# Reference

## Main menu reference

In this section you can find detailed descriptions of all entries in the main menu of &bibletime;. They are ordered in just the way they appear in &bibletime;, with all the sub-items listed under the major menu item they belong to. You can also see the hotkey of each item;a complete listing of all hotkeys can be found in this section.

### File

&Ctrl;Q File Quit

  Closes BibleTime. BibleTime will ask you if you want to write unsaved changes to disk.

### View

View Show Toolbar

  Toggles Toolbar display. Toggle this setting to turn the main toolbar on or off.

F9 View Show Bookshelf

  Toggles display of the Bookshelf. Toggle this setting to turn the Bookshelf on the left pane on or off. This can be handy if you need more space for the Mag.

F8 View Show Mag

  Toggles display of the Mag(nifying glass). Toggle this setting to turn the Mag on the left pane on or off.

### Search

&Alt;&Ctrl;F Search Search in standard bible

  Opens the Search Dialog to search in the standard Bible only. More works can be added in the Search Dialog.

&Ctrl;O Search Search in open work(s)

  Opens the Search Dialog to search in all open works. More works can be added in the Search Dialog.

### Window

Window Save session

  Directly saves the current session. This will open a context menu where you can select an existing session to save to. It will be overwritten with your current session. See the next item on how to save to a new session.

&Alt;&Ctrl;S Window Save as new Session

  Saves the current session under a new name. This will ask for a new name to save the session to.

Window Load session

  Loads an existing session. This will open a context menu where you can select an existing session to load.

Window Delete session

  Deletes an existing session. This will open a context menu where you can select an existing session that should be deleted.

&Ctrl;&Shift;F Window Fullscreen Mode

  Toggles fullscreen mode. Here you can turn fullscreen mode on or off. In fullscreen mode, &bibletime; will expand to the full size of your monitor screen, using as much space as possible.

Window Arrangement mode

  Controls the basic window arrangement behaviour. In the opening context menu, you can either specify that you want to take care of the window arrangement yourself (Manual mode) or have &bibletime; handle it for you (Automatical modes, just try them out!).

&Ctrl;G Window Tile vertically

  Tiles all open read windows vertically.

&Ctrl;H Window Tile horizontally

  Tiles all open windows horizontally.

&Ctrl;J Window Cascade

  Cascades all open windows.

&Alt;&Ctrl;W Window Close all

  Closes all open windows.

### Settings

Settings Configure toolbars

  Opens a dialog where you can customize &bibletime;'s toolbar. Just try it out, you can move around the toolbar buttons and even add new ones. Most of the entries available from the main menu can be put on the toolbar as buttons. If you need a certain feature often, you might want to put a button on the main menu, so that you can access it with only one click. Please see this section for further information.

Settings Configure &bibletime;

  Opens &bibletime;'s main configuration dialog. You can configure all kinds of nice settings there to adapt &bibletime; to your needs. Please see this section for details.

F4 Settings Bookshelf Manager

  Opens a dialog where you can change your Sword configuration and manage your bookshelf. Please see this section for details.

### Help

&help.menu.documentation;

## Toolbar reference

Please review the preceding section for an explanation of the buttons that you find on the toolbar. You can also move the cursor over a button and wait a few seconds to activate the button's tooltip with a short description.

You can adapt the toolbar to your needs. Please use the following entry in the main menu:

Settings Configure toolbars

  Configure toolbars

Please see this section for detailed instructions.

## HotKeys index

This is index of all hotkeys and their corresponding description in the handbook. The hotkeys are sorted (roughly) alphabetical. If you want to directly find out which hotkey a certain menu item has, you can either look at the entry itelf in &bibletime; (as it always shows the hotkey), or you can look it up in this section.

Hotkey | Description
--- | ---
&Alt;Left | Moves back in the history of read windows.
&Alt;Right | Moves forward in the history of read windows.
&Alt;&Ctrl;F | Search Search in default bible equivalent; opens the search dialog to search in the default bible.
&Alt;&Ctrl;G | Window Arrangement mode Auto-tile vertically equivalent; toggle automatic window tiling.
&Alt;&Ctrl;H | Window Arrangement mode Auto-tile horizontally equivalent; toggle automatic window tiling.
&Alt;&Ctrl;J | Window Arrangement mode Auto-cascade equivalent; toggle automatic window cascading.
&Alt;&Ctrl;M | Window Arrangement mode Manual mode equivalent; toggle manual window placement.
&Alt;&Ctrl;S | Window Save as new session equivalent; saves current layout as new session.
&Alt;&Ctrl;W | Window Close all equivalent; closes all open windows.
&Ctrl;- | Zoom out. This decreases the font size of read windows.
&Ctrl;+ | Zoom in. This increases the font size of read windows.
&Ctrl;A | Select all. This selects all text in read windows.
&Ctrl;C | Copy. This copies the selected text to the clipboard.
&Ctrl;F | Search. This lets you search within the text of a read window.
&Ctrl;J | Window Cascade equivalent; cascades all open windows.
&Ctrl;G | Window Tile vertically equivalent; tiles all open windows vertically.
&Ctrl;H | Window Tile horizontally equivalent; tiles all open windows horizontally.
&Ctrl;O | Search Search in open work(s) equivalent; opens the search dialog to search in all currently opened works.
&Ctrl;Q | File Quit equivalent; closes &bibletime;.
&Ctrl;W | Closes the current window.
&Ctrl;X | Moves a bible or commentary read window to the next chapter.
&Ctrl;Y | Moves a bible or commentary read window to the next book.
&Ctrl;V | Moves a read window to the next verse or entry.
&Ctrl;&Shift;F | Window Fullscreen mode equivalent; toggles fullscreen mode.
&Ctrl;&Shift;X | Moves a bible or commentary read window to the previous chapter.
&Ctrl;&Shift;Y | Moves a bible or commentary read window to the previous book.
&Ctrl;&Shift;V | Moves a read window to the previous verse or entry.
F1 | Help Handbook equivalent; opens the handbook.
F2 | Help BibleStudy Howto equivalent; opens the BibleStudy Howto.
F3 | Help Daily tip equivalent; opens the tip of the day.
F4 | Settings Bookshelf Manager equivalent; opens the Bookshelf Manager.
F8 | View Show Bookshelf equivalent; toggles display of the Bookshelf.
F9 | View Show mag equivalent; toggles display of the mag(nifying glass).