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Altium Shortcuts

This document provides shortcuts for common schematic and PCB editor functions. It lists shortcuts for navigating and manipulating objects with arrow keys, mouse wheels, and zoom commands. Additional shortcuts allow selecting, moving, aligning, and filtering objects as well as using clipboard and selection memory functions. Common edit shortcuts like copy, cut, paste, and undo are also included.

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Altium Shortcuts

This document provides shortcuts for common schematic and PCB editor functions. It lists shortcuts for navigating and manipulating objects with arrow keys, mouse wheels, and zoom commands. Additional shortcuts allow selecting, moving, aligning, and filtering objects as well as using clipboard and selection memory functions. Common edit shortcuts like copy, cut, paste, and undo are also included.

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Common Schematic & PCB Editor Shortcuts

Modified by on 19-Mar-2014
Parent article: Shortcut Keys

COMMON SCHEMATIC AND PCB EDITOR SHORTCUTS

SHIFT While autopanning to pan at higher speed


Y

While placing an object to flip it along the Y-axis

While placing an object to flip it along the X-axis

Move cursor one grid increment in direction of arrow key

SHIFT +

Move cursor ten grid increments in direction of arrow key

CTRL +

Move selection one grid increment in direction of arrow key

CTRL + SHIFT + Move selection ten grid increments in direction of arrow


key
ESC

Escape from current process

END

Redraw the screen

HOME Redraw screen with center at the cursor point


CTRL + HOME

Jump to absolute origin (lower left corner of workspace)

CTRL + Mouse-wheel down (or PAGE DOWN) Zoom out


CTRL + Mouse-wheel up (or PAGE UP) Zoom in around cursor (zooms around
cursor, position the cursor first)
Mouse-wheel

Pan up/down

SHIFT + Mouse-wheel

Pan left/right

Display Align sub-menu

Display Toolbars sub-menu

Display Jump sub-menu

Display Workspace Panels sub-menu

Display Move sub-menu

Pop-up right-click Options menu

Display Select sub-menu

Display DeSelect sub-menu

Pop-up menu with zoom commands

CTRL + Z

Undo

CTRL + Y

Redo

CTRL + A

Select all

CTRL + C (or CTRL + INSERT)

Copy

CTRL + X (or SHIFT + DELETE)

Cut

CTRL + V (or SHIFT + INSERT)

Paste

CTRL + R

Copy to clipboard and repeat paste selected objects (Rubber Stamp)

CTRL + R then ESC Re-enters Rubber Stamp mode using the current clipboard
content
CTRL + Q
ALT

Access the Selection Memory dialog

Constrain object movement horizontally or vertically

DELETE

Delete selection

V, D

View document

V, F

View fit placed objects

X, A

De-select all

Right-click & hold

Display slider hand & slide view

CTRL + Right-click & hold + Move mouse up/down Display zoom cursor and zoom
in/out
Left-click

Select/deselect object under cursor

Right-click

Pop-up floating menu, or escape from current operation

Right-click on object, select Find Similar


Similar Objects dialog
Left-click, hold & drag (in free space)

Load object under cursor into Find

Select inside area

Left-click & hold

Move object/selection under cursor

Left Double-click

Edit object

SHIFT + Left-click

Add/remove object from selection set

TAB

Edit attributes while placing (cursor must be placing or moving an object)

SHIFT + C

Clear current Filter

SHIFT + F

Click on object to display Find Similar Objects dialog

Pop-up Quick Queries menu

F11

Toggle Inspector panel on/of

F12

Toggle Filter panel on/of

SHIFT + F12 Toggle List panel on/of


ALT + F5

Toggle full screen mode

, Left-click Cross probe to matching object on target document, stay remaining in


source document
, CTRL + Left-click Cross probe and jump to matching object on target, jumping to
target document
SHIFT + CTRL + T Align selected objects by top edges
SHIFT + CTRL + L Align selected objects by left edges
SHIFT + CTRL + R Align selected objects by right edges
SHIFT + CTRL + B Align selected objects by bottom edges
SHIFT + CTRL + H Distribute selected objects equally in horizontal plane
SHIFT + CTRL + V Distribute selected objects equally in vertical plane
SHIFT + CTRL + D Align selected objects to grid
CTRL + n (n=1 to 8)

Store current selection in memory location n

ALT + n (n=1 to 8) Recall selection from memory location n

SHIFT + n (n=1 to 8)
memory location n

Add current selection to selection already stored in

SHIFT + ALT + n (n=1 to 8)


Recall selection from memory location n and add it
to current selection in workspace
SHIFT + CTRL + n (n=1 to 8)
location n.

Apply filtering based on selection set in memory

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