What is Ctrl +

keyboard shortcut for?

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 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  

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.  

Meshmixer - Invert  

Marmoset Toolbag 4 - Select additional  

Cura 4 - Select object in a group  

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  

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  

Inkscape - select within group  

Inkscape - toggle smooth/cusp/symmetric  

Inkscape - retract the handle  

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  

Aseprite 1.2.27 (Windows) - Move / Select layers  

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

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

Houdini - Remove from selection  

Houdini - Remove from selection  

Creo Elements / Direct Modeling 20.1 - Dynamic pan  

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

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

Affinity Photo - (click layer thumbnail) Selection from layer  

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.  

Corel Painter - (click corner handles) Rotate  

Corel Painter - (click side handles) Skew  

Corel Painter - (click tile) Get tile shape  

Altair HyperView - Dynamic rotate  

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

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  

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

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

MagicaVoxel - Move object on the surface  

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  

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

InVision Studio 1.28.2 - Direct Select Child  

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

Pencil2D 0.6.6 - Select/deselect individual frames  

Novelty Visual Novel Maker - Remove from selection  

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  

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  

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

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

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  

Prison Architect (PC) - Job: Prioritize  

Total War: Attila - Change direction units are facing  

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  

GemCraft - Chasing Shadows - Ignore gems, force selecting targets  

Icarus - Move items in inventory  

Dyson Sphere Program (PC) - Transfer All Items  

Fantasy Grounds - (Mask) Unmask  

Battlezone 98 Redux - (select units)  

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

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

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  

Stoneshard (PC) - Drop item  

Code Vein (PC) - Drain  

ChessBase 13 - Mark games  

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)  

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

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

Dominions 5 - Add to selection  

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

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

REAPER - Move edit cursor ignoring snap  

REAPER - Deselect all notes and move edit cursor ignoring snap  

WPS Office - Selects multiple ranges of cells  

draw.io - Toggle selection state  

draw.io - Context menu  

Ableton Live 10 - Arm/Solo Multiple Tracks  

Notion (Windows) - New Notion window  

PlanSwift - Selects multiple items in random order  

Vegas Pro 18 - (click individual events) Multiple select  

LightBurn - Remove from current selection  

Final Draft 11 (Windows) - Open context menu  

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  

TickTick - Multi-select individual task  

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

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  

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  

Ynab - Select multiple transactions  

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  

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  

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  

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

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

Miro - Select multiple items  

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

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

MindMeister - Select multiple single topics  

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

Asana - Multi-select Individual Task  

Tableau - Add individual marks to the selection  

Todoist - Select and change multiple tasks at once  

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

SimSolid - Rotate clip plane  

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  

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

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

Autodesk Vault 2022 - Item icon    Go to item  

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  

CintaNotes 3.13 - Toggle selection on current note.  

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

Perceptive Content - Select Annotation  

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

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

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

Oxygen Light - Add to selection  

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

Oxygen Light - Rotate camera (in 3D view)  

MeisterTask (Windows) - Select Task  

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.  

Eplan Platform 2.9 - Jump from cross-reference to counterpiece  

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  

LTspice XVII - Attribute edit  

LTspice XVII - Average  

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  

Solidworks 2019 - Select multiple entities.  

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  

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.  

Onshape 1.98 - Open in new tab  

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

AVEVA PI Vision - Select multiple objects  

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.