Navigating the Font Window
Navigating the Font window changes which part of the inventory you can see. Adjusting cell size changes how much detail fits in that view. Neither operation changes the size or position of the glyph drawings themselves.
Give the Table or List view focus before using its keyboard navigation. If a text field has focus, the same keys can affect that field instead.
Scrolling the Table View
Use the scrollbars, mouse wheel, or trackpad to move through the Table view. The scrollbars provide a visible indication of the portion in view. Trackpad scrolling can move in both directions where the grid extends beyond the available area.
Scrolling does not necessarily change the current glyph. You can look elsewhere in the collection while a previously chosen cell remains current. Conversely, moving the current glyph with a navigation command scrolls the view when needed to keep that target visible.
Glyph > Previous Glyph and Glyph > Next Glyph move through the current display order. Their default shortcuts are Cmd+[ and Cmd+] (Ctrl+[ and Ctrl+] on Windows). The current cell supplies the immediate glyph context; the selected cells form a separate set for selection-based commands.
Space scrolling and quick preview
The Space key has two alternative behaviors controlled by Preferences > Font Window > Scrolling > Scroll by Space+drag.
With the option on, hold Space and drag to scroll the grid. This lets you move the visible area directly rather than reaching for a scrollbar.
With the option off, hold Space while working in the Table view to open a quick preview for the current glyph. The preview shows a larger image and identification information without opening the drawing environment. Release Space to dismiss it.
The preference determines the behavior. A brief press versus a longer hold is not a reliable way to choose between the two modes. If Space produces a preview when you expected scrolling, check this setting rather than changing the font or its selection.
Wheel precision can also be adjusted under the Font Window scrolling preferences. They affect navigation through the view, not the geometry or spacing stored in the font.
To enter the drawing environment for an existing glyph, the usual routes include double-clicking its cell or pressing Return on the intended selection. This Part's navigation exercises can remain entirely in the Font window.
Controlling Cell Size
The Columns control in the Status Bar determines whether the grid maintains a chosen column count or adapts its count to a chosen cell size. These are different ways to use the available width.
The cell-layout selector offers Flex and fixed column counts for the glyph grid.
Fixed column count
With a numbered column choice, the number of columns governs the grid. Enlarging the window makes the cells wider; narrowing it reduces the space available to each cell. Choosing fewer columns makes each cell larger, while choosing more columns shows a denser inventory.
Use this mode when a stable number of cells across the view is useful. For example, it can keep an overview at the same column count as you resize the window to fit the rest of your workspace.
Choose the numbered value through Columns, or use a column-count choice in the Table view's context menu. The choices affect the displayed grid rather than adding, deleting, or reordering glyphs.
Flex
With Flex, cell size governs the display and the number of columns adjusts to the available width. Widening the window can reveal more columns instead of merely enlarging the same set of cells.
The cell-size slider and its smaller/larger buttons are available in the Status Bar for adjusting the size in this mode. They sit before the Table/List buttons; switching between Flex and a fixed column count does not move Table/List away from the right edge. Use them to find a balance between the detail visible in a glyph and the number of glyphs visible together.
Flex is particularly useful when you want the glyph images to remain broadly comparable in size while the window shares screen space with different panels.
Gestures and zoom commands
A trackpad pinch and a zoom command both change the presentation, but they do not take identical steps in every mode.
| Input | Fixed column count | Flex |
|---|---|---|
| Trackpad pinch | Changes the column count one column at a time within the supported range | Adjusts cell size through the smaller/larger size controls |
| Zoom In or Zoom Out | Moves through column-count presets | Adjusts cell size |
| Numbered Columns choice | Sets the selected count | Switches to that fixed count |
| Flex choice | Switches to size-driven layout | Keeps size-driven layout active |
With the Font window active, Cmd+Plus or Cmd+Equal zooms in and Cmd+Minus zooms out. On Windows, use Ctrl for those shortcuts. The following default shortcuts also apply in the Font window:
| macOS | Windows | Font window result |
|---|---|---|
| Cmd+1 | Ctrl+1 | Scrolls to the current glyph cell without changing the column count |
| Cmd+2 | Ctrl+2 | Sets 64 columns |
| Cmd+3 | Ctrl+3 | Sets 32 columns |
| Cmd+6 | Ctrl+6 | Sets 16 columns |
| Cmd+7 | Ctrl+7 | Sets 8 columns |
These combinations have different zoom meanings in a Glyph window. Focus determines which view receives them, and customized shortcut assignments can differ from the defaults.
Cell proportions
Open Preferences > Font Window > Cell and use Proportions to choose Narrow, Normal, Wide, or Extra wide. These four buttons are in Preferences, not on the bottom bar. They change the relationship between a cell's width and height, separately from choosing how much of the inventory is visible.
Accept or apply the preference to update open Font windows. The choice is saved for subsequent windows and sessions; the previously saved cell proportion is retained when migrating to this setting.
Wide cells give broad forms and long captions more horizontal room. Narrow cells favor a taller, thinner presentation. Extra wide provides the broadest of these choices. The drawing inside the cell is still a preview of the same glyph; a wide cell does not widen the font's outlines.
Navigating and Sizing the List View
The List view has its own scrollbar. Use it, the wheel, or the trackpad to move through rows independently of the Table view's scroll position.
When both views are visible, move the pointer over their divider. The resize pointer indicates that you can drag it to redistribute width between the grid and the list. This changes the room available for the two presentations without changing their glyph data.
List-column configuration, sorting, and editing are treated with the metadata and glyph-management workflows. At this stage, the list provides another way to inspect the collection and recognize which rows you want to examine next.