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Keyboard Shortcuts
There are some useful keyboard shortcuts you can use in IGV.
| Shortcut | Description |
| ctrl-R | Defines the region currently in view as a region of interest. |
| ctrl-F/ctrl-B | Skip forward to the next feature and back to the last feature. |
| ctrl-shift-F/ctrl-shift-B | If you have the feature track expanded and have selected one of the rows, this will skip forward to the next exon or back to the last exon. |
|
alt-left/alt-right (Windows) |
These move you back and forward through your IGV history. |
| Arrow keys | Pans left, right, up, and down in the current chromosome. |
| Home/End keys | Skips to the page top or bottom of the current view, then pages right or left respectively. |
| PageUp/PageDown keys | Pages up and down the current view. |