MateCat relies heavily on keyboard shortcuts for standard and advanced functionalities. Getting to know the shortcuts below will help you be more productive when translating in MateCat.
Functionality | Windows | Mac |
Confirm translation (click on Translated) | CTRL+Enter | CMD+Enter |
Confirm translation and go to next untranslated segment (click on [T+>>]) | CTRL+SHIFT+Enter | CMD+SHIFT+Enter |
Go to next segment | CTRL+Down | CTRL+Down |
Return to previous segment | CTRL+Up | CTRL+Up |
Go to current segment | CTRL+Home | CMD+SHIFT+up |
Copy source to target | ALT+CTRL+i | ALT+CTRL+i |
Undo in segment (available in active segment) | CTRL+z | CMD+z |
Redo in segment (available in active segment) | CTRL+y | CMD+SHIFT+z |
Go to beginning of the line | Home | CMD+left |
Go to end of the line | End | CMD+right |
Move the cursor word by word to the right | CTRL+right | ALT+right |
Move the cursor word by word to the left | CTRL+left | ALT+left |
Open search (if not yet opened) | CTRL+f | CMD+f |
Perform Concordance search on word(s) selected in the source or target segment | ALT+k | ALT+k |
Use Translation suggestions (first/second/third suggestion) | CTRL+1/2/3 | CTRL+1/2/3 |
Add a new line in the target segment | SHIFT+Enter | SHIFT+Enter |
Add a non-breaking space | CTRL+SHIFT+Space | CTRL+SHIFT+Space |
Merge back split sub-segments | CTRL+W |
Find out more on this topic in the specific section of the FAQ. |