Term Picker

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The Term Picker is a compact overlay that shows all matched terms for the current segment in a sortable, keyboard-navigable list. It is useful when TermLens shows many matches and you want a quick overview without scrolling.

Opening the Term Picker

Press Ctrl+Alt+Down to open the Term Picker. It appears as a floating window above the editor.

Colour-coded rows

Each row in the Term Picker is colour-coded by termbase type:

Colour
Meaning

Pink

Project termbase term

Blue

Regular Supervertaler termbase term

Yellow

Non-translatable term

Green

MultiTerm termbase term (.sdltb)

This lets you instantly see where each term comes from and how it should be handled.

Expandable synonyms

Terms with multiple translations display a right-arrow indicator () next to the term. To expand and see all synonym sub-rows:

  • Select the row and press the Right arrow key

  • The sub-rows appear below the parent term, showing each available translation

Press Left arrow to collapse the synonyms again.

Keyboard navigation

The Term Picker is designed for fast keyboard use:

Key
Action

0-9

Type a number to jump directly to that term

Enter

Insert the selected term and close the picker

Escape

Close the picker without inserting

Up / Down

Navigate between terms (wraps around)

Right

Expand synonyms for the selected term

Left

Collapse synonyms

Navigation wraps around: pressing Down on the last term jumps to the first, and Up on the first jumps to the last.

Inserting a term

You can insert a term in two ways:

  • Click any row to insert that term at the cursor position in the target field

  • Press Enter on the selected row to insert and close

The selected translation is placed at the current cursor position in the target segment.

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The Term Picker shows the same matches as TermLens, but in a flat list format that is easier to scan when there are many results.


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