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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+SSave As
 
  Ctrl+NNew figure
  Ctrl+OOpen figure
  Ctrl+AAdd 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.
 
  + or Mouse Wheel Up -  zoom in (+Shift for finer zooming)
  - or Mouse Wheel Down -  zoom out (+Shift for finer zooming)
  F1 -  scale to 100%
  F2 -  scale to 200%
  F3 -  scale to selected segment or polygon and center (+Shift for whole branch)
  F4 -  scale to whole figure and center
  F5 -  scale to 50%
F8 - Match main Canvas Pan/Zoom with the figure builder pan/zoom when in transparent window mode
F9 - Set the background colour of the canvas
 
F12 - Highlight Selected Segment
I - Input segment values
Esc - Close window