Keyboard guide

Everything on The Bible Revealed can be done from the keyboard. Single-letter shortcuts are ignored while you are typing in a field or while a dialog is open, so they never interrupt a search or a note.

Anywhere on the site

Tab or Shift + Tab	Move between controls. Every control shows a green focus ring.
Enter or Space	Activate the focused button or link.
Esc	Close whatever is open: a dialog, a menu, a popover, the book picker, or reading mode.
/	Open search.
?	Open this guide.

While reading a chapter

[ or ]	Previous or next chapter, crossing into the neighbouring book at either end.
b	Open the book picker. Type to filter, use the arrows to move, Enter to choose.
r	Toggle reading mode (collapses or restores both side columns).
c	Toggle Compare, which shows two translations side by side.
↑ or ↓	With a paragraph selected, step to the previous or next paragraph.
← or →	From the first or last paragraph, step into the previous or next chapter.

Inside the text

Enter on a verse number	Selects that verse and opens the Bookmark / Share bar with focus on its first button.
Enter on a name or place	Opens its menu: highlight every mention, show the family tree, or open the profile. Esc closes it.
Enter on a gutter marker	Opens the bookmark, note, or event popover. Esc closes it and returns you to the marker.

Map and family tree

Tab to the map, then arrows or + / −	Pan and zoom the map. Place markers are buttons; Enter opens a place.
Tab to a family tree node or Enter	Adds that person's own family to the tree and centres on them — nothing already on screen is removed. Shift + Enter opens their profile.

Skipping the header

The first Tab press on any page reveals a “Skip to content” link that jumps past the header, the era strip, and the chapter list straight to the page’s main content.

Something not working?

If a control cannot be reached or operated from the keyboard, that is a bug. Please use the “Submit feedback” link in the footer and say which page and which control.