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Appendix: PhAB Keyboard Shortcuts

This Appendix contains a quick reference guide to Photon Application Builder's keyboard shortcuts. The following types of shortcuts are available:

• Project management
• Editing
• Adding items
• Building
• Widget management
• Other shortcuts

Project management shortcuts

Command	Shortcut
New project	Ctrl-N*
Open project	Ctrl-O*
Save project	Ctrl-S*
Save project as	Ctrl-Shift-S*
Print	Ctrl-P
Exit	Ctrl-X

^*These commands aren't available in the IDE-hosted version of PhAB.

Editing shortcuts

Command	Shortcut
Undo last action	Ctrl-Z
Redo last undo	Ctrl-Shift-Z
Cut	Ctrl-X, Shift-Delete
Copy	Ctrl-C
Paste	Ctrl-V, Shift-Insert
Move a widget into a container	Ctrl-T
Delete	Del
Select all	Ctrl-A
Select All Children	Ctrl-Shift-A
Deselect current selection	Ctrl-D
Find	Ctrl-Shift-F
Add a widget class	Ctrl-W
Edit templates	Ctrl-M
Edit preferences	Ctrl-Shift-P

Adding items shortcuts

Command	Shortcut
Add window	Ctrl-Shift-W
Add dialog	Ctrl-Shift-D
Add menu	Ctrl-Shift-M
Add picture module	Ctrl-Shift-U
Internal links	F4
Project properties	F2

Building shortcuts

Command	Shortcut
Build and run	F6*
Build and debug	F5*
Rebuild all	F3*
Build	F7*
Make clean	Shift-F3*
Generate UI	Shift-F7
Run arguments	Shift-F6*
Manage targets	F11*

^*These commands aren't available in the IDE-hosted version of PhAB.

Widget management shortcuts

Command	Shortcut
Move to front	Ctrl-F
Move to back	Ctrl-B
Group	Ctrl-G
Ungroup	Ctrl-Shift-G
Change class	Ctrl-H
Define template	Ctrl-L
Select next widget in module tree	F10
Multiple-select the current and next widget in the module tree	Shift-F10
Select previous widget in module tree	F9
Multiple-select the current and previous widget in the module tree	Shift-F9
Toggle the nudge mode through move, shrink, and expand	Ctrl-5*
Move, shrink or expand the selected widget by one pixel	Ctrl-1 to Ctrl-9* (excluding Ctrl-5) and Ctrl-arrow

^*These shortcuts are on the numeric keyboard only.

View and window shortcuts

Command	Shortcut
Zoom in	Ctrl-+
Zoom out	Ctrl--
Close current window	Ctrl-Alt-L
Close all windows	Ctrl-Alt-A
Show/hide the resources tab	F12
Show/hide the callbacks tab	Shift-F12

Other shortcuts

Command	Shortcut
Help	F1

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