Controls

The Controls menu lets you customize front buttons, side buttons, and reader shortcuts.

Power Button

Short-press action
Long-press action

Front Buttons

Remap front buttons
Remap front buttons while reading
Orientation aware
Long-press behavior (in-reader only)
Long-press back action (in-reader only)
Long-press menu action (in-reader only)

Note: Even though some actions assigned to the front buttons could be used globally, they are restricted to apply within the reader only due to the dynamic nature of the front buttons (they can mean different things based on the screen you’re on).

Side Buttons

Layout
Orientation aware
Long-press action

Side Button Long-press Action

When set to Change Font Size, hold a side button for about 2 seconds:

Up increases font size
Down decreases font size

When set to Orientation Change, hold a side button for about 2 seconds:

Up cycles through the orientations in the following order: Landscape CCW -> Inverted -> Landscape CW -> Portrait
Down cycles through the orientations in the following order: Landscape CW -> Inverted -> Landscape CCW -> Portrait

Defaults:

Short-press Power Button Action: Ignore
Long-press Power Button Action: Sleep
Long-press Back Button Action: Browse Files
Long Press Menu Button Action: Ignore

Available actions include:

Ignore
Sleep
Page Turn
Refresh Screen
Change Font
Guide Dots
Bionic Reading
Toggle Bookmark
Sync Progress
Mark as Finished
Reading Stats
Take Screenshot
Auto Page Turn Interval
File Transfer
Calibre Wireless
Join a Network
Create Hotspot
Tilt Page Turn (X3 only)
Footnotes
Dark Mode
Browse Files

Footnote Shortcut

When a shortcut is mapped to Footnotes, the shortcut opens the footnotes submenu while reading. If the current page has only one footnote, CrossInk opens that referenced page directly.

The Quick-return from Footnotes setting controls whether the Power button acts like Back after opening a footnote page, making it faster to return to the original reading position.