Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts, are shortcuts to specific groups or tools in the ribbon. The product supports multi-level keyboard shortcuts. Depending on the key-ins assigned, the tools, ribbon group pop-ups, or pop-up menus are displayed.
The default keyboard shortcut for
<Space> key contains tools as well as shortcuts for different ribbon
groups.
(Technology Preview) Recents tab
The
Recents tab displays the command icons that were
most recently used. Clicking any of these icons will enable you to place the
commands.
The
Recents tab only appears during the current
session and will disappear once the session ends. It will reset the next time
you open
MicroStation.
You can customize
the number of commands displayed in the
Recents tab by scrolling the
Max Recent Icons pane in the
Preferences dialog, Input Category.
You can also open the Recents tab by using the ribbon grouppopup Admin\Interface\Recents keyin.
Quick Tools Menu
The keyboard shortcuts
<Q> or <[> open the quick tools menu. This pop-up menu
contains shortcuts to frequently used tools and ribbon group-pop-ups.
Another ribbon group pop-up is
that of the View tools. It displays the frequently used tools from the View
tab. It is displayed when you press <Shift> and right-click in the
view window.
Note: You can also use
keytips for ribbon group pop-ups that display when you enter a keyboard
shortcut. With the ribbon group displayed at the pointer position, if you press
<Alt>, the keytips for the tools in the group are displayed. The
keytip for an individual tool is also displayed when you hover the pointer over
the tool in the ribbon group pop-up.
