Gestures and shortcuts

Comic reader

Turn a page	Swipe, or drag from the edge. In right-to-left mode, the direction is reversed.
Show or hide the controls	Tap once.
Zoom in or out	Tap twice. Single-page mode only.
Zoom to a size	Pinch. Single-page mode only.
Move around a zoomed page	Drag with one finger.
Close the book	Swipe down with two fingers.

Double-page mode has no zoom.

Controls

The controls hide after three seconds. Turn this off in Settings.

Top bar: Close, the title, Favorite, and Bookmark for the current page.
Bottom bar: Single or double page, text mode for a PDF, colour temperature, brightness, and More.
Page slider: Drag to move through the book. Tap the page number to go to a page. A thin line along the top edge shows your progress.
More: Contrast, saturation, reading direction, orientation lock, the list of bookmarks, your rating, and notes.

Display

Brightness: Dims the page without changing the iPad's brightness.
Colour temperature: Normal, Warm, or Night.
Contrast and saturation: Applied to the page.
Orientation: Follow the iPad, or lock to portrait or landscape.
Screen: The screen stays on while you read.

Reading direction

Comics read left to right. Manga reads right to left; Lijn sets this from the format. Change it in More. The page order, the spreads, and the slider follow.

Book reader

Turn a page	Swipe, or drag from the edge.
Show or hide the controls	Tap the middle of the page.
Select text	Touch and hold. Then copy, highlight, look up in the dictionary, or translate.
Follow a link	Tap it. A link inside the book moves inside the book. A link to the web opens the browser.

Top bar: Close, the title, which opens the table of contents, Search, and Bookmarks. Bottom bar: the theme (Light, Sepia, Dark, Black), the text size, Settings, brightness, and your position in the book.

Settings: the font, the size, the alignment, hyphenation, the margins, the line spacing, and whether pages curl.

Notes on a comic page

Open More and choose Notes.

Text note: Tap where the note goes.
Highlight: Drag a rectangle over the area.
Drawing: Draw with your finger or the Apple Pencil.

Undo and redo while the book is open. Export your notes as Markdown, JSON, or an annotated PDF.

Keyboard

Comic reader
`←` / `→`	Previous or next page, in the reading direction
`Space`	Next page
`Esc`	Close the book
`B`	Bookmark this page
`F`	Show or hide the controls
`[` / `]`	Previous or next bookmark

Book reader
`←` / `→`	Previous or next page
`Space`	Next page
`Esc`	Close the book

Library
`←` / `→`	Move between the filters
`Esc`	Leave selection
`⌘I`	Import
`⌘,`	Settings
`⌘⇧L`	Grid or list