Show keyboard shortcuts for current stage of an interactive command

Graphical Editing hot key list

Click on a command on a menu or toolbar to edit it

Access technical documentation for the resource currently under the cursor in particular commands, dialogs, panels, and objects

Open any existing document using the Open dialog

Close active document

Save active document

Save and release the defined entity

Print active document

Exit Altium Designer

Cycle forward to the next open tabbed document, making it the active document in the design workspace

Cycle backward to the previous open tabbed document, making it the active document in the design workspace

Toggle the display of all floating panels

Tile all open documents

Toggle the focus between the last active panel and the currently active design document in the main design window

Step forward to the next document in the sequence of documents that have been made active in the main design window

Step back to the previous document, in the sequence of documents that have been made active in the main design window

Refresh the active document when that document is a web-based document

(hold while moving a panel) Prevent automatic docking, grouping, or snapping

(Drag and drop from Windows Explorer into Altium Designer) Open a document, project, or design workspace

Move to the next message (down) in the Messages panel and cross-probe to the object responsible for the message in the associated document (where supported)

Move to the previous message (up) in the Messages panel and cross-probe to the object responsible for the message in the associated document (where supported)

Copy selection

Cut selection

Paste selection

Delete selection

Undo

Redo

Access the Smart Paste dialog

Find text

Find and replace text

Find next occurrence of searched text

Select all

Copy selected object(s) and paste repeatedly where needed in the workspace (rubber stamping)

Rotate selection counterclockwise by 90°

Rotate selection clockwise by 90°

Align selected objects by their left edges

Align selected objects by their right edges

Make the horizontal spacing of selected objects equal

Align selected objects by their top edges

Align selected objects by their bottom edges

Move selected objects to the nearest point on the current snap grid

Move the cursor to the absolute origin coordinate (0,0) for the current document

Access the Selection Memory dialog in which you can control all aspects of the selection memory feature

… to 8: Store the current selection in memory location n

… to 8: Recall the selection from memory location n

… to 8: Add the current selection to the selection already stored in memory location n

… to 8: Recall selection from memory location n and add it to the current selection in the workspace

… to 8: Apply filtering based on the selection set in memory location n

Access the Find Similar Objects feature (click on an object to use as the base template)

Display all design objects on the current document

Zoom-in, relative to the current cursor location

(then move the mouse forward) Zoom-in, relative to the current cursor location

(click and hold the mouse wheel, then move the mouse forward) Zoom-in, relative to the current cursor location

Zoom-out, relative to the current cursor location.

Zoom-out, relative to the current cursor location

(then move the mouse forward) Zoom-out, relative to the current cursor location

(click and hold the mouse wheel, then move the mouse forward) Zoom-out, relative to the current cursor location

Scroll vertically within the design workspace

Scroll horizontally within the design workspace

Redraw the view in the main design window, placing the location marked by the cursor - prior to launching the command - at the center of the window

Refresh the screen, in effect performing a redraw of the current document, to remove any undesirable drawing update effects

Toggle the display of the current document's editor between maximized and not maximized

Cycle forward through your predefined snap grid settings

Cycle backward through your predefined snap grid settings

Turn the visible grid on or off in the current document

Temporarily disables the grid

Turn the cursor electrical grid on or off

Perform Board Level Annotation through use of the Board Level Annotate dialog

Measure the distance between two points on the active schematic document

Move the cursor to the left in the current document workspace in increments of one snap grid unit

Move the cursor to the left in the current document workspace in increments of ten snap grid units

Move the cursor to the right in the current document workspace in increments of one snap grid unit

Move the cursor to the right in the current document workspace in increments of ten snap grid units

Move the cursor upwards in the current document workspace in increments of one snap grid unit

Move the cursor upwards in the current document workspace in increments of ten snap grid units

Move the cursor downwards in the current document workspace in increments of one snap grid unit

Move the cursor downwards in the current document workspace in increments of ten snap grid units

Move the current selection (one or more selected design objects) to the left in the current document workspace in increments of one snap grid unit

Move the current selection (one or more selected design objects) to the left in the current document workspace in increments of 10 snap grid units

Move the current selection (one or more selected design objects) to the right in the current document workspace in increments of one snap grid unit

Move the current selection (one or more selected design objects) to the right in the current document workspace in increments of 10 snap grid units

Move the current selection (one or more selected design objects) upwards in the current document workspace in increments of one snap grid unit

Move the current selection (one or more selected design objects) upwards in the current document workspace in increments of 10 snap grid units

Move the current selection (one or more selected design objects) downwards in the current document workspace in increments of one snap grid unit

Move the current selection (one or more selected design objects) downwards in the current document workspace in increments of 10 snap grid units

(hold and drag) Move the object currently under the cursor

(hold and drag) Drag the electrical object currently under the cursor while maintaining connectivity with other electrical objects

Change the selection status of the object currently under the cursor without affecting the status of other objects

Select/deselect the object currently under the cursor

Modify the properties of the object currently under the cursor

(click on an object, hold and drag) Move the single object currently under the cursor (or group of selected objects if the object is part of that selection)

(Click (away from objects), hold and drag (left-to-right)) Select all objects that fall completely within the bounds of the selection area

(Click (away from objects), hold and drag (right-to-left)) Select all objects that fall completely inside the selection area or are touched by its boundary

(right click, hold and drag) Display the slider (panning) hand cursor then drag to move your view of the workspace

Access context menu for workspace or object currently under the cursor. If currently within an interactive command, will escape from the current operation

Toggle the display of the SCH Filter panel or the SCHLIB Filter panel accordingly

Toggle the display of the SCH List panel or the SCHLIB List panel accordingly

Clear the filter that is currently being applied to the active document

Clear all underlining highlighting from connections across all open (and open and hidden) schematic documents

Edit selected text object in-place (direct editing)

Add a new comment thread to a defined area of the active document. Before you can start using the comment feature, ensure that you have opened (checked out) a Managed Project and are working on one of its source schematic documents

Add a new comment thread to a specified point in the active document. Before you can start using the comment feature, ensure that you have opened (checked out) a Managed Project and are working on one of its source schematic documents

Add a new comment thread to a selected component in the active document. Before you can start using the comment feature, ensure that you have opened (checked out) a Managed Project and are working on one of its source schematic documents

Add a new comment review to a selected comment in the active document

Visually toggle the Net Color Override feature on or off

Toggle the display of the Properties panel accordingly

Use to open the Components panel from within a Schematic document

Access the Graphical Editing Hot key List dialog, which provides a listing of the shortcuts available (but that cannot be launched), as well as access to the documentation for the currently running command

Access a menu that lists all valid shortcuts for the present stage of the currently running interactive command

Acts like a Click of the mouse when placing/moving an object

Zoom in

Zoom out

Refresh the screen

Change display to have the cursor (with the attached object being placed/moved) at the center of the design window

Move the cursor (with the attached object being placed/moved) to the left in the current document workspace, in increments of one snap grid unit

Move the cursor (with the attached object being placed/moved) to the left in the current document workspace, in increments of 10 snap grid units

Move the cursor (with the attached object being placed/moved) to the right in the current document workspace, in increments of one snap grid unit

Move the cursor (with the attached object being placed/moved) to the right in the current document workspace, in increments of 10 snap grid units

Move the cursor (with the attached object being placed/moved) upwards in the current document workspace, in increments of one snap grid unit

Move the cursor (with the attached object being placed/moved) upwards in the current document workspace, in increments of 10 snap grid units

Move the cursor (with the attached object being placed/moved) downwards in the current document workspace, in increments of one snap grid unit

Move the cursor (with the attached object being placed/moved) downwards in the current document workspace, in increments of 10 snap grid units

Access an associated Properties panel mode from where properties for the object being placed/moved can be changed on-the-fly

Mirror the object being placed/moved along the X-axis

Mirror the object being placed/moved along the Y-axis

Constrain the direction of movement to the horizontal or vertical axis depending on the initial direction of movement

When auto-panning while placing/moving an object to pan at higher speed

Escape from the current process - either a stage of the currently running interactive command, or the command itself

Rotates the object being placed/moved counterclockwise. Rotation is in increments of 90°

Toggles start and end sub-modes when placing a Wire/Bus/Signal Harness in 90 Degree or 45 Degree placement modes

Cycles through placement modes when placing a Line

Changes the wiring mode for any connected wires, buses, or signal harnesses when dragging an electrical object

Rotates the object being placed/moved clockwise. Rotation is in increments of 90°

Cycles through placement modes when placing a Wire/Bus/Signal Harness

Changes the wiring mode for any connected wires, buses, or signal harnesses when dragging an electrical object

Rotates the object being dragged clockwise. Rotation is in increments of 90°

Copies attributes of the object currently under the cursor while placing an object of the same type

Adds a vertex while placing a Wire, Line, Bus, Signal Harness, or Polygon

On a selected segment of a placed Wire, Line, Bus, or Signal Harness or an edge of a placed Polygon to add a vertex at that point

On a vertex of a placed Wire, Line, Bus, Signal Harness or Polygon to remove that vertex

Cycle trhough the available vertex action modes (Deform, Scale, and Smooth) during sliding

Remove the last placed segment, while placing a Wire, Line, Bus, Signal Harness, or Polygon

Enlarges the size of the IEEE Symbol currently being placed/moved

Reduces the size of the IEEE Symbol currently being placed/moved

On a net object, to highlight all objects associated to that net across all sheets of the active design project

On a Sheet Entry to jump to the corresponding port on the sub-sheet referenced by that entry's parent Sheet Symbol

On a Port to jump to the corresponding sheet entry in the parent sheet symbol that references the sub-sheet on which the port resides

On a port to jump to another port with the same name, on the indicated target schematic document (only available when the Net Identifier Scope - set on the Options tab of the Project Options dialog - is set to Flat, or Global)

On a sheet symbol to descend the design hierarchy to open the child sheet referenced by that symbol

Relocate the currently selected Sheet Entry (or entries) that are being moved, to the directly opposite side of the parent Sheet Symbol

Reverse order while moving two or more selected Sheet Entries

Toggle IO Type while moving one or more selected Sheet Entries

Toggle IO Type for all Sheet Entries while graphically resizing the parent Sheet Symbol

Align sub-menu

Toolbars sub-menu

Jump sub-menu

Panels sub-menu

Move sub-menu

Right-click Options sub-menu

Select sub-menu

DeSelect sub-menu

Right-click Filter sub-menu

Pop-up menu with zoom commands

With an initial object selected in the design, extend the selection to include the next higher-level object (or objects), based on logical hierarchy. In addition, the feature caters for selection extension across multiple objects selected across different nets in the design.

Single select the next design object in a set of co-located (overlapping) objects without utilizing a selection pop-up window. To use this command, ensure that the Display popup selection dialog option is disabled on the PCB Editor - General page of the Preferences dialog.

Enable Cross Select Mode

Select all objects on the current document

Select all objects that reside within the boundary of the defined board shape

Select all electrical objects that are connected to the same piece of copper

Copy selected object(s) and paste repeatedly where needed in the workspace (rubber stamping)

Paste objects onto the current layer regardless of their original layer assignments

Align selected objects by their left edges

Align selected objects by their right edges

Align selected design objects by their left edges while maintaining adequate spacing in observance with applicable design rules

Align selected design objects by their right edges while maintaining adequate spacing in observance with applicable design rules

Make the horizontal spacing of selected objects equal

Align selected objects by their top edges

Align selected objects by their bottom edges

Align selected design objects by their top edges while maintaining adequate spacing in observance with applicable design rules

Align selected design objects by their bottom edges while maintaining adequate spacing in observance with applicable design rules

Make the vertical spacing of selected objects equal

Move selected components to the nearest point on the required component placement grid

Move the cursor to the absolute origin at the lower-left corner of the workspace

Move the cursor to the relative origin of the current document (PCB document), or the location of the component reference point (PCB Library document)

In the workspace to access the Selection Memory dialog, from where you can control all aspects of the selection memory feature

In a dialog or panel to toggle the measurement units (in the dialog or panel only), between metric (mm) and imperial (mil)

… to 8: Store the current selection in memory location 1 - 8

… to 8: Recall the selection from memory location 1 - 8

… to 8: Add the current selection to the selection already stored in memory location 1 - 8

… to 8: Recall selection from memory location n and add it to the current selection in the workspace

… to 8: Apply filtering based on the selection set in memory location 1 - 8

ActiveRoute selected connections

Access the Find Similar Objects feature (click on an object to use as the base template)

Switch the display of the PCB workspace to Board Planning Mode

Switch the display of the PCB workspace to 2D Layout Mode

Switch the display of the PCB workspace to 3D Layout Mode

Switch the display of the PCB workspace to 2D Layout Mode and see the same location and orientation of the board as you switch.

Switch the display of the PCB workspace to 3D Layout Mode and see the same location and orientation of the board as you switch.

Display all design objects on the current document

Zoom-in, relative to the current cursor location

(then move the mouse forward) Zoom-in, relative to the current cursor location

(click and hold the mouse wheel, then move the mouse forward) Zoom-in, relative to the current cursor location

Zoom-out, relative to the current cursor location.

Zoom-out, relative to the current cursor location

(then move the mouse forward) Zoom-out, relative to the current cursor location

(click and hold the mouse wheel, then move the mouse forward) Zoom-out, relative to the current cursor location

Zoom-in, relative to the current cursor location and in progressively smaller steps

Zoom-out, relative to the current cursor location and in progressively larger steps

Set the magnification of the current document to 400%

Scroll vertically within the design workspace. This is a default setting that can be changed from the System - Mouse Wheel Configuration page of the Preferences dialog

Scroll horizontally within the design workspace. This is a default setting that can be changed from the System - Mouse Wheel Configuration page of the Preferences dialog

Redraw the view in the main design window, placing the location marked by the cursor - prior to launching the command - at the center of the window

Refresh the screen, in effect performing a redraw of the current document, to remove any undesirable drawing update effects

Jump to, and make active, the previous component in the current library document. After reaching the first component in the list, the command will not cycle to the last component again.

Jump to, and make active, the next component in the current library document. After reaching the last component in the list, the command will not cycle to the first component again

Redraw the current layer of the current document, to remove any undesirable drawing update effects

Toggle the display of the current document's editor between maximized and not maximized

Visually toggle the Net Color Override feature on or off

Toggle the Heads Up Display on or off

Toggle Heads Up Display tracking on or off

Resets the Delta Origin point for the Heads Up Display feature to 0,0

Toggle the 3D model visibility in the current PCB document

Toggle the display of the Delta coordinates within the Heads Up Display

Cycle to the next mode of object Hotspot Snapping

Access the dedicated grid editor dialog for the snap grid currently under the cursor

Set the X (horizontal) and Y (vertical) step values - for the default Global Board Snap Grid - simultaneously to a chosen value

Temporarily disables the grid

Toggle on/off whether the cursor on a grid will snap to the active workspace grid. Once enabled, the cursor will pull or snap to the nearest snap group location

Toggle the measurement units for the current document between metric (mm) and imperial (mil)

Toggle the display of the Difference Map Overlay in the main design workspace On or Off

Toggle the state of the current cell containing detected differences between checked and unchecked when using Altium Designer's Collaborative PCB Design functionality

Navigate to the previous cell containing one or more detected differences when using Altium Designer's Collaborative PCB Design functionality

Navigate to the next cell containing one or more detected differences when using Altium Designer's Collaborative PCB Design functionality

Access the Layers And Colors tab of the View Configuration panel in which you can configure the display of layers for the board and the colors assigned to those layers

Access the View Options tab of the View Configuration panel in which you can configure the mode used to display each of the various design items within the workspace

Access the Board Insight pop-up, listing all violations (of defined Design Rules) currently under the cursor

Access the Board Insight pop-up, listing all components and/or net objects currently under the cursor

Measure and display the distance between any two points in the current document

Move the cursor to the left in the current document workspace in increments of one snap grid unit

Move the cursor to the left in the current document workspace in increments of 10 snap grid units

Move the cursor to the right in the current document workspace in increments of one snap grid unit

Move the cursor to the right in the current document workspace, in increments of 10 snap grid units

Move the cursor upwards in the current document workspace, in increments of one snap grid unit

Move the cursor upwards in the current document workspace, in increments of 10 snap grid units

Move the cursor downwards in the current document workspace, in increments of one snap grid unit

Move the cursor downwards in the current document workspace, in increments of 10 snap grid units

Move the current selection (one or more selected design objects) to the left in the current document workspace in increments of one snap grid unit

Move the current selection (one or more selected design objects) to the left in the current document workspace, in increments of 10 snap grid units

Move the current selection (one or more selected design objects) to the right in the current document workspace, in increments of one snap grid unit

Move the current selection (one or more selected design objects) to the right in the current document workspace, in increments of 10 snap grid units

Move the current selection (one or more selected design objects) upwards in the current document workspace, in increments of one snap grid unit