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Keyboard Operations


It is possible to reach and invoke all commands, menu choices and selections by using the keyboard. This section describes the general keyboard operations available.

Menu Traversal

The name of each menu in the menu bar contains an underlined character, as in the menu name File. To display, or pull down, the menu, press <Meta> (on UNIX) or <Alt> (in Windows) and the corresponding key, for example <Meta+F> or <Alt+F>.

One character in each menu choice is also underlined. To invoke a menu choice when the menu is displayed, simply press the corresponding key.

The arrow keys can also be used to move between the menu choices and the adjacent pull-down menus.

To invoke a selected menu choice, press <Return> or <Space>. To cancel the menu traversal and bring down the menu, press <Esc>.

Keyboard Accelerators

You can invoke most common menu choices by using an accelerator. An accelerator is a key combination of the form Ctrl+X. An accelerator is always case insensitive.

An accelerator always invokes the same kind of command in all SDL Suite tools where it is available. The standard accelerators are:

Accelerator Functionality or menu command

Ctrl+F

Find, Search (in the Tools menu)

Ctrl+H

Help (On <tool> in the Help menu)

Ctrl+N

New (in the File menu)

Ctrl+O

Open (in the File menu)

Ctrl+P

Print (in the File menu)

Ctrl+Q

Quit, Exit (in the File menu)

Ctrl+S

Save (in the File menu)

Ctrl+X

Cut (in the Edit menu)

Ctrl+C

Copy (in the Edit menu)

Ctrl+V

Paste (in the Edit menu)

Ctrl+Z

Undo (in the Edit menu)

Ctrl+D

Scroll one page down

Ctrl+U

Scroll one page up

Key Bindings

By using some special keys, you may perform an operation without holding down any modifier key at the same time.

Note:

All keys are not present on all keyboards.

Key Operation

Arrow keys

Moves the selection in tree structures, list structures and ordinary lists to the closest object in the indicated direction.

Return
(Enter)

  • In a drawing area: the same action as a double-click on the selected object.
  • In a dialog: the same action as pressing the default button.

Delete
(Remove)

For texts, clears the character after the insertion point. (May be changed with a preference.)

Backspace

For texts, clears the character before the insertion point.

F1 / Help

Opens the help viewer with help on the current window.

F2

Raises the popup menu.

Page Up
(PgUp, Prev)

Moves the visible part of the drawing area a screen upwards.

Page Down (PgDn, Next)

Moves the visible part of the drawing area a screen downwards.

Home

Moves the visible part of the drawing area to show the top of the drawing area.

End

Moves the visible part of the drawing area to show the bottom of the drawing area.

Open

As the menu choice Open.

Find

As the menu choice Search.

Again

As the menu choice Search Again.

Undo

As the menu choice Undo.

Copy

As the menu choice Copy.

Paste

As the menu choice Paste.

Cut

As the menu choice Cut.

Key Bindings in the TTCN Suite

More information on keyboard accelerators and key bindings in the TTCN Suite can be found in:


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