Keyboard Shortcuts

Overview over OpenSCAD keyboard shortcuts and Mnemonics

• (* means it'is available, depending if it has an Operating System reserved function)
• (# means it's not shown on menu but in source code)
• C - Ctrl (Cmd on Mac)
• S - Shift
• A - Alt
• M - Ctrl on Mac (Windows/Meta key on others)
• _ - in menus follows the menu-shortcut character, e.h. V_iew/T_op is Alt+v then t

Menu Shortcuts

Key	Modifier	Menu Entry	Notes
F1*
F2		F_ile/S_ave#
F3		F_ile/R_eload#
F4		D_esign/R_eload and Preview
F5		D_esign/P_review
F6		D_esign/Re_nder
F7		F_ile/Ex_port/Export as S_TL
F8		D_esign/3_D Print
F9		V_iew/Preview
F10		V_iew/Surfaces
F11		V_iew/Wireframe
F12		V_iew/Thrown Together
+	C	E_dit/Zoom In	ie font size
-	C	E_dit/Zoom Out
1	C	V_iew/Show Edges
2	C	V_iew/Show Axis
3	C	V_iew/Show Crosshairs
4	C	V_iew/T_op
5	C	V_iew/B_ottom
6	C	V_iew/L_eft
7	C	V_iew/R_ight
8	C	V_iew/F_ront
9	C	V_iew/Back_
0	C	V_iew/D_iagonal
0	CS	V_iew/Ce_nter
A	C	does Select A_ll	should add to context menu
B*
C	C	E_dit/C_opy
C	CS	E_dit/Copy viewport imag_e
D	C	E_dit/Co_mment	Overridden by Scintilla
D	CS	E_dit/Uncom_ment
E	C	E_dit/Use Sel_ection for Find
F	C	E_dit/Find...
F	CA	E_dit/Find and Replace...	is different pattern to other keys, maybe should be CS-F?
G	C	E_dit/Find Next
G	CS	E_dit/Find Previous
H*
I	C	E_dit/I_ndent
I	CS	E_dit/Un_indent
J*
K*
L*
M*
N	C	F_ile/N_ew
O	C	F_ile/O_pen...
P	C		Used to be View/Center in 2013.06, reserved for Print
Q	C	F_ile/Q_uit
R	C	F_ile/R_eload
S	C	F_ile/S_ave
S	CS	F_ile/Save A_s
T	C	E_dit/Copy Viewport Transla_tion	Overridden by Scintilla
U*
V	C	E_dit/P_aste
V	CS	V_iew/View All
W	C	F_ile/C_lose
X	C	E_dit/Cut_
Y*
Z	C	E_dit/U_ndo
Z	CS	E_dit/R_edo	Overridden by Scintilla on some platforms
]	C	V_iew/Zoom In
[	C	V_iew/Zoom Out

Editor Shortcuts

Navigation Shortcuts

Note: Navigation shortcuts + Shift will typically in addition extend the current selection to include the navigated text. NB! This doesn't work if there is a bound printable character on the upper-case key - on Mac, typically Cmd-Shift-/ == Cmd-? = Help Menu.

Note: Shift-Alt manages rectangular selections

Key	Modifier	Function	Notes
Left		Char left	FIXME: Arrow keys need more details
Right		Char right
Up		Line up	Visual line up
Down		Line down	Visual line down
Home		VCHome	FIXME: First non-whitespace start of line?
End		Line End
Home	C	Doc start
End	C	Doc end
[	C	Paragraph Up
]	C	Paragraph Down
/	C	Word left
\	C	Word right

Mac-only navigation shortcuts:

Key	Modifier	Function	Notes
A	M	Navigate Start of line	Mac
B	M	Navigate Char left	Mac
E	M	Navigate End of line	Mac
F	M	Navigate Char right	Mac
L	M	Scroll to center view on current line	Mac
N	M	Navigate Line Down	Mac
P	M	Navigate Line Up	Mac
V	M	Navigate Page down	Mac
D	M	Delete next char	Mac
H	M	Delete previous char	Mac
K	M	Delete to end of line	Mac
Backspace	Fn	Delete key	Mac
Left	Fn	Home key	Mac
Right	Fn	End key	Mac
Up	Fn	Page Up key	Mac
Down	Fn	Page Down key	Mac

Function Shortcuts

Key	Modifier	Function	Notes
Delete		Delete next char
Delete	C	Delete next word
Delete	CS	Delete to end of line
Backspace		Delete previous char
Backspace	C	Delete previous word
Backspace	CS	Delete to start of line
Backspace	M	Undo	FIXME: Should not be undo on Mac, but delete previous word
Insert		Toggle overwrite
Insert	S	Paste
Insert	C	Copy
Tab		Tab	If the current selection is multi-line, tab each line
Tab	Shift	Backtab	If the current selection is multi-line, backtab each line
Return
Escape		Cancel	FIXME: Cancel what? (typically closes dialogues)
+	C	Zoom In
-	C	Zoom Out
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
A	C	Select All
C	C	Copy selection
D	C	Duplicate Selection
G
I
J
L	C	Cut Line
L	CS	Delete Line
M
O
Q
R
S
T	C
T	CS	Copy Line
U	C	Lowercase selection
U	CS	Uppercase selection
V	C	Paste
W
X	C	Cut selection
Y	C	Redo	new: Also on Mac
Z	C	Undo
Z	CS	Redo

FIXME: {SCK_BACK, SCI_NORM, SCI_DELETEBACK}, {SCK_BACK, SCI_SHIFT, SCI_DELETEBACK}, {SCK_BACK, SCI_CTRL, SCI_DELWORDLEFT}, {SCK_BACK, SCI_ALT, SCI_UNDO}, {SCK_BACK, SCI_CSHIFT, SCI_DELLINELEFT},

Other Shortcuts

• Console
• Other windows
• Text fields (animation, Search&Replace)

Notes

• Standard OS shortcuts (Qt): http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5/qkeysequence.html
• Standard OS X shortcuts: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1343?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

QScintilla Notes

QScintilla hijacks all keyboard bindings, so any key bound both by QScintilla and the global menus will be shadowed by scintilla.

Event configuration:

1. Default keymap is created: MapDefault in KeyMap.cpp:81
2. Ctrl-[a-z] (Mac: Cmd-[a-z]) is disabled (qscicommandset.cpp:869)
3. Add key bindings from cmd_table in qscicommandset.cpp:55

Event handling:

• QScintilla events are first handled in QsciScintilla::event(QEvent *e) (qscintilla.cpp:4129) -> this code overrides any global menu shortcuts if they're bound by qscintilla
• QScintilla events are handled in QsciScintillaBase::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *e) (qscintillabase.cpp:376) -> this triggers the actual qscintilla operation
• If event is not consumed, it bubbles up the event handler (widget) hierarchy