The Quran Overlay project is a web platform for providing Quran Verses in a lower-third or full screen format quickly. This is used mostly for overlaying purposes, but can also be used for searching for verses quickly.
Here's an example of its usage at the Jaffari Community Centre in Toronto: https://youtu.be/y6iurRnLY5Y?t=23m22s
There are a few different ways to utilize the platform:
The left and right arrow keys (and space bar) can be used to navigate the verses quickly. At the end of every Surah, verse 0 will be opened (Bismillah - except for Surah 1 and 9) upon navigating to the next verse.
To quickly look up a verse, you can type the Surah number anywhere on the screen, followed by a colon or semi colon, then the verse, followed by the enter button. The results will be shown in the center of the Navbar. It is good practice to start with the backspace button to clear the current search (in case of accidental keys pressed).
Example: 36:1 typed in would bring up Surah Ya Seen verse 1.
The search bar provides easy access to the various verses in the database. A maximum of 20 verses is shown at a time, ordered by Surah number, then Verse number. You can search by English or Arabic, with verses and surah names both being searched at the same time. Clicking on a verse will select that verse to present.
The settings area in the top right corner can be opened and closed by clicking on it. This gives accessiblity to change the layout of the page (lower third or full screen), as well as changing the background colours, font colours, and font sizes universally. It is also possible to individually deselect the different elements or change their properties and styles.
- Backspace: Delete current quick verse lookup
- Left Arrow: Display previous verse
- Right Arrow or Spacebar: Display next verse
- ?: Toggle the navbar
- Number: Any number will begin a query search of a surah or verse.
- Colon or Semi colon: Following entering a Surah number, the colon or semi colon key will switch the search to a verse look up
- Shift + Q: Toggle Arabic
- Shift + E: Toggle English
- Alt + Q: Increase Arabic Size
- Alt + W: Decrease Arabic Size
- Alt + E: Increase English Size
- Alt + R: Decrease Arabic Size