Keyboard

Keyboard operations are heavily dependent on the focus: which part of the application is currently active. Most of the time the drawing canvas is the active part and handles keyboard operations. However, if some tool dialog is active, all key presses go to it. Programs tries to switch focus automatically to the relevant part of the application, but sometimes it will be necessary to activate canvas or dialog focus by clicking it with the mouse.

Keyboard shortcuts for menu commands usually work always regardless of the current focus.

View shortcuts

Common view operations available in canvas:

Left / Right arrow: move view to the left or right.

Up / Down arrow: move view to the up or down.

PgUp / PgDn: zoom in or out.

Insert Toggles between 2D and 3D modes.

F12 Toggles between light and dark canvas backgrounds.

Edit shortcuts

Active line point operations:

Ctrl + Left / Right arrow: activate the previous or next line point in the line.

Ctrl + Up / Down arrow: activate the last or first line point in the line.

Active single point operations:

Ctrl + Left / Right arrow: activate the previous or next single point in the file element.

Ctrl + Up / Down arrow: activate the last or first single point in the line element.

Other common operations

Esc Quits editing mode and clears any object selection.

Delete Removes objects in the group.

Enter Restart current or previous editing mode.