Awasu has been designed to let you browse as quickly as possible from the keyboard. This section lists some of the default keyboard commands you can use to control Awasu.
| F4 | Shows the My Channels window. | |
| F10 | Opens the next channel from My Channels . | |
| Ctrl-O | Opens the currently selected channel or plugin. | |
| Ctrl-U | Gets the latest feed for the current channel. | |
| F11 | Switches in and out of full-screen mode. | |
| F9 | Shows the channel's summary page. | |
| F7 | Shows or hides the item pane. | |
| Ctrl-F7 | Resizes the item pane. | |
| F8 | Opens the next channel item. | |
| Shift-F8 | Opens the previous channel item. | |
| Ctrl-Alt-A | Shows all feed items on the current channel's summary page. | |
| Ctrl-Alt-U | Shows only unread feed items on the current channel's summary page. | |
| Ctrl-Alt-N | Shows only new feed items on the current channel's summary page. | |
| Ctrl-Alt-L | Shows complete feed items on the current channel's summary page. | |
| Ctrl-Alt-E | Shows extracts of each feed item on the current channel's summary page. | |
| Ctrl-Alt-P | Shows each feed item as plain-text on the current channel's summary page. | |
| Ctrl-F9 | Shows or hides the navbar. | |
| F6 | Switches focus between panes. | |
| Ctrl-F4 | Closes the current window. | |
| F3 | Shows the Workpad. | |
| Ctrl-R | Adds a feed item to the Workpad's Read-me list. | |
| Ctrl-Shift-R | Adds a URL to the Workpad's Read-me list from the clipboard. | |
| Ctrl-L | Shows the Channel Filters dialog. | |
| F1 | Shows the online help. |
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