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.
As you can see above, the first
row contains ribbon group shortcuts. These are shortcuts for frequently used
ribbon groups in the
Home tab. Clicking or activating any of them
opens the respective ribbon group pop-up. The second row contains frequently
used tools. The third row contains shortcuts to frequently used ribbon groups.
Each of the icons in the ribbon group have a shortcut key. This shortcut key is
displayed when you hover the pointer over the icon. With the ribbon group
pop-up displayed, if you press the shortcut key, the respective tool or group
activates. To customize the keyboard shortcuts for <Space>, refer to
the section
Customizing the Ribbon Group Pop-ups.
Note: When
Use Position Mapping (Preferences dialog,
Position Mapping category) is turned on, a keystroke is first sent to
position mapping for processing. If it is processed there,
then subsequent position mapping action takes place. However, if the keystroke
is not mapped to position mapping, like the <Space> key, it is
processed as a keyboard shortcut.
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.
For example, you can press <QW> to start the Move Element tool.
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.
