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Just as a reminder, keyboard shortcuts don't work on all browsers. If you use IE6 or IE7, they will not be enabled, and pressing the ? key won't do anything.
If this applies to you, we highly recommend upgrading to Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or IE9.
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The "?" shortcut stomped on the FF keyboard shortcut to enable find as you type. :-\
support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Keyboard%20shortcuts#w_search
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tivac - Yes, unfortunately the shortcuts we've implemented sometimes override the built-in browser shortcuts. If this is a problem for you, you can disable keyboard shortcuts on Flickr by pressing the ? key and unchecking the checkbox at the top that says "Enable Keyboard Shortcuts".
Sorry for the inconvenience!
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I can get this to work in Safari, but not in Firefox or Chrome. Am I doing something wrong?
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I have spanish keyboard. The "?" shorcut does not work, so I cannot look for other shorcuts! Bummer.
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the ? is not working in spanish keyboard :(
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thomas.armstrong & RayPG 2.0 - I'm glad you two mentioned that! We have support for different keyboard layouts waiting in the wings, and we just need to do a bit more testing before we turn it on.
Sorry that it doesn't work for you now, but we'll have support for the Spanish keyboard (and others) soon!
If the ? key doesn't work for you, try going to a photo page and clicking on the text at the bottom of the page that says "? show all shortcuts".
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It works but . . with J K L firefoxs jumps to quickfind with me.
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Just to note: In Firefox, it's actually the "/" key that brings up the keyboard shortcut list. If I actually use the question mark ("?"), it simply hides my browser's status bar, but has no effect on Flickr.
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Wil C. Fry - Thanks for the report, it's something we're looking into. Entering the ? character works in most browsers, but not Firefox (but the / character works normally).
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I know I'm a pest, but I don't see "? show all shortcuts" at the bottom of the photo page, just three lines of blue links.
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Hairlover - It works for me in Chrome, Safari and Firefox. Do you have a keyboard with a non-QWERTY layout?
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I figure out how it works in spanish keyboard let me upload a photo with the key
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I figure out how it works in spanish keyboard let me upload a photo with the key
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Hairlover - If you've disabled keyboard shortcuts in the past (with this account setting page), or if you're using a browser that we don't support keyboard shortcuts on, then the list of shortcuts won't appear at the bottom of the photo page.
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I just found it -- in light gray text -- in Safari. But I don't see it in Firefox and Chrome.
EDIT: Thanks, Ross. That was the problem. I must have disabled the shortcuts sometime in the past, but I don't remember doing so.
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Does not work as expected on a German keyboard.
Pressing ? does nothing. Holding shift + ? works though.
Using the ?-button without shift creates a ß on German keyboards.
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In spanish keyboard the key to display the Keyboard shortcut guide is this one in red
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I like it!
Now if there were just a short cut to the "Edit title, tags and dates" dialog........;~)
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RayPG 2.0 - Thanks for the photo!
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 In Firefox, it's actually the "/" key that brings up the keyboard shortcut list.
Hm, not for me. It brings up Quick Find. Admittedly, I am on an older version of FF (3.6.19, can't run anything newer).
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Works great for me on a Mac with Firefox...but as mentioned it's the / key...which I actually like as you don't have to press shift like you do with the ?
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Would be nice if clicking the keys in the keyboard picture would perform the same action as typing them. Just a gimmick...
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I have IE9.....none of the shortcuts work. Not ?, not L, nothing.
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Just a note. I am using IE9 but had to turn on "compatibility view" because that was the only way I could drag the map.....otherwise the map is useless in IE9.
So now I have to choose between the map or the shortcuts.
Surely everyone who uses IE9 is not having this issue??????
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ok, already mentionned for spanish layout but same for french layout, but still accessible by using the " / : " while tou're finishing testing and implementing this layout :)
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Safari works OK!!
I LOVE IT!!!!
Thanks.
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I like the two new features. Thanks.
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Doesn't work for me in IE9!
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? & L both work in IE9 if I turn off Compatability mode in IE9
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On Opera and with french keyboard (AZERTY) ? touch launch the search...
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Love it! What a great feature too see "more" of the contacts' upload at once! A great time saver!!
Thanks! And keep it up! =)
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one shortcut I've been using for a few years -
tab + space bar = comment
(instead of using the mouse to click on 'comment')
I've never seen it mentioned for a Flickr shortcut, and discovered it quite by accident.
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If I press ? (German keyboard, FFF5 on XP/SP2) it does not display the shortcuts page but moves through the sets a pic is included in:
from ...6031845840/in/contacts/
to ...6031845840/
to ...6031845840/in/pool-1655645@N23/
to ...6031845840/in/pool-1509800@N20/
and so on...
Nifty -- but obviously not intended?
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Spam reported
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I'm loving the new keyboard shortcuts. Just one question - having used a shortcut to pull up, e.g., add to group, I still have to use the pointer to complete the action. Is there any way you can introduce a shortcut so that hitting Enter will complete the action? That would make the whole thing perfect!
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Works fine with AZERTY keyboard (Chrome and FF), and I love it!
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Just tried it and it is FAB!
Just one suggestion to make it absolutely tip-top super -
WHY NOT HAVE a 'Home' and a 'You' shortcut too? - as these are likely to be the two main 'resting' pages for most peoples' Flickr sessions. Certainly, having upsized my contacts thumbnails an instant 'Home' shortcut would've saved me a bit of faff looking for/trying to remember the scroll up command so I could go 'Home' manually.
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Am I confused?
The shortcuts aren't new, are they? Just that you've documented them and added a shortcut to access guide.
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thanks for letting us turn them OFF.
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love the contacts viewing options and the shortcuts
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You are correct that the shortcuts aren't new. Just the one key that opens up the "guide" to the shortcuts.
For almost a year, I've been using this list as my guide, and updating it occasionally.
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Will someone from Flickr please address the issue with IE9??????????
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I have firefox and when I pressed ? I got quick find.
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Karen_Chappell - Thanks for the bug reports!
I've tested the maps in IE9, and there is indeed an issue. We'll look into it immediately.
The keyboard shortcuts and the new guide both work fine for me in IE9 (in Standards Mode and in Quirks Mode). You might want to check this account settings page to see if you have shortcuts disabled.
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We made a new FAQ for the keyboard shortcuts to help with the browser and keyboard issues:
www.flickr.com/help/website/#34856708
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Karen_Chappell - The IE9 map issue should be fixed now. Sorry for the bug!
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Ross, thank you!!!! Yes, the map now works.
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The ?
Does neither work with a native German keyboard nor with the German keyboard layout activated on an US-Int. keyboard.
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Switched my IE9 (on VISTA64) into compatibility mode.
Now the shortcuts work -- strange that I have to revert to that?
Except the question mark -- it still cycles through links but does not display the summary.
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When clicking on "Your Contacts" I get a mess of thumbnails without an indication of the photographer. This problems occurs om Mac and Windows, using latest Firefox. Works OK with Safari (so far).
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 You need to start your own topic by going here:
www.flickr.com/help/
Choose an appropriate link from the drop down menu, read any relevant info that might help you resolve the problem, then use the "ask a new question in the Forum" link if you still need to open a new topic.
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I love, love, love these shortcuts - thanks sooo much!
I want more now - please help prevent me from getting carpal tunnel syndrome by having to use the mouse to click in order to have a workflow for downloading a Large or Original photo. It would be soooo awesome if there was a D (Download), L (Large), O (Original) workflow using shortcuts.
For now, I've been using the F to Favorite something, then viewing Favorites, using L to Lightbox, then having to click Show All Sizes, then wait, then when it loads, click Download the Large Size, then hit Backspace to go back to the Lightbox, then right arrow to go to the next photo, and then repeat that for each one I want to download. Then, I have to go look at each of my Favorites one at a time and hit F again to remove them from Favorites.
Please make this easier!! It drives me nuts.
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the tags won't implement
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GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
WTF with the ? that doesn't require the shift key?
Once you have learnt what the shortcuts are (or the subset you use) you no longer need to keep referring to it. The '/' in FF has been there for years, we are all used to using it. It is how the browser works. This extension breaks browser behaviour.
And yes I've seen the response by Ross above and the solution of not using shortcuts at all is just wrong.
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Hi!
is there a shortcut for "Post Now"???
thanks
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Magnum.P.I edited this topic 22 months ago.
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Is it a coincidence that since Flickr implemented this I can’t add tags with double quotes? Really annoying.
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In German layout its the underscore _ and minus key - next to right shift to bring up the keymap help its the same position where in the US keymap the questionmark is. Maybe for other languages its the same :)
(I'm guessing Flickr uses the scancodes of the keyboard to implement the shortcuts)
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Is it a coincidence that since Flickr implemented this I can’t add tags with double quotes? Really annoying.
Probably not. Try clearing your cache.
(I just tagged my picture with double quotes)
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Walwyn - Unlike other browsers, Firefox does not give us the ability to distinguish between the / keystroke and the shift-/ keystrokes.
In JavaScript, which we use to implement these shortcuts, shift-/ returns zero information in Firefox about what key was pressed. If we had this information, we could have implemented it as you described, and left the / intact.
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cnmark and Andreas. - Thanks for the feedback. As Andreas. suggests, we do in fact use JavaScript keycodes to implement these shortcuts.
We should have an update out in the near future that adds support to the Keyboard Shortcut Guide for widely used keyboard layouts, like QWERTZ (German), AZERTY (French), and Spanish. You will then be able to look at the Guide and see what keys map to what functions on the site. In the meantime, sorry for the confusion!
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I love the keyboard shortcuts. I want them more. For instance, L to start lightshow even from any photostream page and not limited to a specific photo page. Shortcut to flip between photostream page view and view by photo, "Home" key to go newest photostream page, <- key should go back to photostream page when hit the top of the list of new photos
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Ross "shift-/ returns zero information in Firefox about what key was pressed."
*sark* ? charCode is 63, / is charCode 47.
Yes I know it won't be that simple. But no matter if I can turn off '/' interception.
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With a Norwegian keyboard layout the key to press is the one containing the symbols * and ' (next to Enter).
But this does not work in the Opera browser at all.
Also, Opera uses symbols like + (same button as ? in Norway) and * for zooming.
The feature is very nice, so it would be very useful if you could add an alternative key on a plain letter - it would probably help many of us with different keyboards and browsers. Less easy to remember, yes, but better than something not working!
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I just discovered the keyboard shortcuts and I think they're amazing! I love you flickr, it's things like this that make flickr the leader in the market!
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Hi all!
We've updated the keyboard shortcuts with options for other keyboards. Keyboards now available are QWERTY (the most common), Spanish, QWERTZ (primarily German), AZERTY (primarily french), and Dvorak.
To change the layout just open up the guide with the '?' key and you will see an option to change it on the left.
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Impressive! Thanks for all the good work.
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Hurray for Dvorak support!
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Indeed. The deliberately clumsy QWERTY arrangement slowed down a typist's speed, which helped to prevent the primitive mechanical typewriters of the day from jamming. Dvorak reassigns the most used keys to the strongest fingers, increasing speed. Yet, QWERTY works better than Dvorak on computers, because most of the typing is done by the left hand, leaving the right hand more time to move the mouse.
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The key for bringing up the help (?) = * ' key on Swedish keyboards
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