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Keyboard Shortcuts

Global

Shortcut Description
shift-click Select ranges in multi-select menus

Gating

Shortcut Description
/shift-click a gate in the hierarchy Select or deselect multiple gates
escape while drawing a gate Cancel drawing a new gate
shift while drawing a polygon gate Make edge vertical or horizontal
delete while a gate is selected Delete a gate
delete while a single point in polygon gate is selected Delete point from polygon gate
while a gate is selected Move a gate
while a single point of a gate is selected Move the selected point
while the file selector is focused Navigate through files
home or fn while the file selector is focused Go to the first file
end or fn while the file selector is focused Go to the last file

Annotations

Shortcut Description
Copy
Paste
Undo
Redo
while checking or unchecking columns in the Filenames to annotations tool Include or omit all

Illustrations

Shortcut Description
Copy
Paste
Undo
Redo
Zoom in
Zoom out
Zoom to 100%
Select all
shift while drawing or modifying Snap a line or arrow to compass points
shift-drag after clicking a component in the toolbar or Insert menu Insert a square aspect-ratio component
shift-drag while resizing Preserve the aspect ratio of a component
escape Cancel inserting a component
shift/ctrl-click Add/remove a component from a multi-selection
Move selected component(s)
backspace/delete Delete selected component(s)
Navigate through pages/files with batch page selector or FCS file selector focused
home or fn with batch page selector or FCS file selector focused Go to the first page or file
end or fn with batch page selector or FCS file selector focused Go to the last page or file