The keys the Panel Designer answers to. On a Mac, press Command where this says Ctrl. The keys act on the panel only while you are not typing in a box: in the instrument search, a placard's words or a number field, they type as usual.
Selecting
- Click an instrument or a placard to select just that one.
- Shift+click (or Ctrl+click, or Command+click on a Mac) adds an instrument or a placard to the selection, or takes it out. See Select, group and ungroup instruments.
- Ctrl+A (Command+A on a Mac) selects everything on the design, as Select all in the tool row does.
- Click an empty part of the panel, or press Esc, to clear the selection.
Moving
- Arrow keys nudge the selection a hundredth of an inch (0.01 in). Member tool
- Shift+arrow keys nudge it a tenth of an inch (0.1 in). Member tool
- Shift+drag moves a selected instrument only across or only up and down, in the direction you start in. See Move an instrument straight across or straight up and down. Member tool
Deleting, undoing and redoing
- Delete or Backspace deletes what is selected.
- Ctrl+Z undoes. Member tool
- Ctrl+Shift+Z or Ctrl+Y redoes. On a Mac, Command+Shift+Z. Member tool
See Undo and redo.
Adding instruments
- S jumps to the instrument search, emptied, ready to type.
- Shift+click on the panel, while an instrument follows your pointer after Add, puts one down and keeps going, so you can put down several.
- Esc stops placing. Pressed again, it closes the instrument's card.
Placards
- Enter finishes the words and closes the placard's box.
- Shift+Enter starts a new line.
- Esc closes the placard's box.
See Placards.
Add-on panels
- Enter or Esc closes a piece's box. Member tool
See Add-on panels.
Measure
- Esc turns Measure off. Member tool
- Click a dimension's number and press Delete to take that dimension off. Member tool
See Measure distances on your panel.
Zoom
- Ctrl+mouse wheel over the panel zooms in and out around the point under the pointer. See Zoom and scroll. Member tool
Help
- H opens the Help window.
- Esc closes the Help window.