Keyboard commands

The »EASY UI Designer« development environment contains a range of keyboard shortcuts that allow you to call up functions more quickly than when using menus.

Button/key combination

Function

Scope of validity

Ctrl+S

Saves the currently open view or page.

IDE

Ctrl+Shift+S

Saves all open views or pages.

IDE

Ctrl+C

Copies the selected element or elements to the clipboard.

  • Designer

  • Table editor

  • Project explorer

Ctrl+V

Inserts the content of the clipboard (one or more elements) at the selected position.

  • Designer

  • Table editor

  • Project explorer

Ctrl+X

Deletes the selected element or elements and copies them to the clipboard.

  • Designer

  • Table editor

  • Project explorer

Ctrl+A

Selects the entire content of the editor.

Table editor

Ctrl+Z

Cancels the last action.

Designer

Ctrl+Y

Repeats the last action that was undone.

Designer

Unf

Deletes the selected element.

  • Designer

  • Table editor

  • Project explorer

Enter

Displays the selected element in the corresponding editor.

Project explorer

Ctrl+F

Calls a dialogue to search for words.

Table editor

Ctrl+H

Calls up a dialogue to replace one word with another.

Table editor

F1

Calls up the EASY UI Designer help.

IDE

F2

Calls up a dialogue in which a new name can be assigned to the selected element.

Project explorer

F4

Opens the properties window.

IDE

Alt+F4

Closes the EASY UI Designer IDE.

IDE

F5

Compiles and starts the project.

IDE

F6

Compiles the project.

IDE

F8

Adds a definition or a new view/page.

  • Project explorer

  • Table editor

Ctrl+F8

Creates a copy of the selected definition and inserts the copy into the table.

Table editor

Shift+F8

Creates a new folder in the project explorer.

Project explorer

F9

Calls up the filter settings in the variable selection dialogue when the search field or a channel has been selected.

Variable selection dialogue

Ctrl+left mouse button

Adds the selected element to the already selected quantity.

  • Designer

  • Table editor

Shift+left mouse button

Selects the entire area between an already selected element and the element selected by holding down the Shift key.

  • Designer

  • Table editor

Scroll wheel

Moves the view up or down in the Designer.

Designer

Ctrl+scroll wheel

Enlarges or reduces the view/page in the Designer.

Designer

Shift+scroll wheel

Moves the view/page in the Designer to the left or right.

Designer

Space + left mouse button

Allows you to move the view/page in the Designer using the mouse.

Designer

Tab

Switches to the next selectable element.

Designer

Shift+Tab

Switches to the previous selectable element.

Designer

Old

Allows the control element to be added to a container over which this control element is currently located when it is moved with the mouse button held down. Also applies to a multiple selection of controls.

Designer

Alt+Z

Opens the zoom selection list in the Designer.

Designer

Ctrl+U

Fills all selected cells with the contents of the topmost selected cell.

Table editor

Ctrl+1

Fills all selected cells with the content of the first selected cell and increases the index for each cell by 1.

Table editor

Ctrl+2

Fills all selected cells with the content of the first selected cell and increases the index for each cell by 2.

Table editor

Ctrl+right arrow

Jumps to the last cell in the row.

Table editor

Ctrl+left arrow

Jumps to the first cell of the row.

Table editor

Ctrl+Up arrow

Jumps to the first cell of the column.

Table editor

Ctrl+Down arrow

Jumps to the last cell in the column.

Table editor

Shift+right arrow

Marks one character further to the right.

Table editor

Shift+left arrow

Marks one character further to the left.

Table editor

Shift+Up arrow

Marks one line further up.

Table editor

Shift+Down arrow

Marks one line further down.

Table editor