Keyboard reference

Every shortcut in Wholisphere, organized by what you’re trying to do. The canonical machine-readable list (including the NVDA-compatible alternative bindings) is generated from the capability registry on every release.

Modes matter. Most navigation keys only do their special thing in Browse mode. In Focus mode, your keystrokes go to the page. Press \ (backslash) to toggle. See Modes.

Mode

Press	What it does
`\`	Toggle Browse / Focus mode

Move the cursor

Press	What it does
`Tab` or `↓`	Next element
`Shift+Tab` or `↑`	Previous element
`Home`	First element on the page
`End`	Last element on the page
`Enter` or `Space`	Activate the focused element (click, follow link, etc.)
`Escape`	Dismiss modal, popover, or live menu

These keys only work in Browse mode.

Press	Jump to next	`Shift+key`
`H`	Heading (any level)	Previous heading
`1`–`6`	Heading at level 1–6	Previous at that level
`K`	Link	Previous link
`B`	Button	Previous button
`F`	Form field	Previous form field
`T`	Table	Previous table
`L`	List	Previous list
`I`	List item	Previous list item
`G`	Image / graphic	Previous image
`D`	Landmark	Previous landmark
`R`	Region	Previous region

Read

Press	What it does
`Shift+Space`	Read from here to the end
`Ctrl+Shift+R`	Read from the top
`Ctrl+Space`	Pause / resume reading
`Control` (alone)	Stop reading
`Ctrl+Shift++`	Speak faster
`Ctrl+Shift+-`	Speak slower
`A`	Read everything (continuous read)
`S`	Spell the current word

Lists and overviews

Press	What it does
`Ctrl+Shift+E`	Open the elements list (links / headings / form fields)

Tables

When the cursor is on a table cell, in Browse mode:

Press	What it does
`Ctrl+Alt+→`	Next column
`Ctrl+Alt+←`	Previous column
`Ctrl+Alt+↓`	Next row
`Ctrl+Alt+↑`	Previous row

Cognitive shortcuts

These are global hotkeys — they work even without the screen reader on, and even in Focus mode (because the modifier keys disambiguate).

Press	Capability
`Ctrl+Shift+X`	Explain in simpler words (selection)
`Ctrl+Shift+U`	Summarize this page
`Ctrl+Shift+T`	Translate selection
`Ctrl+Shift+D`	Define selected word
`Ctrl+Alt+D`	Describe focused image

Voice

Press	Capability
`Ctrl+Shift+V` or `Ctrl+Alt+V`	Toggle voice command

NVDA / JAWS users — what stays the same

Wholisphere’s defaults overlap with NVDA and JAWS where it makes sense:

Quick-nav keys (H, K, B, F, T, L, G, D, R, 1–6) match NVDA’s Browse-mode layout.
Mode toggle is \, the same key NVDA uses (Browse / Focus).
Table grid uses Ctrl+Alt+Arrow, same as NVDA.
Read from here is Shift+Space, read from top is Ctrl+Shift+R. NVDA uses NVDA-modifier+Down and similar; we picked plain modifiers because Wholisphere has no modifier key of its own.

If you’d rather use the NVDA-compatible bindings, the engine already supports an NVDA profile internally. In a future popup update, you’ll be able to pick the profile from Settings.

Where bindings come from

Every binding above is sourced from the capability registry. The canonical list — with both Wholisphere defaults and NVDA-compatible alternatives — is regenerated from the registry on every release.