Altium Designer keyboard shortcuts 

Altium Designer    

Zeynel -
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Ctrl + V

Paste content from the clipboard into the Name or Description field

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Ctrl + X

Clear the selected output(s) from the current Output Job Configuration file and copy them to the OutputJob Editor's clipboard

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Ctrl + X

Clear the selected output container, or print job, from the current Output Job Configuration file and copy it to the OutputJob Editor's clipboard

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Ctrl + C

Copy the selected output(s) from the current Output Job Configuration file to the OutputJob Editor's clipboard

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Ctrl + C

Copy the selected output container, or print job, from the current Output Job Configuration file to the OutputJob Editor's clipboard

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Ctrl + V

Place the contents of the OutputJob Editor's clipboard into the active Output Job Configuration file

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Ctrl + V

Place the output container/print job from the OutputJob Editor's clipboard, into the relevant output media section of the active Output Job Configuration file

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Ctrl + D

Make an identical copy (duplicate) of the selected output

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Del

Remove the selected output(s)

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Del

Remove the selected output container or print job

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Ctrl + Z

Restore the active Draftsman document to its state previous to the last operation. Multiple levels of undo are supported

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Ctrl + Y

Restore changes made by the Undo feature in the active Draftsman document. Multiple levels of redo are supported

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Ctrl + X

Clear the selected object(s) from the active Draftsman document and copy them to the Draftsman Editor's clipboard

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Ctrl + C

Copy the selected object(s) from the active Draftsman document to the Draftsman Editor's clipboard

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Ctrl + V

Place the last content cut/copied to the Draftsman Editor's clipboard into any open Draftsman document

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Del

Remove the selected object(s) from the active Draftsman document

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Ctrl + A

Select all objects on the active Draftsman document

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F9

Generate the outputs that are enabled and linked to the selected print job

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F9

Generate the outputs that are enabled and linked to the selected PDF output container

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F9

Generate the outputs that are enabled and linked to the selected Video output container

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F9

Generate the outputs that are enabled and linked to the selected Folder Structure output container

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Q

Toggle between the use of Imperial and Metric measurement units for the active Draftsman document

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↑  Shift + E

Toggle the snapping functionality on or off for the active Draftsman document

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F11

Toggle the display of the Properties panel accordingly

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Ctrl + Z

Restore the active Multi-board document to its state previous to the last operation. Multiple levels of undo are supported

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Ctrl + X

Clear the selected object(s) from the active Multi-board document and copy them to the Multi-board Editor's clipboard

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Ctrl + C

Copy the selected object(s) from the active Multi-board document to the Multi-board Editor's clipboard

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Ctrl + V

Place the last content cut/copied to the Multi-board Editor's clipboard into any open Multi-board document

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Ctrl + E

Enter editing mode for the currently selected part (PCB) in the active Multi-board Assembly document

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Del

Remove the selected object(s) from the active Multi-board document

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Q

Toggle between the use of Imperial and Metric measurement units for the active Multi-board document

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↑  Shift + E

Toggle the snapping functionality on or off for the active Multi-board document

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F11

Toggle the display of the Properties panel accordingly

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Ctrl + Y

Restore changes made by the Undo feature in the active Multi-board document. Multiple levels of redo are supported

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Ctrl + Z

Restore the current document to its state previous to the last operation. Multiple levels of undo are supported

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Ctrl + Y

Restore changes made by the Undo feature in the current document. Multiple levels of Redo are supported

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Ctrl + X

Clear the selected object(s) from the current document and copy them to the CAMtastic Editor's clipboard

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Ctrl + C

Copy the selected object(s) from the current document to the CAMtastic Editor's clipboard

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Ctrl + V

Paste the contents of the CAMtastic Editor's internal clipboard into a CAM document

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Ctrl + R

Rotate selected objects about a specified rotation 'base' point in the current document

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L

Create a new layer by merging existing layers in the current document

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Ctrl + F

Toggle the Flash/Point selection mode On or OFF

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Ctrl + T

Toggle the Draws selection mode On or OFF

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Ctrl + A

Copy selected objects and place them in a defined array within the current document

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Ctrl + D

Change the shape and/or layer for selected objects in the current document

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↑  Shift + E

Toggle the display of the Extents Box. This box is used to display the drawing extents within the main design workspace

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↑  Shift + F

Toggle the view of the current document between active fill and outline sketch modes

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↑  Shift + H

Toggle the highlighting of objects based on the current Dcode. In this way, you can interrogate exactly wit which objects a particular Dcode is associated

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N

Toggle the display of the current document between Negative and Standard views

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↑  Shift + T

Toggle translucent display mode ON or OFF. This mode displays objects in the current document with a transparent effect, allowing you to see objects partially or entirely overlapped by other objects

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↑  Shift + B

Toggle the display of the current film box

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↑  Shift + G

Access the CAM Editor - Drawing Modes page of the Preferences dialog

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↑  Shift + Y

Converts a closed polyline to a solid polygon

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↑  Shift + Z

Converts a closed polyline to a CutOut polygon

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↑  Shift + X

Converts a closed polyline to a solid polygon region

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Q

Obtain information with respect to a single selected object in the current document

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↑  Shift + N

Obtain information with respect to a single selected net in the current document

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↑  Shift + M

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

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↑  Shift + A

Access the Edit Apertures dialog in which you can create new aperture shapes and edit, or delete, existing ones

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K

Access the Set Layers OFF dialog in which you can specify which layers you wish to turn OFF

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Home

Display all objects on all enabled layers in the current document

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Page Up

Bring the design closer to you relative to the cursor position in the current document

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Page Down

Move the design away from you relative to the cursor position in the current document

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↑  Shift + V

Return the display to the previous view of the screen in the current document

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End

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

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D

Control the panning action in the current document dynamically using the mouse

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↑  Shift + S

Toggle between the Off snap mode and the previously selected snap mode (other than Off)

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Esc

Cancel the current command

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Ctrl + E

Delete selected objects from the current document

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↑  Shift + F4

Presents all open design documents in their own individually-tiled regions within the main application design window

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Ctrl + G

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

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C

Open the Circle sub-menu

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B

Open the Toolbars sub-menu

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G

Open a pop-up menu with snap grid commands

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O

Open the Objects sub-menu

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S

Open the Selection sub-menu

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X

Open the Export sub-menu

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Z

Open a pop-up menu with zoom commands

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Ctrl + C

Copy the selected waveform from the Waveform Analysis window to the SimData Editor's internal clipboard

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Ctrl + Z

Used to restore the active SimData Editor to its state previous to the last operation

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Ctrl + Y

Used to restore changes made by the Undo feature, in the active SimData Editor

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Ctrl + V

Place the current contents of the SimData Editor's internal clipboard into a new or existing wave plot of the current chart in the Waveform Analysis window

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End

Refresh the screen, in effect performing a redraw of the active simulation analysis chart to remove any undesired drawing update effects

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Esc

Clear the existing waveform filter that is currently being applied in the active analysis chart

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or ↑  Shift + C
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Scroll vertically-upwards through the data in the active simulation analysis chart one wave plot at a time

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Scroll vertically-downwards through the data in the active simulation analysis chart one wave plot at a time

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Scroll horizontally-left through the data in the active simulation analysis chart one major X-axis division at a time

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Scroll horizontally-right through the data in the active simulation analysis chart one major X-axis division at a time

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Ctrl + A

Use to select all contents in the SimData Editor

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Ctrl + H

Use to quickly find specific or partial text in accordance with defined search options

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F3

Use to find the next occurrence of the last text search that was specified

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Del

Clear all waveforms from the active wave plot in the Waveform Analysis window

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Ctrl + X

Clear the selected waveform from the Waveform Analysis window and copy it to the SimData Editor's internal clipboard

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Page Up

Bring the waveform(s) closer to you relative to the cursor position in the active simulation analysis chart

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Page Down

Move the waveform(s) away from you relative to the cursor position in the active simulation analysis chart

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Ctrl + Z

Restore a document to its state previous to the last operation. Multiple levels of undo are supported

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Ctrl + Y

Restore changes made by the Undo feature. Multiple levels of redo are supported

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Ctrl + X

Remove all selected text from the current document. A copy of the selection is placed on the standard Windows clipboard

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Ctrl + C

Copy all selected text from the current document to the standard Windows clipboard

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Ctrl + V

Place the current contents of the standard Windows clipboard into the active text-based document

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Ctrl + F

Access the Find Text dialog in which you can configure a search for specific text located in the current document, all text-based documents in the active project, all open text-based documents, or all text-based documents in a specified directory

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Ctrl + H

Access the Replace Text dialog in which you can configure a search to locate and replace specific text - located in the current document, all text-based documents in the active project, all open text-based documents, or all text-based documents in a specified directory

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F3

Find the next occurrence of the last text search that was specified using the Find Text dialog

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Ctrl + A

Select all of the text in the current document

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Del

Delete a single character to the right of the cursor. If one or more characters in the document are selected, the command will delete the selection

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Ctrl + T

Delete all characters up to the beginning of the first word immediately to the right of the current cursor position

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Ctrl + N

Insert a new line at the current cursor position

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⤶ Enter

Insert a carriage return at the current cursor position

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Tab

Insert a tab at the current cursor position

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Move the text cursor downwards one line at a time

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Move the text cursor to the left in the current line and by one character at a time

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Move the text cursor to the right one character at a time

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Home

Move the text cursor to the beginning of the current line

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End

Move the text cursor to the end of the current line

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Move the text cursor upwards one line at a time

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Page Down

Scroll down one page

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Page Up

Scroll up one page

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Insert

Toggle the text mode between Insert and Overwrite

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F9

Run the current script. If a run script is not defined, nominate a startup script procedure to execute in the the Select Item to Run dialog

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F5

Toggle an enabled breakpoint for the current line

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F7

Step into and execute the next line of code. Use to execute the current script one line at a time

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F8

Step over (execute without stopping) a called procedure. If the line statement is not a called procedure, step into and execute the line as normal

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Ctrl + F3

Halt (stop) a currently running script procedure

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Ctrl +

(click on variable/method) Jump the cursor to the respective variable/method declaration point

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F12

Toggle between the Code and Form view for the active script document

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Full control of text selection

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One or more selected applicable (printable) outputs into the Hard Copy region to create a new Print Job. The output(s) will automatically be linked

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One or more selected applicable outputs into the Output Containers region to create a new PDF output container. The output(s) will automatically be linked

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One or more selected PCB3D Video outputs into the Output Containers region to create a new Video output container. The output(s) will automatically be linked

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One or more selected applicable outputs into the Output Containers region to create a new Folder Structure output container. The output(s) will automatically be linked

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Ctrl

As you move the cursor over a 3D object, use to select a specific face of that object

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↑  Shift

Access the 3D rotational sphere. With the sphere displayed, Right-Click and drag to change the orientation of the view

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On a via in a stack of vias, use to move the entire stack to a new location

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Ctrl

(hold) When moving a component to view dynamic alignment guides (green indicator lines) in relation to the boundaries of this and nearby components

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↑  Shift

(hold) When moving a component to view dynamic alignment guides (green indicator lines) in relation to the pads of this and nearby components

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↑  Shift

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

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Display the slider (panning) hand cursor then drag to move your view of the workspace

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(click 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)

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↑  Shift

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

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(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)

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

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(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

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

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Ctrl

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

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

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↑  Shift + Del

Cut selection

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Ctrl + Insert

Copy selection

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↑  Shift + Space

Rotate selection clockwise by 90°

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↑  Shift + F5

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


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