.
Copy, paste and editing on pages
The Edit menu (⌘C, ⌘V, ⌘X, ⌘A, ⌘Z, ⇧⌘Z) works in pages and in Litr's own text fields.