Keyboard shortcuts

General

The following keyboard shortcuts work on the Schematic and Meter Network widgets as well as the Calculated Data Points view in device management.

Action

Shortcut

Move shape up by 10 pixels.

Arrow key up

Move shape down by 10 pixels.

Arrow key down

Move shape to the left by 10 pixels.

Arrow key left

Move shape to the right by 10 pixels.

Arrow key right

Rename shape

F2 or double click

Rename shape in multiple languages

Shift + F2 or double click

Cancel dragging shape or drawing polygon.

Esc

Temporarily switch to the pan tool while the selection tool is enabled.

Hold Space or Alt while dragging the page with the left mouse button .

Scroll the page up and down while using selection tool.

Mouse wheel

Scroll the page left and right while using selection tool.

Ctrl/⌘ + mouse wheel

Open the context menu for manipulating shapes.

Right mouse button

Select or deselect multiple shapes.

Hold Shift or Ctrl/⌘ while selecting shapes with the left mouse button .

Select all shapes.

Ctrl/⌘ + A

Copy the selected shapes into the clipboard.

Ctrl/⌘ + C

Cut the selected shapes.

Ctrl/⌘ + X

Paste previously copied shapes.

Ctrl/⌘ + V

Delete the selected shapes.

Delete

Schematic (edit mode)

Action

Shortcut

Undo the last local change

Ctrl/⌘ + Z

Redo the last undone change

Ctrl/⌘ + Y or Shift + Ctrl/⌘ + Z

Resize shape proportionally.

Hold Shift while resizing a shape by dragging its corner handles.

Ignore grid while resizing.

Hold Ctrl/⌘ while resizing a shape.

For more details see Edit mode.

Meter network

Action

Shortcut

Focus a connection so that both shapes at both ends are shown.

Hold Shift while clicking on a connection with the left mouse button

Open search box.

Ctrl/⌘ + F, or F3

Close search box.

Esc

Jump to the next matching shape (while search box is open).

Enter or

Jump to the previous matching shape (while search box is open).

Shift + Enter or

Drill down in view mode and show only shapes connected to the selected shape.

In view mode, hold Ctrl/⌘ while clicking on a shape with the left mouse button

Navigate to the reference shape page.

In edit mode, hold Ctrl/⌘ while clicking on a shape with the left mouse button

Navigate to the reference shape page and center the shape.

In edit mode, hold Ctrl/⌘ + Shift while clicking on a shape with the left mouse button

For more details see Meter network.

Media flow

Action

Shortcut

Adjust the chart width, and hence the horizontal spacing between shapes.

Shift + / Shift +

Adjust the chart height, and hence the height of the individual nodes.

Shift + / Shift +

Drill down in view mode and show only shapes connected to the selected shape.

In view mode, hold Ctrl/⌘ while clicking on a shape with the left mouse button

For more details see Media flow.