Amazon Kindle Keyboard Shortcuts

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Contents 1 Keyboard Shortcuts 1.1 Global Keys 1.2 Home Page 1.3 Reader 1.4 Settings Page 1.5 Font List 1.6 Picture Viewer 1.7 Minesweeper 1.8 Text Input 1.9 Browser 1.10 Audio Player 1.11 Search Commands

[edit] Keyboard Shortcuts

Note on syntax: Keys separated by "+" should be held. Keys separated by "-" should be pressed and released.

[edit] Global Keys

• Alt+Shift+R reboot Kindle
• Alt+Shift+. restart GUI
• Alt+Shift+G screenshot
  • An SD card is required to store screenshots. They are saved in .GIF format in the card's root. No SD card required for the Kindle 2 Intl.

[edit] Home Page

• Alt+Shift+M Minesweeper game
• Alt+Z rescan picture directories
• Alt+T show time
• Number Keys flip to entered book list page (e.g. entering 1-0 will take you to page 10)

[edit] Reader

• Alt+B toggle bookmark
• Alt+T spell out time
• Alt+0 (zero) enable/disable slideshow (note that this will also work with text. There is no control for speed but changing font size will help somewhat.)
• Alt+1 start slideshow (if enabled)
• Alt+2 stop slideshow
• Alt+PageForward/PageBackward go to next/previous annotation or one "chunk" (1/20th of a book) forward or backward

[edit] Settings Page

• Alt+(4-1-1) show diagnostics data
• Alt+(5-1-1) run loopback call test
• Alt+(6-1-1) diagnostic data service call c/e/s
• Alt+(1-2-6) Lab126 team members

[edit] Font List

• J show/hide justification options

[edit] Picture Viewer

• Alt+Shift+o set current picture as screensaver
• F toggle fullscreen mode

[edit] Minesweeper

• I,J,K,L up, left, down, right
• M mark mine/unmark mine
• R restart
• Space/ScrollWheelClick open cell
• ScrollWheel move cursor left/right or up/down depending on mode
• Alt toggle scrollwheel mode for left/right or up/down movement
• H return to Home screen

[edit] Text Input

• Alt+Backspace clear all
• Alt+H/Alt+J cursor left/right

Note: The following shortcuts do not work in search fields.

• Alt+6 ?
• Alt+7 ,
• Alt+8 :
• Alt+9 "
• Alt+0 '

[edit] Browser

• Alt+1 show current location in Google Maps
• Alt+2 find gas station nearby
• Alt+3 find restaurant nearby
• Alt+5 find custom keyword nearby
• Alt+D dump debug info to the log and toggle highlight default item
• Alt+Z toggle zone drawing and show log

[edit] Audio Player

• Alt+F next
• Alt+P play/stop

[edit] Search Commands

Note: These commands are to be entered into a search box, followed by keywords (e.g. "@wiki amazon kindle" will search Wikipedia for articles about the Kindle).

• @help
• @web
• @wiki/@wikipedia
• @store
• @time

Special thanks to Igor Skochinsky and his Reversing Everything blog for discovering and compiling the majority of the undocumented keyboard shortcuts.

As a precaution, all commands that may damage the Kindle's functionality have been removed.