Common Schematic & PCB Editor Shortcuts
Modified by on 19-Mar-2014
Parent article: Shortcut Keys
COMMON SCHEMATIC AND PCB EDITOR SHORTCUTS
SHIFT While autopanning to pan at higher speed
Y
While placing an object to flip it along the Y-axis
While placing an object to flip it along the X-axis
Move cursor one grid increment in direction of arrow key
SHIFT +
Move cursor ten grid increments in direction of arrow key
CTRL +
Move selection one grid increment in direction of arrow key
CTRL + SHIFT + Move selection ten grid increments in direction of arrow
key
ESC
Escape from current process
END
Redraw the screen
HOME Redraw screen with center at the cursor point
CTRL + HOME
Jump to absolute origin (lower left corner of workspace)
CTRL + Mouse-wheel down (or PAGE DOWN) Zoom out
CTRL + Mouse-wheel up (or PAGE UP) Zoom in around cursor (zooms around
cursor, position the cursor first)
Mouse-wheel
Pan up/down
SHIFT + Mouse-wheel
Pan left/right
Display Align sub-menu
Display Toolbars sub-menu
Display Jump sub-menu
Display Workspace Panels sub-menu
Display Move sub-menu
Pop-up right-click Options menu
Display Select sub-menu
Display DeSelect sub-menu
Pop-up menu with zoom commands
CTRL + Z
Undo
CTRL + Y
Redo
CTRL + A
Select all
CTRL + C (or CTRL + INSERT)
Copy
CTRL + X (or SHIFT + DELETE)
Cut
CTRL + V (or SHIFT + INSERT)
Paste
CTRL + R
Copy to clipboard and repeat paste selected objects (Rubber Stamp)
CTRL + R then ESC Re-enters Rubber Stamp mode using the current clipboard
content
CTRL + Q
ALT
Access the Selection Memory dialog
Constrain object movement horizontally or vertically
DELETE
Delete selection
V, D
View document
V, F
View fit placed objects
X, A
De-select all
Right-click & hold
Display slider hand & slide view
CTRL + Right-click & hold + Move mouse up/down Display zoom cursor and zoom
in/out
Left-click
Select/deselect object under cursor
Right-click
Pop-up floating menu, or escape from current operation
Right-click on object, select Find Similar
Similar Objects dialog
Left-click, hold & drag (in free space)
Load object under cursor into Find
Select inside area
Left-click & hold
Move object/selection under cursor
Left Double-click
Edit object
SHIFT + Left-click
Add/remove object from selection set
TAB
Edit attributes while placing (cursor must be placing or moving an object)
SHIFT + C
Clear current Filter
SHIFT + F
Click on object to display Find Similar Objects dialog
Pop-up Quick Queries menu
F11
Toggle Inspector panel on/of
F12
Toggle Filter panel on/of
SHIFT + F12 Toggle List panel on/of
ALT + F5
Toggle full screen mode
, Left-click Cross probe to matching object on target document, stay remaining in
source document
, CTRL + Left-click Cross probe and jump to matching object on target, jumping to
target document
SHIFT + CTRL + T Align selected objects by top edges
SHIFT + CTRL + L Align selected objects by left edges
SHIFT + CTRL + R Align selected objects by right edges
SHIFT + CTRL + B Align selected objects by bottom edges
SHIFT + CTRL + H Distribute selected objects equally in horizontal plane
SHIFT + CTRL + V Distribute selected objects equally in vertical plane
SHIFT + CTRL + D Align selected objects to grid
CTRL + n (n=1 to 8)
Store current selection in memory location n
ALT + n (n=1 to 8) Recall selection from memory location n
SHIFT + n (n=1 to 8)
memory location n
Add current selection to selection already stored in
SHIFT + ALT + n (n=1 to 8)
Recall selection from memory location n and add it
to current selection in workspace
SHIFT + CTRL + n (n=1 to 8)
location n.
Apply filtering based on selection set in memory
