Controls and shortcuts

Summary of keyboard shortcuts and mouse interactions.

Playback controls

Shortcut	Description	Command
Space	Toggle playback	player.togglePlayback
←	Seek backward 100ms	player.seekBackwardMedium
→	Seek forward 100ms	player.seekForwardMedium
Shift + ←	Seek backward 10ms	player.seekBackwardSmall
Shift + →	Seek forward 10ms	player.seekForwardSmall
Alt + ← (Windows and Linux) Option + ← (macOS)	Seek backward 500ms	player.seekBackwardLarge
Alt + → (Windows and Linux) Option + → (macOS)	Seek forward 500ms	player.seekForwardLarge
Home	Seek to the start of the data	player.seekStart
End	Seek to the end of the data	player.seekEnd
Shift + ↑	Increase playback speed	player.speedUp
Shift + ↓	Decrease playback speed	player.speedDown
Ctrl + e (Windows and Linux) Cmd + e (macOS)	Open the create event dialog	player.createEvent
Shift + Alt + ← (Windows and Linux) Shift + Option + ← (macOS)	Move an event endpoint left to the current playback time (while editing an event)	player.snapEventTimeLeft
Shift + Alt + → (Windows and Linux) Shift + Option + → (macOS)	Move an event endpoint right to the current playback time (while editing an event)	player.snapEventTimeRight
Shift + Alt + ← (Windows and Linux) Shift + Option + ← (macOS)	Move a playback range endpoint left to the current time (while adjusting the range)	player.trimRangeLeft
Shift + Alt + → (Windows and Linux) Shift + Option + → (macOS)	Move a playback range endpoint right to the current time (while adjusting the range)	player.trimRangeRight
Shift + Alt + ← (Windows and Linux) Shift + Option + ← (macOS)	Move the hovered comparison source's near edge left to the current playback time (while adjusting comparison offsets)	player.snapComparisonSourceLeft
Shift + Alt + → (Windows and Linux) Shift + Option + → (macOS)	Move the hovered comparison source's near edge right to the current playback time (while adjusting comparison offsets)	player.snapComparisonSourceRight

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General

Global

Shortcut	Description	Command
Ctrl + K (Windows and Linux) Cmd + K (macOS)	Open the command palette	global.commandPalette.toggle
Ctrl + O (Windows and Linux) Cmd + O (macOS)	Open the file picker	global.datasource.openFile
Ctrl + Shift + O (Windows and Linux) Cmd + Shift + O (macOS)	Open the connection picker	global.datasource.openConnection
Ctrl + J (Windows and Linux) Cmd + J (macOS)	Open or close the agent sidebar	global.chat.toggleOpen

Panel selection

Shortcut	Description	Command
Ctrl + A (Windows and Linux) Cmd + A (macOS)	Select all panels in the current layout or tab.	panel.selectAll
Hover on panel + ` (backtick)	Show panel shortcuts (remove from layout or split)

Panel settings

Shortcut	Description	Command
,	Toggle the panel settings sidebar	panel.settings.toggleOpen
While inside input + ↑	Increment numeric panel setting values
While inside input + ↓	Decrement numeric panel setting values
Click input + drag right	Increment numeric panel setting values
Click input + drag left	Decrement numeric panel setting values

Sidebar navigation

Shortcut	Description	Command
[	Toggle left sidebar	sidebar.left.toggleVisibility
]	Toggle right sidebar	sidebar.right.toggleVisibility

Desktop tabs

The desktop app supports browser-style tabs for working with multiple data sources in a single window.

Shortcut	Description
Ctrl + t (Windows and Linux) Cmd + t (macOS)	New tab
Ctrl + w (Windows and Linux) Cmd + w (macOS)	Close tab
Ctrl + Tab	Next tab
Ctrl + Shift + Tab	Previous tab
Ctrl + / (Windows and Linux) Cmd + / (macOS)	Go to last active tab
Ctrl + [ (Windows and Linux) Cmd + [ (macOS)	Navigate back
Ctrl + ] (Windows and Linux) Cmd + ] (macOS)	Navigate forward

Panels

3D

Shortcut	Description	Command
KeyW	Move camera forward	panel.threeDee.moveForward
KeyA	Move camera to the left	panel.threeDee.moveLeft
KeyS	Move camera backward	panel.threeDee.moveBackward
KeyD	Move camera to the right	panel.threeDee.moveRight
Shift+KeyW	Rotate camera up	panel.threeDee.rotateUp
Shift+KeyA	Rotate camera left	panel.threeDee.rotateLeft
Shift+KeyS	Rotate camera down	panel.threeDee.rotateDown
Shift+KeyD	Rotate camera right	panel.threeDee.rotateRight
Scroll	Zoom in and out
Drag	Move camera parallel to the ground (x-y plane)
Alt + drag (Windows and Linux) Option + drag (macOS)	Move camera parallel to the screen (enable z-axis)
Shift + drag, or right-click-drag	Rotate the camera around the target position
1	Re-center the camera on the chosen target frame	panel.threeDee.resetCamera
3	Toggle between 2D bird's-eye view and 3D perspective view	panel.threeDee.togglePerspective
i	Show or hide the object inspector	panel.threeDee.toggleInspector

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Image

Scroll

Zoom

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Plot

Shortcut	Description	Command
Scroll	Default zoom for plot type
Scroll with mouse over y-axis Scroll + Shift	Zoom the y-axis only
Scroll with mouse over x-axis Scroll + Alt (Windows and Linux) Scroll + Option (macOS)	Zoom the x-axis only
Scroll + Shift + Alt (Windows and Linux) Scroll + Shift + Option (macOS)	Zoom both axes
r (when panel is selected)	Reset view to original viewport	panel.plot.resetView
z (when panel is selected)	Toggle zoom tool

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Publish

Shortcut	Description	Command
Ctrl + Enter (Windows and Linux) Cmd + Enter (macOS) (when the JSON editor is focused)	Publish the configured message from the JSON editor

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Raw Messages

Shortcut	Description	Command
Alt + [ (Windows and Linux) Option + [ (macOS) (when panel is selected)	Step to the previous message	panel.stepBackward
Alt + ] (Windows and Linux) Option + ] (macOS) (when panel is selected)	Step to the next message	panel.stepForward

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State Transitions

Shortcut	Description	Command
Scroll	Zoom
Scroll + Shift	Scroll vertically
r (when panel is selected)	Reset view to original viewport	panel.stateTransitions.resetView
z (when panel is selected)	Toggle zoom tool

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Topic Graph

Shortcut	Description
Scroll	Zoom

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User Scripts

Shortcut	Description
Cmd + s	Save script changes

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