1.4.9. Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts can be used to speed up the process of building a figure. The shortcut for a button can be viewed while using Pivot by hovering the mouse cursor over it, but are also given below.

C - add a Circle

L - add a Line

P - add Polygon

D - Duplicate selected segment (+Shift for the whole branch, +Ctrl for mirror)

K - change the Kind of the selected segment (line/circle)

F - change the Fill of the selected circle

E - change the End cap of the selected line

Up/Down arrows - change segment thickness by +/-1 pixel (+Shift for the whole branch, +Ctrl for +/-5)

S - make the selected segment Static/dynamic (+Shift for the whole branch)

O - set Origin joint of the figure at selected segment

Insert - split selected segment by Inserting a joint (+Shift for the whole branch)

Delete - Delete selected segment or polygon (+Shift for the whole branch)

H - set colour (Hue) of selected segment or polygon (+Shift for the whole branch, +Ctrl for gradient colour)

M - flip (Mirror) the selected segment (+Shift for the whole branch, +Ctrl for flip vertical)

Right arrow - raise selected object in draw order to top (+Shift for the whole branch, +Ctrl for 1 step)

Left arrow - lower selected object in draw order to bottom (+Shift for the whole branch, +Ctrl for 1 step)

keys - Adjust window transparency

Shortcuts can also be used with the Ctrl key to perform operations from the menu such as Undo / Redo or Save the figure type. These are shown to the right of their menu items.

Ctrl+Z - undo

Ctrl+Y - redo

Ctrl+T - toggle window Transparency

Ctrl+E - toggle Edit Mode

Ctrl+S - Save figure

Ctrl+Alt+S - Save As

Ctrl+N - New figure

Ctrl+O - Open figure

Ctrl+A - Add figure to animation

Ctrl+U - Modify / Update edited figure in animation

Ctrl+I - load sprite Image

Ctrl+T - make window Transparent / opaque

<> or ,. - decrease / increase window transparency

Ctrl+P or Space bar - Preview the figure without handles

Ctrl+W - increase outline thickness (Width)

Ctrl+Q - decrease outline thickness

Shortcuts for zooming are the same as in the main animation window, although F3 and F4 zoom to the selected segment or the whole figure respectively.