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Navigating the User Interface

The user interface for browsing and searching your pictures is based on the following components. Screenshots in this documentation generally show pages in a medium-resolution desktop browser. All pages are fully responsive, so they may look different on mobile devices.

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1. Main Navigation

Located on the left, minimized on mobile devices. Click on the links to switch between different pages like Photos, Albums, Places, or Settings.

2. Toolbar

Located on the top. Find photos or videos by entering search terms like cats and filters like label:cat. A list with possible search filters can be found here.

Keyboard Shortcut

You can quickly focus the search field by pressing Ctrl + F.

3. Reload Button

reloads search results without reloading the full page.

Keyboard Shortcut

You can quickly refresh the page by pressing Ctrl + R.

4. View Button

Choose your preferred view mode by clicking on it (cards: , mosaic: , or list: ).

5. Upload Button

opens the upload dialog. Available on most pages, unless read-only mode is enabled or upload is disabled in Settings.

Keyboard Shortcut

You can quickly open the upload dialog by pressing Ctrl + U.

6. Expanded Toolbar

The expanded toolbar contains additional options and search filters for country, year, month, camera, color, and category.

Keyboard Shortcut

You can open the expanded toolbar by pressing Shift + Ctrl + F.

Context Menu

When photos or videos are selected, the context menu appears in the lower right corner. The number displayed is the count of currently selected items. It also contains the following buttons:

  • Archive photos
  • Add photos to album
  • Download photos
  • Mark photos as private
  • Open edit dialog
  • Share photos

To unselect all items, click the cross at the top:

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Selection Mode and Multi-Select

Desktop Browser

Select the first picture by clicking in the lower right corner.

The user interface is now in selection mode:

  • to additionally select individual pictures, click them anywhere except on the play/view icons in the corner
  • to select multiple pictures at once, use a shift+click to select all pictures between the last selected picture and the one you shift+click

Mobile Devices

Select the first picture with a long touch.

The user interface is now in selection mode:

  • to additionally select individual pictures, touch them anywhere except on the play/view icons in the corner
  • to select multiple pictures at once, use a long touch to select all pictures between the last selected picture and the one you long touch