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Developer tools (23)

Notepad++ - Start new selected area. Only multiple stream areas can be selected this way

Notepad++ - (on fold point) Toggle collapsed state of this fold, and propagate below

Unity - Snap

SAP ABAP - Navigate to ABAP source code

PICO-8 (Windows) - Replace color

PICO-8 (Windows) - Replace color

Informatica PowerCenter 10.5 (Workflow) - Select multiple tasks

Firefox Developer Tools (macOS) - Open the object inspector pane

Android Studio - Go to declaration (directly)

Chrome DevTools - (on the arrow icon next to the elements name) Expand or collapse the currently-selected node and all of its children

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Chrome DevTools - (on the property value) Go to the line where a property value is declared

TouchDesigner - Revert to Previous Value

Adobe Dreamweaver 20.2 (Windows) - Multi-cursor discontinuous selection

Lite XL 2.1.7 - Split cursor

Lite XL 2.1.7 - New folder

Pascalzim - Pascal Compiler - Open function declaration

Novelty Visual Novel Maker - Remove from selection

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Proto.io - Select item while in group

Anvil - Click on a function to jump to its definition

Anvil - Click on a variable to jump to its definition

SlickEdit 2023 - Add cursor or selection

Firefox Developer Tools (Windows) - Open the object inspector pane

Firefox Developer Tools (Linux) - Open the object inspector pane

File manager (10)

One Commander 3 - Select additional Files

Krusader 2.8 (File manager) - Toggle the selection of the file under the cursor without affecting the selection of other files/folders

Xyplorer - Open in new background tab.

Xyplorer - On expansion icon: Fully Collapse/Expand selected node.

Xyplorer - Open in new background tab.

Xyplorer - (click Tab heads) Toggle search filter On/Off

Xyplorer - Toggle zoom/original size.

Xyplorer - Set start of sub loop.

Adobe Bridge CC - Add to selection (discontiguous)

Adobe Bridge CC - Move multiple Loupe tools simultaneously

Games - PC (68)

Command & Conquer: Generals - Force fire

Mad Island - Interact with building or NPC

Command & Conquer Remastered Collection - Force attack

Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge - Guard destination

Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge - Escort unit

Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge - Guard a structure

Live for Speed - (when text dialogue is open) Click on the coloured boxes to change the text colour. When the text dialogue is open, the shortcut CTRL + 0 (numbers 0-8) can also be used

Unturned - Drop item

Dyson Sphere Program (PC) - Transfer All Items

Captain of Industry - Clear designation

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Space Engineers (PC) - (hold) Place/remove multiple blocks in a straight line

Total War: Attila - Change direction units are facing

Flyff - Select player to PK or to ress red player (available on PK Yetti only)

Jagged Alliance 2 (version 1.13) - Auto-move first item in slot to Sector Inventory

Jagged Alliance 2 (version 1.13) - Assign / remove 5 in Militia Assignment window

Jagged Alliance 2 (version 1.13) - Auto-move first item in slot to merc / vehicle inventory

Age of Empires IV - (on a unit) Select all visible units of same type

Prison Architect (PC) - Job: Prioritize

Portal 2 - Copies the clicked element. Drag to move the copy and release the mouse button to drop it

League of Legends - Retreat Ping location/Open Radial Menu

StarCraft - Select the clicked unit and other units of the same type on the screen

StarCraft - (on unit in selection box) Select all units of that type already selected

Throne and Liberty - Lock-On

Icarus - Move items in inventory

Forts - Group weapons

Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor - (click on a valid target) Steal

Planet Coaster 2 - Subtract from selection

Planet Coaster 2 - Apply Inverse Brush (Push / Pull Brushes)

Battlezone 98 Redux - (select units)

Craft the World - Fill a whole table with a selected food item

Stormworks: Build and Rescue - Copy pointed component (if placing components)

Stormworks: Build and Rescue - Keep a logic source selected by continuing to hold Ctrl (if logic tool is active)

Stormworks: Build and Rescue - Copy pointed color (if paint tool is active)

Stormworks: Build and Rescue - Create selection around pointed component (if selection tool is active)

Don't Starve (PC) - Click on a stack in inventory to split it in half

Don't Starve (PC) - While holding a stack of items, click to place one item from the stack

Foundry Virtual Tabletop 11 - Place measurement waypoint

Hearthstone - Target enemy hero with what is under the mouse cursor

Tibia - (Classic Control off) 'Use' or 'Open' any item, container or object

GemCraft - Chasing Shadows - Ignore gems, force selecting targets

Spore - (hold and move) Break Apart Limbs (In Parts Mode)

Spore - (hold on a rigblock) Move selected rigblock vertically (In Parts Mode of Building Editor Only)

Spore - Paint like blocks using current region (In Paint Mode)

Backpack Battles - (on backpack items) Remove item in the backpack

Backpack Battles - (in shop) Buy instantly

Dragon's Dogma 2 (PC) - Weapon skill 1

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - (click on unit) Remove selection

Stoneshard (PC) - Drop item

Yooka-Laylee (PC) - Fly

Battle Brothers - Blazing Deserts - (click on a neutral party) Attack neutral parties like mercenaries, caravans, peasants, etc. (Requires you to not have an active contract)

Dominions 5 - Add to selection

Dominions 5 - Move to province (don't sneak)

AI War Classic - (on wormhole) send view through wormhole

AI War Classic - (build button) queue 50 ships instead of 1

ChessBase 13 - Mark games

Code Vein (PC) - Drain

Fantasy Grounds - (Mask) Unmask

Despot's Game (PC) - (or drag it onto a human from the inventory in the bottom left corner) Use item

Space Station 14 - Start draging an item. Press Ctrl + left click again or H to stop dragging.

Origins2 - Moving a item in Storage / Inventory

Space Station 13 - Pull an object or person you're standing next to

Space Station 13 - (on a PDA) Take out pen. Hold Shift to take out the cartridge

Space Station 13 - (on yourself while aiming for bleeding limb) Grasp your bodypart to slightly reduce blood flow. If arm is bleeding, must use other arm

Space Station 13 - (on a small animal and then click-drag the animal to yourself) Scoop up the animal. Doesn't work on all animals

Space Station 13 - (on an airlock) Bolts down/up, preventing the airlock from opening or closing depending on when the bolts were dropped.

Space Station 13 - (on an APC) Power on/off.

Space Station 13 - (on a Turret Control) Power on/off.

The First Berserker: Khazan - Spirit Skill 1

General (9)

Windows 11 - (click a grouped taskbar button) Cycle through the windows of the group

Brave (Windows) - (click on a link) Open a link in new background tab

Mozilla Thunderbird - (to cell) Select table cell

Mozilla Thunderbird - (on table border) Select table

Google Chrome - Click a link to open a link in new background tab

Revizto 5.12 (Windows) - Select multiple objects

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 - Open links in a new tab in the background

MediaShout 7 - Selects all clicked items together

sudokuexchange.com - Select additional cells

Hardware (1)

Elgato Game Capture HD (Windows) - Show advanced settings when opening device settings

Imaging (138)

Zbrush 2023.1 - (drag center) Duplicate mesh

Zbrush 2023.1 - (click background) Reverse mask

Zbrush 2023.1 - (then release Ctrl, drag (starting off mesh)) Constant-intensity mask

Zbrush 2023.1 - (on mesh) Blur mask

Zbrush 2023.1 - (click on an existing key frame dot) Create Transition key frame

Lumion 10 - Add a point to the current Line

Lumion 10 - Cluster Placement: Place 10 copies of the selected model from the Model Library at random positions

Lumion 10 - (click on an Object Selection icon) Select/De-select an object from the current selection.

Lumion 10 - (click anywhere) De-select all objects.

Autodesk Tinkercad - Orbit

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Substance Painter - Change tool Flow / Rotation

Adobe After Effects 2021 - (click triangle to the left of the property group name) Toggle expansion of property group and all child property groups to show all properties

Adobe After Effects 2021 - (click triangle to the left of the property group name) Toggle expansion of property group and all child property groups to show all properties

Adobe After Effects 2021 - (click in layer bar mode) Set keyframe interpolation method to linear or Auto Bezier

Paint.NET - (on blue up or down arrow) Move active layer top or bottom of list

Paint.NET - Add to selection

Paint.NET - Set source point

Meshmixer - Invert

Houdini - Remove from selection

Houdini - Remove from selection

Adobe Illustrator - Select multiple artboards in the Artboards panel

Adobe Illustrator - (click gradient button in Tools panel or Gradient panel) Reset gradient to black and white

Adobe Illustrator - Select noncontiguous actions, brushes, layers (same level only), links, styles, or swatches

Adobe Illustrator - (click Play Current Selection button) Play a single command

Adobe Illustrator - (click color bar) Select the complement for the current color fill/stroke

Adobe Illustrator - (click Gradient Fill box in the Gradient panel) Reset the gradient fill to default black and white linear gradient

Adobe Illustrator - (click eye icon) Select Outline/Preview view for the selected layer

Adobe Illustrator - (click New Layer button) Place layer at top of layer list

Adobe Illustrator - (click New Swatch button) Create new spot color

Blender - Extrude / Create new component or bone

Cura 4 - Select object in a group

Adobe Photoshop CC - Toggle auto-select with move tool

Adobe Photoshop CC - Select a plane under another selected plane

Adobe Photoshop CC - (In preview) Add point to curve in Curves panel

Adobe Photoshop CC - (On image) Set a point to the composite curve

Adobe Photoshop CC - Play a command

Adobe Photoshop CC - (Click the action/command) Select discontiguous items of the same kind

Adobe Photoshop CC - (Click multiple frames) Select/deselect multiple discontiguous frames

Adobe Photoshop CC - (Click channel thumbnail) Load channel as selection

Adobe Photoshop CC - (Click Create New Channel button) Create a new spot channel

Adobe Photoshop CC - (Click layer thumbnail) Load layer transparency as a selection

Adobe Photoshop CC - (Click filter mask thumbnail) Load filter mask as a selection

Adobe Photoshop CC - (Click New Layer button) Create new layer below target layer

Adobe Photoshop CC - (Click New Group button) Create new layer group below current layer/layer set

Adobe Photoshop CC - (Click Add Layer Mask button) Create vector mask that reveals all/path area

Adobe Photoshop CC - Select/deselect multiple discontiguous layers

Adobe Photoshop CC - Select/deselect multiple discontiguous layer comps

Adobe Photoshop CC - (Click pathname) Load path as selection

Adobe Photoshop CC - (Click swatch) Set swatch color as background color

Enterprise Architect 14 - Create an element of the same type as was last created on the diagram.

Enterprise Architect 14 - Display the element 'Properties' dialog for the element shown in the scenario 'Context References' tab.

Enterprise Architect 14 - (click each object) Select a number of individual objects for an operation.

MagicaVoxel - Move object on the surface

Nuke - (click on panel name) Float panel

Nuke - Color picker (single pixel)

Nuke - Colour picker (single pixel)

Nuke - Rotate viewer on x,y axis

Nuke - (use create node) Replace selected node with new node

Nuke - (click on node) Highlight all upstream nodes

Nuke - Reset slider to default

Nuke - (click on close X) Close all properties panels except the one clicked

Nuke - (Bezier/Spline tool) Sketch a Bezier or B-spline

Nuke - (on a point) Break tangent handle for selected point

LibreOffice Draw - (while dragging an object) Note: this shortcut key works only when the Copy when moving option in Tools - Options - LibreOffice Draw - General is enabled (it is enabled by default). Creates a copy of the dragged object when mouse button is released

Adobe Lightroom Classic - (click a panel) Open/close all panels

Adobe Lightroom Classic - Select multiple folders or collections (in Library, Slideshow, Print, and Web modules)

Adobe Lightroom Classic - Select multiple discrete photos

Adobe Lightroom Classic - (click Sync button) Toggle Auto Sync

Marmoset Toolbag 4 - Select additional

Corel Painter - (click corner handles) Rotate

Corel Painter - (click side handles) Skew

Corel Painter - (click tile) Get tile shape

Canva (Windows) - (click on overlapping elements) Select the element on behind

Aseprite 1.2.27 (Windows) - Move / Select layers

Aseprite 1.2.27 (Windows) - Select Layers/Frames/Cels content in canvas

Blender 3.4.1 - Handle area action zones

Blender 3.4.1 - Select

Blender 3.4.1 - Box select

Blender 3.4.1 - Circle select (deselect)

Blender 3.4.1 - Lasso select

Blender 3.4.1 - Pick shortest path

Blender 3.4.1 - Pick shortest path

Blender 3.4.1 - Pick shortest path

Blender 3.4.1 - Vertex paint

Blender 3.4.1 - Select

Blender 3.4.1 - Image paint

Blender 3.4.1 - Sculpt

Blender 3.4.1 - Stroke curves sculpt

Blender 3.4.1 - Set and use 3D cursor

Blender 3.4.1 - Select left/right

Blender 3.4.1 - Box select

Blender 3.4.1 - Select left/right

Blender 3.4.1 - Box select

Blender 3.4.1 - Select left/right

Blender 3.4.1 - Box select

Blender 3.4.1 - Pick shortest path

Blender 3.4.1 - Image paint

Blender 3.4.1 - Select

Blender 3.4.1 - Box select

Blender 3.4.1 - Select

Blender 3.4.1 - Link nodes

Blender 3.4.1 - Select

Blender 3.4.1 - Box select

Blender 3.4.1 - Select

Blender 3.4.1 - Select

Blender 3.4.1 - Box select

Blender 3.4.1 - Add marker and slide

Blender 3.4.1 - Grease pencil draw

Blender 3.4.1 - Select

Blender 3.4.1 - Stroke vertex paint

Blender 3.4.1 - Add vertex and slide

Blender 3.4.1 - Select

Blender 3.4.1 - Select time marker

Blender 3.4.1 - Rename channels

Blender 3.4.1 - Box select

FaceRig Studio - (click on keyframes) Select all you can move them around

Global Mapper 21 - ADD/ APPEND selected features to cached selection

PyVista 0.42 - Rotate the rendering scene in 2D (view-plane)

Photo Mechanic (Windows) - Zoom in and center on click

Adobe Dimension CC (Windows) - Toggle Group Select (Move, Rotate, and Scale Tools)

Adobe Dimension CC (Windows) - Toggle Group Select (Move, Rotate, and Scale Tools)

Balsamiq Wireframes - Toggle selection

Inkscape - select within group

Inkscape - toggle smooth/cusp/symmetric

Inkscape - retract the handle

Affinity Photo - (click layer thumbnail) Selection from layer

LDCad - Apply the color of the wheel segment below the mouse to the selection

LDCad - Apply the history bar color below the mouse to the selection

LDCad - (on part) Add to or remove from selection

Pinnacle Studio 22 - (on trim) Add second trim point to the same track

Modo 12.1 - Create a new node between an existing one.

Altair HyperView - Dynamic rotate

InVision Studio 1.28.2 - Direct Select Child

Creo Elements / Direct Modeling 20.1 - Dynamic pan

Pencil2D 0.6.6 - Select/deselect individual frames

Eye Candy (Windows, Mac) - Zoom in (with zoom enabled)

Eye Candy (Windows, Mac) - Zoom in (with zoom enabled)

Spline (Windows) - Select/Deselect Multiple Objects w/ Children 1 by 1

Media player (3)

iTunes 11 for Windows - (on the checkbox next to a song) Select or deselect all the songs in a list

iTunes 11 for Windows - (on a triangle) Expand or collapse all the triangles in the Radio's Stream list

iTunes 11 for Windows - (on the video) Choose artwork for the selected video

Productivity (121)

REAPER - Toggle item selection

REAPER - Set fade/crossfade to next shape

REAPER - Set both fades to next shape

REAPER - Deselect all items and move edit cursor ignoring snap

REAPER - Move edit cursor ignoring snap

REAPER - Toggle note selection

REAPER - Move edit cursor ignoring snap

REAPER - Deselect all notes and move edit cursor ignoring snap

Figma - Deep select

Figma - (while clicking) Deep select

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FL Studio 20 - Select

FL Studio 20 - Select

PlanSwift - Selects multiple items in random order

draw.io - Toggle selection state

draw.io - Context menu

Vegas Pro 18 - (click individual events) Multiple select

WPS Office - Selects multiple ranges of cells

LightBurn - Remove from current selection

TickTick - Multi-select individual task

FL Studio 21 - Select

FL Studio 21 - Select

Ableton Live 10 - Arm/Solo Multiple Tracks

Dynamics 365 Business Central - Navigate during personalizing or customizing when the action is highlighted with an arrowhead

Dynamics 365 Business Central - Extend the selection of rows to include the row that you click

Viz Artist 4.4 - (click on container name and drag) Copy Selected Container(s)

Viz Artist 4.4 - (click and drag) Copy container(s)

Viz Artist 4.4 - Cancel selection of one out of multiple selected Containers

Viz Artist 4.4 - Select multiple Containers

Viz Artist 4.4 - (click handle and drag) Manipulate single handle

Viz Artist 4.4 - Move Anchor point

Viz Artist 4.4 - Move handles

Mural - (hold Ctrl when clicking multiple items) Multiple select

Bitrix24 - (click message menu) Cite the message

Bitrix24 - (click a user's avatar) Inserting a name in the input field

Bitrix24 - (click message menu) Cite the message

Bitrix24 - (on a user's avatar) Inserting a name in the input field

WPS Spreadsheets - Select multiple ranges of cells

Salesforce Lightning - Open nav item in a new workspace tab

Salesforce Lightning - Open link in an inactive tab

Noteflight (2022) - Add a specific item to selection

NetDocuments - Open document in read-only mode (without checking out)

NetDocuments - Select another item

HX Edit (Windows) - Non-contiguous multi-select

HX Edit (Windows) - Reset to default

LibreOffice Impress - Enter a group, so that you can edit the individual objects of the group. Click outside the group to return to the normal view

CintaNotes 3.13 - Toggle selection on current note.

CintaNotes 3.13 - Intersect a tag with currently selected tags (tag AND operation).

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - (click on Transport Rewind button or Transport Fast Forward button) Back / Forward (Pro Tools | Ultimate Software only)

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - (click on track Solo) Solo-safe track

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - (click on track Record Enable button) Record-safe track

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - (click the Shuffle button) Lock out or unlock Shuffle mode

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - (on Zoomer tool) Maximum zoom before waveform drawn from disk (faster drawing from RAM)

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - (click Zoom preset number in Mix Window toolbar) Save Zoom presets 1—5

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - (click on Track View selector) Disable/enable Automation playlist on selected track

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - (in the Automation window) Suspend Trim automation on all tracks

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - (click the control name in the Track View selector) Suspend currently displayed automation type on a track

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - (click the Automation Mode selector on the track) AutoMatch all controls on a track (Pro Tools Ultimate only)

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - (in the Automation window, click the button for the automation type) AutoMatch all controls of one automation type (Pro Tools Ultimate only)

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - (click Channel Strip Mode controls for the track whose controls you want to AutoMatch) AutoMatch all controls of one automation type on a channel (Pro Tools Ultimate with ICON control surface only)

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - (click the Rotary Encoder Select switch for the control you want to AutoMatch) AutoMatch a Pan control or the controls for an individual Insert or Send (Pro Tools Ultimate with ICON control surface only)

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - (click the Auto switch in the Dyn or EQ section of the console) AutoMatch the controls for a plug-in displayed in the Dynamics or EQ section (Pro Tools Ultimate with ICON control surface only)

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - (in the Automation window, click the Preview button) Suspend preview (Pro Tools Ultimate only)

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - (click on a clip) Select or deselect a Clip

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - (on Groups pop-up menu) Suspend all groups

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - (click on Zoom In or Zoom Out buttons) Reset to default zoom in Fades dialog

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - (click the preview button) Enable / disable Auto-Preview mode

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - Browser Back Button: Open the navigationmenu

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - Browser Items: Select discontiguous items

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - Column Headers: Select discontinuous column headers

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - Browser Up Button: Open menu for navigating up several levels

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - Browser View Preset Buttons: Store column order and width, and sort order

MeisterTask (Windows) - Select Task

CCH Axcess Tax - Open worksheet or form in a new tab.

Finale 26 - (click any measure that contains music) Display the Edit Frame dialog box (when Speedy Entry cursor is not active)

Finale 26 - (click OK) OK to all open dialog boxes

Finale 26 - (click Cancel) Cancel all open dialog boxes

Autodesk Vault 2022 - Item icon Go to item

Scribus - Select object on next level down under currently selected object

Perceptive Content - Select Annotation

Microsoft Sway 1.20.1 - Follow a hyperlink

Cinema 4D - Create User Track

Dynamics 365 - Finance & Operations - Select/clear the current row

AnyType 0.44 - In Object link will open it in new window

AnyType 0.44 - (on block) Select or deselect an entire block

MindMeister - Select multiple single topics

Asana - Multi-select Individual Task

Tableau - Add individual marks to the selection

Todoist - Select and change multiple tasks at once

Final Draft 11 (Windows) - Open context menu

Notion (Windows) - New Notion window

Front (macOS) - Select multiple conversation by clicking on them

Ynab - Select multiple transactions

Miro - Select multiple items

Salesforce - (Windows) Select multiple widgets while editing the dashboard

Monday.com (Windows & macOS) - Sort another column

Oxygen Light - Add to selection

Oxygen Light - Select all surfaces assigned with texture (from texture window)

Oxygen Light - Rotate camera (in 3D view)

Salesforce Console in Salesforce Classic - (Windows) Open item in an inactive tab

Powtoon (Windows) - (click objects) Select multiple objects

SimSolid - (click face) Orient the clip plane to part face

SimSolid - Rotate clip plane

FeatureCAM 2023 - (click a column of any list box that does sorting) Activate the second level of sorting

FeatureCAM 2023 - (click a viewing mode button) Stay in that viewing mode

FeatureCAM 2023 - Run 3D simulation in hidden line mode and do continuous looping

FeatureCAM 2023 - the Play button when Home tab > Simulation panel > Sim Mode > Machine is selected. (click the Play button when Home tab > Simulation panel > Sim Mode > 3D is selected) Run machine simulation in hidden line mode and do continuous looping

FeatureCAM 2023 - (click the Pick Curve button) Causes the warp status for that dialog to toggle

FeatureCAM 2023 - (click the Pick Curve button while a feature is selected) Toggles between simulation of the selection feature and the entire Setup

FeatureCAM 2023 - (click the Play button) Run simulation in hidden line mode

Diagrams.net (mouse focused) - (click on the drawing canvas) Open the context menu

Diagrams.net (mouse focused) - Select/Deselect shapes

Soundtrap (Windows) - (click solo/mute icon) Unsolo/unmute all

Todoist (Web) - Select focused task

Todoist (Web) - Select multiple tasks

Todoist (Windows) - Select focused task

Todoist (Windows) - Select multiple tasks

Sway (web) - Follow a hyperlink

Sound Particles 2.1 (Windows) - (on keyframe) Add/Remove keyframe to selection

RiveApp (Windows) - Deep Select

RiveApp (Windows) - (click eye icon) Show/hide self only

Construct 3 - Add or remove clicked item from selection

Scientific (46)

Archicad 24 - Trim

Archicad 24 - Adjusts selected short elements and splits long ones along the clicked non-parallel edge.

Archicad 24 - If tool other than that of the selected element(s) is active: hotspots will be generated. If arrow tool is active: nothing happens.

Archicad 24 - Adjusts selected short elements and splits long ones along the clicked non-parallel edge.

Archicad 24 - If Roof is selected: Opens the Roof Elevations dialog box.

Petrel - (click open project from project link) Open a project with no windows

Petrel - (click open open project) Open a project with no windows

Petrel - (on project in file browser, and click open) Open a project with no windows

Altium Designer - Click on a command on a menu or toolbar to edit it

Altium Designer - On a net object to highlight the entire routed net

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Altium Designer - On a layer tab to highlight all content on that layer

Altium Designer - In free space to clear current highlighting

Altium Designer - (hold) Anywhere along an edge of a selected polygonal-based object away from editing handles to insert a new end vertex

Altium Designer - Auto-complete segments to target

Altium Designer - Auto-complete segments to target

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

LTspice XVII - Attribute edit

LTspice XVII - Average

AVEVA PI Vision - Select multiple objects

OriginLab Origin (2024) - Select discontinuous cells, or deselect selected cells

Fritzing 1.0.5 - (click on a port) Select the part without releasing previously selected parts

JMP 15 - To deselect category values (levels) in a Row Legend, hold down the Ctrl key and click each category

JMP 15 - In certain reports, apply a command to all similar reports in that window: Hold down the Ctrl key, click the red triangle icon, and then select the command

JMP 15 - To select multiple bars in a Distribution graph, hold down the Shift or Ctrl key and click the bars

JMP 15 - (click the bars) Deselect multiple bars in a Distribution graph

Eplan Platform 2.9 - Jump from cross-reference to counterpiece

Solidworks 2019 - Select multiple entities.

Originlab Origin 2020 - (click on zoom in tool and drag) Creates a new graph window named Enlarged that plots only that portion of the original graph inside a light gray region-of-interest.

LabView - Toggles a single object to join or leave the current selection

LabView - (click VI) Displays the subVIs and other nodes that make up the VI you select in the VI Hierarchy window

LabView - (click on wire) In run mode place a probe

LabView - (click Run button) Recompiles the current VI

LabView - (click input on function with two inputs) Switches the two input wires

Qucs 0.0.19 - Allows more than one element to be selected, i.e. selecting an element does not deselect the others. Clicking on a selected element deselects it

Onshape 1.98 - Open in new tab

Originlab Origin 2020 (Mac keyboard) - (click on zoom in tool and drag) Creates a new graph window named Enlarged that plots only that portion of the original graph inside a light gray region-of-interest.

Oracle Analytics Desktop - (click the artifact) Open an artifact in a new browser tab

ArcGIS Pro 3.2 - Select multiple layers in the Contents pane

ArcGIS Pro 3.2 - Relocate the anchor

ArcGIS Pro 3.2 - Relocate the anchor

ArcGIS Pro 3.2 - Relocate the anchor

ArcGIS Pro 3.2 - Select multiple rows

ArcGIS Pro 3.2 - Move the 3D handle to the current pointer location

ArcGIS Pro 3.2 - Center the view to look at the pointer location

ArcGIS Pro 3.2 - (click upper left cell) Switch the selection

ArcGIS Pro 3.2 - Select individual, separate fields

Security (2)

Kaspersky Internet Security - Select multiple nonadjacent identities

Dashlane - (click an item on the Web card) Fill only a single field

mIRC - Minimize the window associated with the switchbar button

mIRC - (while copying) Copy text with control codes

mIRC - (while clicking the Connect toolbar button) Use the next server in the list

mIRC - (click minimize) Minimizes mIRC and asks you for a Lock password

System tools (2)

MSI Afterburner - Voltage Curve - Make a gradually increasing curve

Xterm - Open Xterm customization menus

Text editing (7)

Micro 2.0.13 (text editor) - Mouse multi cursor

Overleaf - Multiple cursors

Capacities.io (Windows) - Open content in new tab

PSPad - (on left gutter) Create a bookmark

Brackets - Add to your selection

Notepad3 (v5.21) - On hovering color indicator → Open color selection.

WriteMonkey - Add another cursor

Web applications (7)

TradingView - (click Eraser) Partially erase

TradingView - Drawings multi select

TradingView - Open pine script reference

TradingView - (click in the DOM cell) Place stop order

Chromebook and Chrome OS - and click a link: Open the link in a new tab in the background

Wix - Select multiple elements

Wix - (click elements in Add panel) Keeps Add panel open

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Table of contents

Developer tools (23)
File manager (10)
Games - PC (68)
General (9)
Hardware (1)
Imaging (138)
Media player (3)
Productivity (121)
Scientific (46)
Security (2)
Social & Messaging (4)
System tools (2)
Text editing (7)
Web applications (7)

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How easy to press this shortcut, out of 100. Higher is easier.

Shortcut rank

How often is this shortcut used in all programs?

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