The arrow keys do useful things in the identify modal. Right/left to move to the next/previous observation, alt-right/left to look at different photos in the current observation. However, the up/down arrows don’t do anything. It would be great if they could scroll the list of IDs/comments if that …

I like that idea. Also, I find I “follow” a lot more than I “favourite”, and it is favourite that gets the f shortcut! Is there a shortcut for follow, or could we get one?

[image] schoenitz: That would duplicate the functionality of a scroll wheel, but notebook computers don’t tend to have those. Most notebook computers have a trackpad where you can use 2 fingers to scroll up and down, though it requires being hovered over the comment/ID area (in Chrome on Wind…

[image] bouteloua: Most notebook computers have a trackpad where you can use 2 fingers to scroll up and down, though it requires being hovered over the comment/ID area (in Chrome on Windows 10, at least). Fair enough, although [image] schoenitz: I’d like to also read the ID’s comments wi…

Ah, yeah, missed that. I’m always using the trackpad to zoom around to squint around at different parts of the photos. I’d be lost without that. :) If you have one, the trackpoint (“ pointing stick ”? haha) would be another alternative to keep hands on the keyboard and scroll. I always forget that exi…

I just noticed that the arrow keys now scroll up and down in the ID modal. Yay, and thanks! edit: How do I close this thread?

Thanks again @bouteloua for reopening the feature request. I’m not sure how this happened, and I am pretty sure I did not hallucinate this working, but the arrow keys no longer work in the ID modal, nor in the compare tool. [image] Add 10 new Hot Keys to the Identify page Last night I was able …

Bumping this back up! I am new, but am learning the power of the Identify page and while learning the keyboard shortcuts I also keep instinctively using up and down expecting the Info and Compare to scroll accordingly. Would love to see this re/implemented! I’m on a MacBook with Google Chrome Ver…

It’d also be rad to have zoom-scroll, so you could zoom in with Z and then holding Z, use the arrow keys to move around. What do you think ?

Enable up/down arrows in Identify modal

Feature Requests

Topic		Replies	Views
Add up/down arrows in Identify modal keyboard shortcut popup Bug Reports	3	323	September 25, 2021
Using up/down arrows to scroll through Identify/Suggestions Feature Requests web	5	562	June 22, 2021
Add 10 new Hot Keys to the Identify page Feature Requests under-review	42	6562	February 16, 2026
Allow Z+arrow keys to pan image when zoomed without the mouse on Identify Feature Requests web , identify	2	97	February 18, 2026
Annotation Keyboard Commands Stop Working Bug Reports web , identify	11	127	April 11, 2026

Enable up/down arrows in Identify modal

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