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Add Keyboard Shortcuts to DNA Matches

What problem does Add Keyboard Shortcuts to DNA Matches solve?

Working through AncestryDNA matches is a long sequence of the same small actions. You open the side panel, jump between tabs, add a group, add a note, and click into the tree. Every click comes from the mouse, and the buttons move around depending on which view you are in. Add Keyboard Shortcuts to DNA Matches maps every common action to a single letter so you can work the match list without reaching for the mouse.

How does Add Keyboard Shortcuts to DNA Matches work?

When you have a match side panel open, or when you are on a match’s individual page or shared matches page, a single letter press runs the matching action, such as opening a tab, clicking a button, or jumping to a section. Each shortcut briefly shows the letter beside the action it triggers the first time you open a match, so you can learn the keys as you go. The shortcuts cover group and note management, the Trees, Shared Matches, and Ethnicity tabs, the Shared cM Tool link, connecting to your tree, messaging the match, opening them in your own tree, the filters sidebar, the quick search panel, and the two shared match sort orders.

How do I use Add Keyboard Shortcuts to DNA Matches?
  • Ensure Add Keyboard Shortcuts to DNA Matches is enabled in the Genealogy Assistant pop-up panel.
  • Open your AncestryDNA match list, a match’s shared matches page, or any individual match page.
  • Press any of the shortcut keys below to run the matching action.
Keyboard Shortcuts
  • G adds the match to a group
  • N adds or edits a note on the match
  • T opens the Trees tab
  • M opens the Shared Matches tab
  • O opens the Ethnicity tab
  • S opens DNA Painter’s Shared cM Tool for this match
  • C connects the match to a person in your tree
  • R edits the relationship between you and the match
  • L views the match in your family tree
  • V views the match’s tree
  • A opens the List of all people view of the match’s tree
  • X sends a message to the match
  • F opens the filters sidebar
  • Q opens the Quick Search panel
  • 1 sorts a shared matches page by cM shared with you
  • 2 sorts a shared matches page by cM shared with the match
  • Ctrl + Enter (or Cmd + Enter on a Mac) saves the open note on a match
  • Esc closes the match side panel
Add Keyboard Shortcuts to DNA Matches is a feature of the software Genealogy Assistant.

Genealogy Assistant is an extension for Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Apple Safari which supercharges your family history research by adding over 100 custom features to popular genealogy websites like Ancestry, MyHeritage, FamilySearch, FamilyTreeDNA and more. You can watch a full video walkthrough on YouTube.

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