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Controls and shortcuts

Summary of keyboard shortcuts and mouse interactions.

Playback controls

ShortcutDescriptionCommand
SpaceToggle playbackplayer.togglePlayback
Seek backward 100msplayer.seekBackwardMedium
Seek forward 100msplayer.seekForwardMedium
Shift + Seek backward 10msplayer.seekBackwardSmall
Shift + Seek forward 10msplayer.seekForwardSmall

Alt + (Windows and Linux)
Option + (macOS)

Seek backward 500msplayer.seekBackwardLarge

Alt + (Windows and Linux)
Option + (macOS)

Seek forward 500msplayer.seekForwardLarge
HomeSeek to the start of the dataplayer.seekStart
EndSeek to the end of the dataplayer.seekEnd
Shift + Increase playback speedplayer.speedUp
Shift + Decrease playback speedplayer.speedDown

Ctrl + e (Windows and Linux)
Cmd + e (macOS)

Open the create event dialogplayer.createEvent

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General

Command palette
ShortcutDescription

Ctrl + K (Windows and Linux)
Cmd + K (macOS)

Open the command palette
Panel selection
ShortcutDescription

Ctrl + a (Windows, Linux, and macOS)
Cmd + a (macOS)

Select all panels in the current layout or tab.

Hover on panel + ` (backtick)

Show panel shortcuts (remove from layout or split)
Panel settings
ShortcutDescription
,Open the panel settings sidebar
While inside input + Increment numeric panel setting values
While inside input + Decrement numeric panel setting values
Click input + drag rightIncrement numeric panel setting values
Click input + drag leftDecrement numeric panel setting values
Sidebar navigation
ShortcutDescriptionCommand
[Toggle left sidebarsidebar.left.toggleVisibility
]Toggle right sidebarsidebar.right.toggleVisibility

Desktop tabs

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

ShortcutDescription

Ctrl + t (Windows and Linux)
Cmd + t (macOS)

New tab

Ctrl + w (Windows and Linux)
Cmd + w (macOS)

Close tab
Ctrl + TabNext tab
Ctrl + Shift + TabPrevious 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

ShortcutDescriptionCommand
KeyWMove camera forwardpanel.threeDee.moveForward
KeyAMove camera to the leftpanel.threeDee.moveLeft
KeySMove camera backwardpanel.threeDee.moveBackward
KeyDMove camera to the rightpanel.threeDee.moveRight
Shift+KeyWRotate camera uppanel.threeDee.rotateUp
Shift+KeyARotate camera leftpanel.threeDee.rotateLeft
Shift+KeySRotate camera downpanel.threeDee.rotateDown
Shift+KeyDRotate camera rightpanel.threeDee.rotateRight
ScrollZoom in and out
DragMove 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-dragRotate the camera around the target position
1Re-center the camera on the chosen target framepanel.threeDee.resetCamera
3Toggle between 2D bird's-eye view and 3D perspective viewpanel.threeDee.togglePerspective
iShow or hide the object inspectorpanel.threeDee.toggleInspector

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Image

ScrollZoom

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Plot

ShortcutDescription
ScrollDefault 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
zToggle zoom tool

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State Transitions

ShortcutDescription
ScrollZoom
Scroll + ShiftScroll vertically
r (when panel is selected)Reset view to original viewport
zToggle zoom tool

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Topic Graph

ShortcutDescription
ScrollZoom

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User Scripts

ShortcutDescription
Cmd + sSave script changes

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