OHD keyboard shortcuts

The default shortcut

OHD ships with Cmd+Shift+E (Mac) / Ctrl+Shift+E (Windows or Linux) as the suggested keyboard shortcut. The E stands for Export, easy to remember, and the chord doesn’t collide with Chrome’s reserved set.

Cmd+Shift+E is the default because Cmd+Shift+O is already taken by Chrome’s built-in Bookmark Manager on both Mac and Windows. The chord stays out of the way of Chrome’s reserved set.

The shortcut works anywhere in the browser, you don’t have to be on a retailer page. Pressing it opens the OHD viewer in a new tab regardless of which page you’re on.

What it does

Cmd+Shift+E opens the Order History viewer.

The viewer is a full-tab page that renders your last import. It has four tabs:

• Orders, the main table
• Items, per-line-item breakdown
• Shipments, tracking URLs preserved
• Insights, three chart panels (spend by month, top retailers, year-over-year)

If you have no recent import, the viewer shows an empty state with a CTA to open the popup and run an import.

Cmd+Shift+E (Mac) / Ctrl+Shift+E (Windows or Linux) opens the OHD viewer instantly.

Why Cmd+Shift+E

Chrome reserves a handful of Cmd+Shift+X chords for browser features. Picking a free key matters, a shortcut that fights Chrome’s built-ins produces inconsistent behavior.

Reserved Chrome chords (do not collide)

• Cmd+Shift+B, toggle bookmarks bar
• Cmd+Shift+O, open bookmark manager (was OHD’s old default; collision)
• Cmd+Shift+J, open downloads or DevTools (depends on platform)
• Cmd+Shift+T, reopen closed tab
• Cmd+Shift+N, new incognito window

Free chords (good candidates)

• Cmd+Shift+E, OHD’s default (Export)
• Cmd+Shift+Y, free
• Cmd+Shift+L, free
• Cmd+Shift+U, free

If Cmd+Shift+E conflicts with another extension you have installed, rebind OHD’s using the steps below.

How to rebind the shortcut

1. 1. Open the Chrome shortcuts page

   Paste chrome://extensions/shortcuts into your address bar and hit Enter.

2. 2. Find Order History Downloader

   Extensions are sorted alphabetically. Scroll until you see Order History Downloader.

3. 3. Click the pencil icon

   The pencil sits next to the entry labelled “Open the Order History viewer.”

4. 4. Press the new chord

   Chrome records whatever you press. If you press a chord Chrome reserves (like Cmd+Shift+O), it’ll say “This shortcut is in use.” Pick a different one.

5. 5. Click the X to confirm

   The new shortcut takes effect immediately, no extension reload needed.

Chrome’s extension-shortcuts page focused on OHD.

Per-extension rebind tips

• ›For accessibility: any single key plus Cmd (Mac) or Alt (Windows) works. Two-modifier chords reduce collisions.
• ›For ergonomics: pick a chord your dominant hand can chord without contortion. Cmd+Shift+E was chosen because most users keep their thumb on Cmd and the chord is one-hand on macOS.
• ›For non-QWERTY layouts: Chrome records the chord by physical key position, not the rendered character. So a Dvorak E (which sits where D is on QWERTY) works the same.
• ›For multiple shortcuts: OHD only ships one shortcut today (open viewer). Future versions may add additional shortcuts (open popup, run last import), they’ll appear in the same Chrome shortcuts page.

Common questions