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Keyboard shortcuts

Every keyboard shortcut in RayRF, grouped by area. Drawing, constraint, and canvas keys act on the Edit tab only, and every single-letter key is ignored while a text field or spin box has focus so typing a value never arms a tool.

Application

These work from any tab.

KeyAction
Ctrl+NNew project
Ctrl+OOpen project
Ctrl+SSave
Ctrl+Shift+SSave As
Ctrl+ZUndo
Ctrl+YRedo
Ctrl+Shift+ZRedo

Drawing tools

Each key selects the matching tool in the Edit tab toolbar. The Arc, More Ports, Import PNG, and Script Shape tools have no key and are reached from the toolbar.

KeyTool
EscSelect (also cancels the active tool)
RRectangle
CCircle
PPolygon
FVia
QPoint port
ARectangular port
MRuler

Constraint and dimension tools

Each key arms a pick tool that then waits for you to click the anchors, edges, or rims it needs.

KeyTool
DDimension
ICoincident
HHorizontal
VVertical
TTangent
NAngle
KFix
EEqual

Editing the selection

These act on the current selection in the Edit tab canvas. Cut and paste are blocked in viewer mode, copy stays available.

KeyAction
Ctrl+ASelect all shapes
DeleteDelete the selection
BackspaceDelete the selection
SpaceRotate the selection 90 deg clockwise
XMirror the selection horizontally
YMirror the selection vertically
Ctrl+CCopy
Ctrl+XCut
Ctrl+VPaste

While placing a port, Space or R rotates the port ghost 90 deg instead of rotating a selection.

Canvas, grid, and layers

KeyAction
SToggle snap to grid
Shift+SCycle the view mode
-Shrink the grid spacing one step
=Grow the grid spacing one step
+Grow the grid spacing one step
1Select layer 1 (through 9 for layer 9)

RF calculators

KeyAction
Ctrl+RToggle the RF calculators overlay

S-parameter markers

These work on the S-parameters plot.

KeyAction
MToggle marker placement
EscCancel marker placement
DeleteDelete the selected marker
BackspaceDelete the selected marker