Keyboard Shortcuts

ETAP provides the following keyboard shortcuts for commonly used ETAP functions. Note that single letter hotkeys may also be triggered using traditional “Ctrl + key.”

ETAP Alphabet
Select All A

Create a Text Box B

Copy selected element(s) to Dumpster C

Open Dumpster D

Edit Mode E

Launch Find Window F

Group selected elements G

Add Hyperlink H

Apply Info Annotation Position I

AutoBuild Downstream Alignment J

Launch Options (Preferences) window K

Lock selected element(s) L

Switch to next active Mode M

Create a new project N

Open an existing project O

Print P

Close the Project File Q

Rotate 90 degrees Clockwise R

Save S

Toggle Open/Close T

Ungroup U

Paste from Dumpster V

Scenario Wizard W

Move to Dumpster X

Redo Y

Undo Z

Project
New N

Open O

Close Q

Save S

Save As Shift S

Print P

Print Preview Shift P

Help Search F1

Help Context Shift F1

System Manager F2

Find Next Element (A-Z) F3

Close ETAP Alt F4

View
Zoom Ctrl Wheel

Zoom In Ctrl +

Zoom Out Ctrl -

Zoom to Fit Ctrl 0

Fit to View Home

Pan Space Drag

Next View Ctrl Tab

Previous View Ctrl Shift Tab

Close View Ctrl F4

Property Editor Enter

Edit Mode E

Datablock [
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Power Calculator =

Shortcuts Shift ?

Editing
Find F

Find Next Element (A-Z) F3

Undo Z

Redo Y

Group G

Ungroup U

Rotate 90 Degrees Clockwise R

Rotate 90 Degrees Counter Clockwise Shift R

Move Elements ↓↑→←

Increase Symbol Size +

Decrease Symbol Size -

Select All Elements A

Deselect All Elements Shift A

“Add to” or “Remove from” selection Ctrl Click

Auto Selection Alt Click

Select Up Stream Page Up

Select Down Stream Page Down

Copy to Dumpster C

Copy/Paste Bulk Data Shift C

Cut to Dumpster X; Delete

Purge (Permanently delete without sending to the Dumpster) Shift Delete

Paste from Dumpster V

Move from Dumpster Shift V

Move elements Drag

Move to another View Shift Drag

Copy to other Views Ctrl Shift Drag

Auto Select Options

ETAP implements an intelligent and proactive auto select feature that is time saving and intuitive. Use the Alt button and the left mouse click together to select multiple elements in an instant.

Alt + Left Mouse Click on a bus

If a bus is selected and the ALT key is pressed, then ETAP will automatically select all the loads connected to the bus. All protective devices connected to those loads will be selected. If there are branches connected to the
bus, the branch components within a bounding box will be selected as well. In the below example, the text box shows the bounding box for a low voltage bus. There is a breaker and transformer T3 that fall within the
bounding box, hence they will be selected. Note: The bounding box is configured to be the same distance around the element as the element ID's adjustable radius.

Alt + Left Mouse Click on a load

When the ALT key is pressed and a load is selected, ETAP will automatically select all devices connected to the load up to the bus.

Alt + Left Mouse Click on a load PD

The Auto select function can also be used on any load protective device. All elements in a straight line with the protective device will be highlighted when Alt + left mouse click is used on the protective device. The picture
below shows the Auto Select function used when the devices are not in a straight line. ETAP highlighted the breaker and the contactor after Alt + Click was used on the breaker. This gives the user the ability to quickly
select those two elements and drag them in line with the overload heater, cable and motor.
Alt + Left Mouse Click on a branch or branch PD
If the ALT key is pressed and a branch is selected, then ETAP will automatically select all the components connected to the branch in a straight line between the “from bus” and “to bus” of the branch. If the elements are
not in a straight line, ETAP will stop the auto select function at the last inline element as done with the load pd shown above.

Note: Using the Auto Select function on a branch pd will perform the same results as using the Auto Select function on a branch.

Page Up
Jump from the selected element to the upstream bus, selecting and highlighting all elements in between. When parallel paths exist, all elements in the parallel path will be selected.

Page Down
Jump from the selected element to the downstream bus, selecting and highlighting all elements in between. When parallel paths exist, all elements in the parallel path will be selected.

Copy / Paste Bulk Data

This feature provides the ability to copy property data of a single element to any number of other elements of the same type.

Data Clipboard (Tabular approach)

Launch the Data Manager from Base revision and make the following selections to expose the “Data Clipboard” options:

A. Under “Revision Control,” check only a single revision.

 B. Under “Device Selection,” choose a single device type. (This means do not choose any option that includes multiple types such as “All AC Motors”)
C. Under “Display options,” select “Properties”

Once the Data Clipboard section is visible, selecting any single row will enable the “Copy Data” button. Press this button to add the selected element to the Data Clipboard.

Then select any number of other element rows in the table and press the “Paste Data” button. A prompt will show to confirm action.
Right-Click (Graphical approach)
From the OLV, use any selection method to choose the element to be copied as well as the all the elements to be pasted. Right-click the individual element from which the data will be copied from to display its context
menu.
Hold the “Ctrl + Shift” keys and left-click the top context menu option (the element property option) labeled with the ID of the element. A prompt will show requesting confirmation of action.

Shortcut (Shift + C)
From the OLV, select the group of elements you wish to paste data to.

Next hold “Ctrl” and click to add the original element which you would like to copy the data from to make it the anchor element (Framed in blue).
Then simply hold the “Shift” key and press “C” to copy the anchor element’s data to other selected elements of the same type.
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Keyboard Shortcuts
Auto Select
Copy / Paste Bulk Data
Power and AF Calculators
- Power Flow Calculator
- AC Arc Flash Calculator
- DGUV-I 203-078 AF Calculator
- DC Arc Flash Calculator
- ArcFault Calculator