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Welcome to Min! This document explains the basics of how to use Min, and some of the features available. If you have questions, feel free to open an issue. If you're interested in contributing to Min, see these instructions for building Min or contributing translations.
In Min, the tabs and the search bar are combined into one row to save space. To open the search bar, click on the current tab.
To close the tab, hover over the tab and click on the 
icon. If you have a trackpad, you can also close the tab by hovering over it and swiping up.
To create a private tab, open the application menu, and choose "File > New Private Tab". In private tabs, your history won't be saved, and each private tab creates a new session, separate from your regular tabs and all of your other private tabs.
The searchbar shows information from a few different sources:
- Your history and bookmarks.
- This includes not only the title and URL of these pages, but also the text content of the page.
- Other tabs you currently have open.
- Search terms that are generated based on the page you are viewing.
- These are generated entirely on your computer - we don't collect any of your browing data to do this.
- Websites that are included in your hosts file.
If you set DuckDuckGo as your search engine, you'll also see search suggestions and information from the DuckDuckGo API, such as summaries of Wikipedia articles.
If you use DuckDuckGo, the searchbar will also autocomplete !bangs, which let you quickly search on various websites. Additionally, Min includes another set of shortcuts that let you quickly access things within the browser. You can see these in the list below; they'll always work regardless of what search engine you choose.
| Action | Description | Examples |
|---|---|---|
!settings |
Open the settings page | |
!back |
Navigate backwards | |
!forward |
Navigate forwards | |
!screenshot |
Take a screenshot of the current tab | |
!clearhistory |
Delete all history (excluding bookmarks) | |
!task |
Switch to a task |
!task 1, !task shopping
|
!newtask |
Create a new task | !newtask shopping |
!movetotask |
Move the current tab to a task | !movetotask 1 |
!bookmarks |
View or search bookmarks | !bookmarks recipes |
!readinglist |
View the contents of the reading list |
The tasks feature lets you split your tabs into sets, similar to the Tab Groups feature from Firefox. To open the Tasks Overlay, click on the menu icon in the upper-right corner of the browser. From there, you can drag-and-drop to rearrange tabs or tasks, or create a new task from the bottom of the list.
Focus mode helps keep you from getting distracted by disabling the ability to open new tabs. To turn on Focus Mode, open the application menu, and go to "View > Focus Mode". To leave focus mode, select the menu item a second time.
Content Blocking blocks trackers and ads using the rules from EasyList and EasyPrivacy. There are also options to block script files and images.
Dark mode makes the browser use a dark color scheme. If you enable this option, dark mode will be enabled at all times; otherwise, Min will automatically switch to dark mode between 10 PM and 6 AM.
mod is the ⌘ key on Mac, or the Ctrl key on Linux and Windows.
Many of these shortcuts can be modified from the Min preferences.
| Action | Shortcut Keys | Alternative/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Navigation | ||
| highlight location bar |
mod l
|
mod k
|
| autofill "www." & ".com" |
mod enter
|
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| back |
mod ←
|
swipe right |
| forward |
mod →
|
swipe left |
| Tabs | ||
| new tab |
mod t
|
|
| new private tab |
mod ⇧ p
|
|
| reload tab |
mod r
|
quickly press twice in succession: reloads all tabs |
| view next tab (right) |
ctl tab
|
ctrl ⇧ PgDn
|
| view next tab (left) |
ctl ⇧ tab
|
ctrl ⇧ PgUp
|
| view nth tab to right |
mod n |
e.g. mod 2
|
| view nth tab to left |
mod ⇧ n |
e.g. mod ⇧ 2
|
| open in new tab (in focus) |
⇧ click |
|
| open in new tab (background) |
mod click |
middle click |
| close tab |
mod w
|
swipe up on tab heading |
| new window |
mod n
|
closes all other tabs |
| restore previously closed tab |
mod ⇧ t
|
|
| Tasks | ||
| new task |
mod ⇧ n
|
|
| open tasks overlay |
mod ⇧ e
|
swipe down on tab heading |
| Other | ||
| bookmark |
mod d
|
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| search in page |
mod f
|
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| zoom in/out |
mod scroll |