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November 13th, 2023

Navigation

How to actually move around Horse. Sidebar shortcuts, keyboard shortcuts, moving and closing pages, and the other parts that feel different from tabs at first.

158 words by Eleanor McKeown

This is the part of Horse that takes the longest to get used to. After twenty years of tabs, your hands keep reaching for the old shortcuts. Horse has ordinary Back and Forward controls, while Trails® also let you jump directly to a visible branch. The pages below cover the moves that come up daily, plus the few that come up the day you accidentally close a Trail and need it back.

Sidebar Hacks for HorseThe sidebar is where Horse actually lives. Here’s how the page menu, sidebar layout, and hide-sidebar shortcut work.November 27, 2023 · 225 words by Eleanor McKeown
How To Move Pages in HorseDrag pages anywhere in the sidebar, or use keyboard shortcuts. Select several and move them at once.October 30, 2023 · 58 words by Eleanor McKeown
How To Use Keyboard Shortcuts in HorseHorse shows keyboard shortcuts in the menu, and Trail shortcuts can be remapped in Settings. This is how to find and customise them.November 6, 2023 · 74 words by Eleanor McKeown
How To Navigate Use Back and Forward in HorseUse the toolbar Back and Forward controls, keyboard shortcuts, or select a visible page in the Trail.227 words by Eleanor McKeown
Where is the Address Bar in Horse?There isn’t one at the top of the window. URLs live attached to each page in the sidebar, here’s how to view, edit, and copy them.March 11, 2024 · 143 words by Eleanor McKeown
A Guide To Duplicate Tabs in HorseHorse redirects you to an existing page instead of duplicating it. When you actually want a duplicate, here’s how to make one.October 16, 2023 · 139 words by Eleanor McKeown
Find In Page Shortcuts in HorseFind in Page works the way you already know it. The find toolbar lives at the bottom of the sidebar.November 20, 2023 · 167 words by Eleanor McKeown
How To Close Multiple Pages At OnceSelect several Trails, close the selection together, or close a collapsed parent with its descendants.217 words by Eleanor McKeown
How To Undelete TrailClosed a Trail by accident? Bring it back, with everything underneath.April 15, 2025 · 50 words by Eleanor McKeown

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  • Basics: install, search, folders, downloads, default browser.
  • Features: tested extensions, password managers, copying Trails® between computers, and Markdown export.
  • Getting Started: the five-part walk-through if you’re new.
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