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3D Slicer 4 keyboard shortcuts
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First published at 4/26/2022 on https://defkey.com/3d-slicer-4-shortcuts

3D Slicer is a free and open-source software for analyzing and
understanding medical image data. It can run on Windows, macOS and various
Linux distributions.

3D Slicer 4 has 50 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below.



General
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Ctrl + O                Load a new scene (clears existing scene)
Ctrl + A                Import a scene (does not clear existing scene) Brings up Add Data instead
Ctrl + S                Save a scene
Ctrl + W                Close a scene
Ctrl + Z                Undo the history of undoable commands, from last to first.
Ctrl + Y                Redo the history of undoable commands, from last to first.
Ctrl + H                Set current module to "home" module for easy access.
Space                   Toggles the display of Slicer's Edit Box.
Ctrl + P                Display the Python console Displays the QT-real console
Ctrl + L                Create a new fiducial list.
Ctrl + I                Toggle between "Persistent Place" and "Transform View" interaction modes.
Ctrl + M                Create a new Ruler measurement between the last two placed fiducials.
Ctrl + 0                Display error log.
Ctrl + 1                Interface documentation.
Ctrl + 2                Display the Application Settings Interface for customizing Slicer.
Ctrl + 3                Python Interactor.
Ctrl + 4                Extension Manager.
Ctrl + 5                Toggle Module Panel visible/invisible.


3D Viewer
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R                       Fits the cameras field of view to show all that is visible in the viewer
W                       Show triangulated surface models as wireframe.
S                       Show triangulated surface models as shaded surfaces.


Slice Viewer
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V                       Toggles the slice plane visibility in the main 3D Viewer
R                       Fits the slice view to the volume extents in the active Slice Viewer, or in
all viewers if they are linked (the first non-none volume will be used in
order of Background, Foreground and Label layers)
B                       Decrease visible slice in the active Slice Viewer (left or down) by one
unit of background pixel spacing
F                       Increase visible slice in the active Slice Viewer (left or down) by one
unit of background pixel spacing
`                       Navigate to next fiducial in the active Slice Viewer, or in all viewers if
they are linked (back-tick is the left single-quote on the key with the
tilde (~) character in the upper left side of the keyboard)
Ctrl + `                Navigate to next fiducial in all Slice Viewers, independent of their linked
state
Shift + `               Navigate to the previous fiducial in the active Slice Viewer, or in all
viewers if they are linked
Ctrl + Shift + `        Navigate to the previous fiducial in all Slice Viewers, independent of
their linked state
P                       Place a new fiducial in the active Slice Viewer(adds to the current
fiducial list, or creates a list if there are none)
Backspace               When the mouse is hovering over a fiducial in the Slice Viewer (turning it
yellow), delete that fiducial
Del                     When the mouse is hovering over a fiducial in the Slice Viewer (turning it
yellow), delete that fiducial


Transfer functions
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Left click              (on an existing point) Make a point current
Right arrow             Make next point current
Up arrow                Make next point current
Left arrow              Make previous point current
Down arrow              Make previous point current
Left click              (on an empty space) Add a point
Middle click            Remove and make next point current
Backspace               Remove and make previous point current
Del                     Remove and make next point current
Wheel up and wheel down Zoom in and out the view

Multi-selection (blue points):

Right click + Move the mouse (drag) Select points inside rubber band area
Right click             Toggle point selection
Space                   Toggle current point
Shift + Arrow keys      Select next/previous point
Left click + Move the mouse Move selected points
Ctrl + Arrow keys       Move selected points
+                       Expand selected points
-                       Contract selected points

Source: slicer.org


Last modified on (UTC): Tuesday, April 26, 2022
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