Keyboard shortcuts

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With keyboard shortcuts, for many features, you can navigate between screens, move widgets, and enable specific widget options. To access the keyboard shortcut list, you will need to open a screen, click on the options button, and select 'Keyboard shortcuts'.

tip:

You can also prompt the hotkey list to appear by simply pressing 'K' on your keyboard. If you press 'K' again, the overview will close.

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General

These can be used at any point while the application is open.

Action Windows Mac
Blur screen 1 1
Move to next screen
Move to previous screen
Add new screen Ctrl + Enter + Enter
Hide / show widget bar B B
Open screen settings S S
Open shortcut keys K K
Full screen F F
Paste object(s) from clipboard Ctrl + V + V
Select all screen objects Ctrl + A + A
Add / remove object from selection Ctrl / Shift click ⌘ / Shift click

During annotation mode

These can be used when you access the Annotation bar.

Action Windows Mac
Stop annotating Esc Esc
Select marker M M
Select highlighter H H
Select brush R R
Select eraser E E
Select shapes & lines L L

On selected widgets

These can be used when you are editing a widget.

Action Windows Mac
Delete widget Delete or Backspace Delete or Backspace
Deselect widget Esc Esc
Open / close widget settings S S
Copy Ctrl + C ⌘ + C
Duplicate Shift + D Shift + D
Spotlight Shift + S Shift + S
Show in all screens (Pin) Shift + P Shift + P
Lock in position Shift + L Shift + L
Bring to front Ctrl + ↑ + ↑
Send to back Ctrl + ↓ ⌘ + ↓
Move widget (1 px) ← → ↑ ↓ ← → ↑ ↓
Move widget (10 px) Shift ← → ↑ ↓ Shift ← → ↑ ↓
Resize proportionally Shift & Resize Shift & Resize

On text

These can be used when you are editing the Text widget.

Action Windows Mac
Bold Ctrl + B ⌘ + B
Italic Ctrl + I ⌘ + I
Underline Ctrl + U ⌘ + U
Add link Ctrl + K ⌘ + K

Can I disable Keyboard shortcuts?

Yes! Via the shortcut overview, you can enable and disable the use of the hotkeys.

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