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Gu0104 Shortcut Keys
Gu0104 Shortcut Keys
Summary
Guide GU0104 (v2.2) May 22, 2008
This guide provides a list of shortcut keys available for use within Altium Designer, ranging from those used at the environment level, through to those associated with particular document editors.
Environment Shortcuts
F1 CTRL + O CTRL + F4 CTRL + S CTRL + P ALT + F4 CTRL + TAB SHIFT + CTRL + TAB Drag & drop from Windows Explorer into Altium Designer F4 SHIFT + F4 SHIFT + F5 SHIFT + F1 Hold CTRL while moving a panel Access Documentation Library (in context with object under cursor) Access Choose Document to Open dialog Close active document Save current document Print current document Close Altium Designer Cycle through open documents (to the right) Cycle through open documents (to the left) Open document as a free document Hide/display all floating panels Tile open documents Toggle between active panel and workspace Access Natural Language Search facility (Smart Search) Prevent automatic docking, grouping or snapping
Project Shortcuts
C, C C, R C, D C, O CTRL + ALT + O C, L C, T, M C, T, L C, P Compile the current design project Recompile the current design project Compile Document Open the Options for Project dialog for the current project Access the Open Project Documents dialog for the current project Close all documents belonging to active project Access Storage Manager panel Access Local History for the current project Access the Project Packager wizard
Shortcut Keys
Panel Shortcuts
Common Panel Shortcuts 1
HOME END Left-click Right-click Left-click on a column header Left-click & drag column header Left-click and type ESC BACKSPACE Jump to first entry in panel Jump to last entry in panel Move to previous entry in the panel Move to next entry in the panel Collapse expanded top-level entry or sub-folder Expand collapsed top-level entry or sub-folder Select entry under cursor Display context sensitive pop-up menu Sort data by that column Move data column Direct filtering based on typed character(s) Clear current filtering when using direct filter feature Clear previously entered filter characters when using direct filter feature
Not all panels will support all of these shortcuts. For detailed information with respect to each individual panel, press F1 with the cursor over
Shortcut Keys CTRL + V (or SHIFT + INSERT) PAGE UP PAGE DOWN Mouse-wheel Paste Jump selection to top of visible list area Jump selection to bottom of visible list area Pan up or down
Editor Shortcuts
Common Schematic and PCB Editor Shortcuts
SHIFT Y X CTRL + SHIFT + SHIFT + CTRL + ESC END HOME CTRL + HOME CTRL + Mouse-wheel down (or PAGE DOWN) CTRL + Mouse-wheel up (or PAGE UP) Mouse-wheel SHIFT + Mouse-wheel A B J K M O S X Z CTRL + Z CTRL + Y CTRL + A CTRL + C (or CTRL + INSERT) CTRL + X (or SHIFT + DELETE) CTRL + V (or SHIFT + INSERT) CTRL + R CTRL + R then ESC CTRL + Q ALT While autopanning to pan at higher speed While placing an object to flip it along the Y-axis While placing an object to flip it along the X-axis Move selection ten grid increments in direction of arrow key Move cursor ten grid increments in direction of arrow key Move selection one grid increment in direction of arrow key Move cursor one grid increment in direction of arrow key Escape from current process Redraw the screen Redraw screen with center at the cursor point Jump to absolute origin (lower left corner of workspace) Zoom out Zoom in around cursor (zooms around cursor, position the cursor first) Pan up/down Pan left/right Display Align sub-menu Display Toolbars sub-menu Display Jump sub-menu Display Workspace Panels sub-menu Display Move sub-menu Pop-up right-click Options menu Display Select sub-menu Display DeSelect sub-menu Pop-up menu with zoom commands Undo Redo Select all Copy Cut Paste Copy to clipboard and repeat paste selected objects (Rubber Stamp) Re-enters Rubber Stamp mode using the current clipboard content Access the Selection Memory dialog Constrain object movement horizontally or vertically
Shortcut Keys DELETE V, D V, F X, A Right-click & hold Left-click Right-click Right-click on object, select Find Similar Left-click, hold & drag Left-click & hold Left Double-click SHIFT + Left-click TAB SHIFT + C SHIFT + F Y F11 F12 SHIFT + F12 ALT + F5 , Left-click , CTRL + Left-click SHIFT + CTRL + T SHIFT + CTRL + L SHIFT + CTRL + R SHIFT + CTRL + B SHIFT + CTRL + H SHIFT + CTRL + V SHIFT + CTRL + D CTRL + n (n=1 to 8) ALT + n (n=1 to 8) SHIFT + n (n=1 to 8) SHIFT + ALT + n (n=1 to 8) SHIFT + CTRL + n (n=1 to 8) Delete selection View document View fit placed objects De-select all Display slider hand & slide view Select/deselect object under cursor Pop-up floating menu, or escape from current operation Load object under cursor into Find Similar Objects dialog Select inside area Move object/selection under cursor Edit object Add/remove object from selection set Edit attributes while placing Clear current Filter Click on object to display Find Similar Objects dialog Pop-up Quick Queries menu Toggle Inspector panel on/off Toggle Filter panel on/off Toggle List panel on/off Toggle full screen mode Cross probe to matching object on target document, stay remaining in source document Cross probe and jump to matching object on target, jumping to target document Align selected objects by top edges Align selected objects by left edges Align selected objects by right edges Align selected objects by bottom edges Distribute selected objects equally in horizontal plane Distribute selected objects equally in vertical plane Align selected objects to grid Store current selection in memory location n Recall selection from memory location n Add current selection to selection already stored in memory location n Recall selection from memory location n and add it to current selection in workspace Apply filtering based on selection set in memory location n.
Shortcut Keys SPACEBAR , SPACEBAR SHIFT + SPACEBAR SHIFT + SPACEBAR CTRL + SPACEBAR SHIFT + CTRL + SPACEBAR , CTRL + Left-click on port or sheet entry SHIFT + CTRL + C BACKSPACE Left-click, hold + DELETE Left-click, hold + INSERT CTRL + Left-click & drag Left-click in Navigator panel ALT + Left-click in Navigator panel ALT + Left-click on net object CTRL + Double Left-click CTRL + Double Left-click + (numeric keypad) - (numeric keypad) CTRL + F CTRL + H F3 INSERT S V T T T, P Toggle start/end mode while placing a wire/bus/line Toggle pen color while using highlighting pens Rotate clockwise by 90 degrees while moving an object Cycle Step through placement modes while placing a wire/bus/line Rotate counterclockwise by 90 degrees while dragging an object Rotate clockwise by 90 degrees while dragging an object Highlight connection/net on target sheet while using highlighting pens Clear all highlighting applied by highlighting pens Remove the last vertex when placing a wire/bus/line/polygon When a wire is selected to delete a vertex When a wire is selected to add a vertex Drag object Cross probe to object on schematic document Cross probe to object on both schematic document and PCB Highlight all elements in net on sheet On sheet symbol to descend hierarchy On port to ascend hierarchy Enlarge IEEE symbol size during placement or movement Reduce IEEE symbol size during placement or movement Find text Find and replace text Find next occurrence of searched text Copy attributes of object under the cursor while placing an object of the same type Swap sheet entry side while moving one or more selected sheet entries Reverse sheet entry order while moving two or more selected sheet entries Toggle sheet entry IO type while moving one or more selected sheet entries Toggle all sheet entry IO types while resizing selected sheet symbol Access Schematic General page of Preferences dialog
Shortcut Keys CTRL + G G N L SHIFT + F1 TAB F2 CTRL + Left-click CTRL + SPACEBAR BACKSPACE SHIFT + S O, D, D, ENTER O, D, F, ENTER O, D (or CTRL + D) L CTRL + H CTRL + SHIFT + Left-click & hold SHIFT + CTRL + Left-click + (numeric keypad) - (numeric keypad) CTRL + Click CTRL + SHIFT + Click CTRL + ALT + Mouse * (numeric keypad) M ALT CTRL CTRL + M SPACEBAR (in interactive process) SPACEBAR (during interactive routing) SHIFT + SPACEBAR (in interactive process) SHIFT + SPACEBAR (during interactive routing) [ ] ALT ALT Q T, B T, P Pop up Snap Grid dialog Pop up Snap Grid menu Hide the ratsnest while moving a component Flip component being moved to other side of board Pressed while routing, displays the appropriate interactive routing shortcut keys Pressed while routing, length tuning, component or string placement displays appropriate interactive editing dialog Display Board Insight and Heads Up display options Highlight routed net under cursor (repeat in free space to clear) Cycle through connection lines modes during interactive routing Remove last track corner during interactive routing Toggle single layer mode on/off Set all primitives to display in draft mode Set all primitives to display in final mode Access Show/Hide page of View Configurations dialog Access Board Layers And Colors page of View Configurations dialog Select connected copper Break track Highlight additional routed net under cursor Next layer Previous layer Highlights layer content on layer tabs Increments highlighting on layer tabs Hovers highlight layer on layer tabs Next routing layer Display Move sub-menu Hold to temporarily switch from avoid-obstacle to ignore-obstacle mode Hold to temporarily disable electrical grid while routing Measure distance Rotate object anti-clockwise (define rotation step on PCB Editor General page of Preferences dialog) Toggle start/end mode Rotate object being moved clockwise Step through corner modes during interactive routing Decrease mask level for permanent filter Increase mask level for permanent filter View previous component for active library document View next component for active library document Toggle units (metric/imperial) Access 3D Body Manager dialog Access Preferences dialog
Shortcut Keys ~ (tilde) BACKSPACE SPACEBAR SHIFT + SPACEBAR SHIFT + R , (comma) . (full stop / period) 1 2 3 4 Y Display list of interactive length tuning shortcuts Remove last interactive length tuning segment Next interactive length tuning wave pattern Previous interactive length tuning tuning pattern Toggle Routing Mode Decrease interactive length tuning pattern amplitude by one increment Increase interactive length tuning pattern amplitude by one increment Decrease interactive length tuning miter or radius Increase interactive length tuning miter or radius Decrease interactive length tuning pattern gap by increment Increase interactive length tuning pattern gap by increment Toggle interactive length tuning amplitude direction
3D Visualization Shortcuts
0 Rotates the 3D view so that the camera perspective is perpendicular to the board and will rotate the board so that the horizontal plane (X-axis) runs along the bottom of the editing window (at 0 rotation) Rotates the 3D view so that the camera perspective is perpendicular to the board and will rotate the board so that the horizontal plane (X-axis) runs along the right side of the editing window (at 90 rotation) From 3D switches to 2D using last used 2D view configuration From 2D switches to 3D using last used 3D view configuration Turns on 3D rotational movement sphere (left-click and drag from sphere evblements to rotate model) Fit board Flip board horizontally about cursor position Pan up/down
2 3 SHIFT V, F V, B Mouse-wheel
Shortcut Keys SHIFT + Mouse-wheel CTRL + Mouse-wheel CTRL + Right drag CTRL + C PAGE UP / PAGE DOWN T, P L Pan left/right Zoom in/out incrementally Zoom in/out smoothly Create clipboard bitmap (.bmp) image of current 3D view Zoom in/out incrementally Access PCB Editor Display page of Preferences dialog Access Physical Materials (3D) page of View Configurations dialog
(left arrow) SHIFT + (left arrow) (right arrow) SHIFT + (right arrow) (up arrow) SHIFT + (up arrow) (down arrow) SHIFT + (down arrow)
Shortcut Keys
Shortcut Keys CTRL + D CTRL + I CTRL + U HOME SHIFT + P CTRL + Mouse-wheel up (or PAGE UP) CTRL + Mouse-wheel down (or PAGE DOWN) Mouse-wheel up Mouse-wheel down SHIFT + Mouse-wheel up SHIFT + Mouse-wheel down SHIFT + V END D SHIFT + B CTRL + HOME ALT + HOME SHIFT + E SHIFT + F SHIFT + H N SHIFT + T SHIFT + G Q SHIFT + N SHIFT + M SHIFT + A K ALT + K SHIFT + S ESC SHIFT + CTRL + R + (numeric keypad) - (numeric keypad) * (numeric keypad) Modify/change objects Set origin Scale objects View all View around specified point Zoom in Zoom out Pan up Pan down Pan left Pan right Zoom last Refresh Dynamic panning mode View Film Box Zoom Film Box Zoom current DCode Toggle view of Extents Box On/Off Toggle Fill Mode On/Off Toggle highlight of current objects using current D code Toggle negative view Toggle translucent view Access CAM Editor Drawing Modes page of Preferences dialog Query object Query net Measure point-to-point Access apertures table Access Set Layers Off dialog Access Set Layers On dialog Toggle Object Snap mode Cancel action Repeat last action Display next layer only Display previous layer only Display next signal/plane layer only
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Shortcut Keys CTRL + X (or SHIFT + DELETE) CTRL + V (or SHIFT + INSERT) Left-click & drag J SHIFT + CTRL + F SHIFT + CTRL + N SHIFT + CTRL + P SHIFT + CTRL + L T, P Cut waveform Paste waveform Relocate focused waveform Display Jump sub-menu Jump to first transition for focused waveform Jump to next transition for focused waveform Jump to previous transition for focused waveform Jump to last transition for focused waveform Access Preferences dialog
These shortcuts are based on the Default key mapping. The key mapping used can be changed on the Text Editors General page of the
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Shortcut Keys CTRL + V (or SHIFT + INSERT) ENTER CTRL + N TAB SHIFT + TAB INSERT SHIFT + CTRL + C CTRL + F CTRL + H (or CTRL + R) F3 (or CTRL + L) SHIFT + CTRL + F CTRL + A PAGE UP PAGE DOWN CTRL + CTRL + CTRL + PAGE UP CTRL + PAGE DOWN HOME END CTRL + HOME CTRL + END CTRL + CTRL + SHIFT + CTRL + HOME SHIFT + CTRL + END SHIFT + PAGE UP SHIFT + PAGE DOWN SHIFT + CTRL + PAGE UP SHIFT + CTRL + PAGE DOWN SHIFT + HOME SHIFT + END SHIFT + SHIFT + SHIFT + SHIFT + SHIFT + CTRL + SHIFT + CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + CTRL + HOME ALT + SHIFT + CTRL + END Paste Insert carriage return Insert new line Insert tab Tab backwards Toggle text insertion mode between Insert and Overwrite Clear Filter Marks Find text Find and replace text Find next instance of searched text Find next selected instance of searched text Select all Scroll one page up Scroll one page down Scroll one line up Scroll one line down Move cursor to top of window Move cursor to bottom of window Move cursor to beginning of current line Move cursor to end of current line Move cursor to Beginning of File Move cursor to End of File Move cursor one line in direction of arrow Move cursor one character in direction of arrow Move cursor one word left Move cursor one word right Extend Selection to Beginning of File Extend selection to End of File Extend selection one page up Extend selection one page down Extend selection to top of window Extend selection to bottom of window Extend selection to beginning of current line Extend selection to end of current line Extend selection left one character Extend selection right one character Extend selection to same column in previous line Extend selection to same column in next line Extend selection one word left Extend selection one word right Extend selection column to Beginning of File Extend selection column to End of File
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Shortcut Keys ALT + SHIFT + PAGE UP ALT + SHIFT + PAGE DOWN ALT + SHIFT + CTRL + PAGE UP ALT + SHIFT + CTRL + PAGE DOWN ALT + SHIFT + HOME ALT + SHIFT + END ALT + SHIFT + ALT + SHIFT + ALT + SHIFT + ALT + SHIFT + ALT + SHIFT + CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + CTRL + ALT + Left-click & drag DELETE BACKSPACE CTRL + BACKSPACE CTRL + T CTRL + Y CTRL + Q + Y ALT + T, P Extend selection column one page up Extend selection column one page down Extend selection column to top of window Extend selection column to bottom of window Extend selection column to beginning of current line Extend selection to end of current line Extend selection column to the left by one column Extend selection column to the right by one column Extend selection column up by one line Extend selection column down by one line Extend selection column one word left Extend selection column one word right Define selection column using mouse Delete character to the right of cursor position Delete character to the left of the cursor position Delete to beginning of previous word Delete to beginning of next word Redo or restore the changes by the Undo. Delete to end of current line Access Text Editors General page of Preferences dialog
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Shortcut Keys
Only the F9 shortcut applies to the TCL Script Editor GU0104 (v2.2) May 22, 2008
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Shortcut Keys
Revision History
Date 07-Jan-2004 05-Feb-2004 18-Oct-2004 Version No. 1.0 1.01 1.1 Revision New product release New Shortcut Key entries Added shortcut key entry for accessing the Selection Memory dialog, in Common Schematic and PCB Shortcuts. 30-Mar-2005 07-Jun-2005 12-Jul-2005 12-Apr-2007 9-Nov-2007 11-Dec-2007 29-Jan-2008 11-Feb-2008 11-Mar-2008 2-Apr-2008 22-May-2008 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.2 Updated for Altium Designer (SP3). F5 updated to Shift+F5 Restructured and additional shortcut key descriptions added. Updated for Altium Designer 6.7 Updated for Altium Designer 6.8 Updated for Altium Designer 6.9 Included new PCB 3D shortcut (6.9) Component body references changed to 3D body. Converted to A4. Re-entrant Rubber Stamp shortcut added. Added 3D body placement shortcuts (S08)
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