Keyboard Shortcuts and Mouse Controls

Keyboard Shortcuts

Dock Windows

To do this Press
Project Browser F2
Property editor F3
File Browser Ctrl + Alt + F
Command history Ctrl + Alt + H
Demo browser F7
OML variable Browser Ctrl + Alt + R
OML Library Browser Ctrl + Alt + L
Python window F4

Edit

To do this Press
Copy Ctrl + C
Cut Ctrl + X
Delete Delete
Find Ctrl + F
Go To Ctrl + G
Paste Ctrl + V
Redo Ctrl + Y
Replace Ctrl + H
Undo Ctrl + Z

File

To do this Press
Close Ctrl + W
Close All Ctrl + Shift + W
Import Ctrl + I
Open Ctrl + O
Print Ctrl + P
Save Ctrl + S
Save All Ctrl + Shift + S
Save As F12

View

To do this Press
Full Screen F11
Collapse All Alt + 0
Expand All Alt + Shift + 0
Stop Outlining Ctrl + M, Ctrl + P
Toggle Outlining Ctrl + M, Ctrl + O

Debug

To do this Press
Full Screen F11
Collapse All Alt + 0
Expand All Alt + Shift + 0
Stop Outlining Ctrl + M, Ctrl + P
Toggle Outlining Ctrl + M, Ctrl + O
Start Debugging F5
Run File in Debug mode F5
Stop Debugging Shift + F5
Step Into F11
Step Over F10
Step Out Shift + F11
Step Until Ctrl + F10
New Breakpoint Ctrl + B
Clear All Breakpoints Ctrl + Shift + F9

Editor

To do this Press
Cycle through recent files Ctrl + Tab
Indent block Tab
Remove indent from block Shift + Tab
Delete to start of word Ctrl + Backspace
Delete to end of word Ctrl + Delete
Delete to start of line Ctrl + Delete + Backspace
Delete to end of line Ctrl + Shift + Delete
Go to start of document Ctrl + Home
Extend selection to start of document Ctrl + Shift + Home
Go to start of display line Alt + Home
Go to end of document Ctrl + End
Extend selection to end of document Ctrl + Shift + End
Go to end of display line Alt + End
Clear command window Ctrl + L
Line copy Ctrl + Shift + T
Line delete Ctrl + Shift + L
Line transpose with previous Ctrl + T
Selection duplicate Ctrl + D
Previous word (Shift extends selection) Ctrl + Left
Next word (Shift extends selection) Ctrl + Right
Rectangular block selection Alt + Shift + Movement
Match Brace Ctrl + ]
Select to Brace Ctrl + Shift + ]
Comment Selection Line selection and Ctrl + K
Uncomment Selection Line selection and Ctrl + K

Plot View - Mouse Control

To do this Press
Pan the plot Ctrl + Mouse left button dragging
Zoom in/out the plot Mouse wheel rolling up/down
Reset plot view

Middle mouse button (mouse wheel) click

Or

F key press
Circle zoom in plot. Middle mouse button (mouse wheel) dragging
Box zoom in plot Ctrl + Middle mouse button (mouse wheel) dragging

Edit Keyboard Shortcuts

Use the Keyboard Shortcuts Editor to introduce new shortcuts or overwrite existing ones to run functions from ribbons and toolbars. It is also possible to run Compose OML, Python, TCL, or R scripts with a shortcut.

You can access the Shortcuts Editor from the View menu. Only Dock, File, Edit, View section shortcuts are supported for editing.

Shortcuts can consist of letters, numbers, and a set of special characters (see the detailed list below) combined with or without the following modifier keys:
  • Ctrl
  • Shift
  • Ctrl + Shift
You can export and import shortcuts from an .XML file so that you can save a backup of the latest status or share definitions.

Functions Tab

The Functions tab provides a tree structure of the tools available for shortcut assignment. Use the Hide Empty check box to reduce the list to the functions that currently have a shortcut assigned.



To enter a shortcut, highlight the desired function and click on the field in the shortcut column. Then, press the keys you want to use as shortcut.

All newly applied shortcuts are highlighted in blue until you click Apply or OK.

To search for functions and sort alphabetically, click on a column header.

Scripts Tab

In the Scripts Tab, to register your own Compose OML, Python, TCL, or R scripts, click + in the upper right of the table. Right-click on a script to change its name.

You can also delete one or several scripts at a time from the context menu.



Supported Keys

You can use the following with or without the modifier keys Ctrl, Shift, Ctrl + Shift:

  • Function keys F2 ... F12
  • Numbers 0 – 9
  • Letters A – Z
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