General Keyboard Shortcuts

Command Description Windows/Linux macOS
Advanced Save This is the shortcut to open the Advanced Save dialog box. This dialog box is used to save specific parts of a scene (scene data, palette lists, palettes and drawings). Ctrl + Shift + S Shift + ⌘ + S
Cancel Preview This is the shortcut key to cancel the automatic preview. Shift + Esc Shift + Esc

Copy

This is the shortcut key to copy the selection. Ctrl + C

⌘ + C

Cut

This is the shortcut key to cut the selection. Ctrl + X

⌘ + X

Delete

This is the shortcut key to delete the selection. Del

Backspace

Deselect All

This is the shortcut key to deselect all selected objects. Esc

Esc

Export Animated GIF Use this shortcut to open the Export Animated GIF window.    

Free Pan and Zoom

This is the shortcut key to pan and zoom the current view. Space Space

Go to Next Column

Go to Next Column J

J

Go to Next Drawing

Go to Next Drawing G

G

Go to Previous Column

Go to Previous Column H

H

Go to Previous Drawing

Go to Previous Drawing F

F

Help

This is the shortcut to the Online Help  

 

Invert Selection

This is the shortcut key to invert the selection in the current view.

Ctrl + Shift + I

Shift + ⌘ + I

New

This is the shortcut to create a new scene. Ctrl + N

⌘ + N

Open

This is the shortcut to open a scene or open drawings in paint mode. Ctrl + O

⌘ + O

Open Elements This is the shortcut to open elements in paint mode. Ctrl + E ⌘ + E

Paste

This is the shortcut key to paste the clipboard contents to the scene. Ctrl + V

⌘ + V

Peg Selection Mode

This is the shortcut key to toggle the peg selection mode for the transform tool.  

 

Preferences

Launches the preferences dialog. Ctrl + U

⌘ + U

Quick Close-up

This toggles between a global view and a close-up view. Shift + Z

Shift + Z

Recentre

This is the shortcut key to recentre the view on the mouse pointer in the current view. N

N

Redo

This is the shortcut key to redo the an operation that was undone. Ctrl + Shift + Z

Ctrl + Shift + Z

Remove Art Outside Selection

This is the shortcut key to delete the selection. Shift + Del or Shift + Backspace

Shift + Del or Shift + Backspace

Reset Pan

This is the shortcut key to recentre the current view. Shift + N

Shift + N

Reset Rotation

This is the shortcut to reset the rotation of the current view. Shift + X

Shift + X

Reset View

This is the shortcut key to reset the pan, the zoom and the rotation in the current view. Shift + M

Shift + M

Reset Zoom

This is the shortcut key to reset the zoom level of the current view.    

Rotate View CCW

This is the shortcut key to rotate the view counter clock-wise.    

Rotate View CW

This is the shortcut key to rotate the view clock-wise.    

Save

This is the shortcut to save everything in a scene (scene data, palette lists, palettes and drawings). Ctrl + S ⌘ + S

Select All

This is the shortcut key to select everything in the current view. Ctrl + A ⌘ + A
Shortcuts Launches the shortcuts dialog.    

Show Colour Model

The shortcut key that opens/closes the Colour Model. Shift+K

Shift+K

Show Whats This The shortcut key to Help. F1 ⌘ + /
Toggle Auto-Get-Rights-to-Modify-Palette-Lists This is the shortcut key to toggle the automatic locking of palette lists.    
Toggle Auto-Get-Rights-to-Modify-Palettes This is the shortcut key to toggle the automatic locking of palettes.    

Undo

This is the shortcut key to undo the previous operation. Ctrl + Z

⌘ + Z

Zoom In

This is the shortcut key to zoom-in the current view. 2

2

Zoom Out This is the shortcut key to zoom-out the current view. 1

1