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Keyboard navigation

Serial now supports full keyboard navigation in views and articles, enabling nearly full app keyboard navigation.

March 29, 2026

Features

Keyboard navigation within views

  • Use arrow keys to navigate through items in any view
    • In list views, and move through items sequentially
    • In grid views, all four arrow keys work navigating between rows and columns
  • Press 1-9 or 0 (for the 10th view) to change between active views
  • Added new shortcuts for toggling between visibility filters:
    • u for unread
    • i for read
    • l for later
  • Press s to send the selected item to Instapaper

Keyboard shortcuts for items within views

  • Mark items as read/unread with e or Space
  • Add items to “read later” with w
  • Open items in your preferred open location with Enter
  • Open the original URL in a new tab with o (in views and when viewing an item)
  • Updated the “mark all visible as read” shortcut to f

Previewing shortcuts

  • Hold Alt to temporarily reveal all keyboard shortcut labels

Keyboard navigation in articles

  • / to navigate up and down through articles
  • Space to show an image fullscreen and to play selected videos
  • Tab to cycle through links within the selected block, and Enter to open a link in a new tab

Configurable article appearance settings

  • Configurable font size (12–24px) via +/- controls in the Articles tab
  • Can now choose serif or sans-serif for article font

Other changes

  • Opening an item now marks it as read. Because of this, recently read items will still be shown in a view until you leave that view
  • Grid item heights are now more consistent within a given row
  • “Send to Instapaper” is now hidden for feeds that open externally
  • Filter chips no longer show focus styles (as they are triggered through shortcuts)
  • Improved hour display in the date header to omit leading zero
  • Fixed an issue where shortcuts would fire when typing in form elements
  • Fixed an issue where custom colors would not apply

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