Altium Designer keyboard shortcuts 

Altium Designer    

Zeynel -
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- Shortcuts
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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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↑  Shift +

Scroll vertically-upwards through the data in the active simulation analysis chart one page at a time

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↑  Shift +

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

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↑  Shift +

Scroll horizontally-left through the data in the active simulation analysis chart one page at a time

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↑  Shift +

Scroll horizontally-right through the data in the active simulation analysis chart one page at a time

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Ctrl +

Scroll to the top of the active simulation analysis chart

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or Ctrl + Home
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Ctrl +

Scroll to the bottom of the active simulation analysis chart

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or Ctrl + End
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Ctrl +

Scroll to the start of the X-axis in the active simulation analysis chart

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Ctrl +

Scroll to the end of the X-axis in the active simulation analysis chart

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Num +

Make the next available analysis chart the current chart in the Waveform Analysis window

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Num -

Make the previous available analysis chart the current chart in the Waveform Analysis window

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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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↑  Shift + Ctrl + C

Clear any filtering that is currently applied to the active 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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↑  Shift + Ctrl + F

Find the next occurrence of the currently selected text in the active document

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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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Backspace

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

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Ctrl + Backspace

Delete all characters back to the beginning of the first word immediately to the left of the current cursor position

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Ctrl + Q + Y

Delete all characters from the current cursor position to the end of the current line

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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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Alt + Shift + Page Down

Extend a column selection by one page down from the current cursor position

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Alt + Shift + Page Up

Extend a column selection by one page up from the current cursor position

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Alt + ↑  Shift + Ctrl +

Extend a column selection by one word to the left of the current cursor position

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Alt + ↑  Shift + Ctrl +

Extend a column selection by one word to the right of the current cursor position

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Alt + Shift + Ctrl + Page Down

Extend a column selection to the bottom of the current document window from the current cursor position

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Alt + ↑  Shift + Ctrl + Home

Extend a column selection to the beginning of the current document from the current cursor position

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Alt + ↑  Shift + Ctrl + End

Extend a column selection to the end of the current document from the current cursor position

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Alt + ↑  Shift + Home

Extend a column selection to the beginning of the current line from the current cursor position

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Alt + ↑  Shift + End

Extend a column selection to the end of the current line from the current cursor position

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Alt + Shift + Ctrl + Page Up

Extend a column selection to the top of the current document window from the current cursor position

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↑  Shift +

Extend a selection by one character to the left of the current cursor position

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↑  Shift + Ctrl +

Extend a selection by one word to the left of the current cursor position

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Alt + ↑  Shift +

Extend a column selection by one line down from the current cursor position

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Alt + ↑  Shift +

Extend a selection column by one column to the left of the current cursor position

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Alt + ↑  Shift +

Extend a selection column by one column to the right of the current cursor position

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Alt + ↑  Shift +

Extend a column selection by one line up from the current cursor position

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Shift + Page Down

Extend a selection by one page down from the current cursor position

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↑  Shift +

Extend a selection by one character to the right of the current cursor position

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↑  Shift + Ctrl +

Extend a selection by one word to the right of the current cursor position

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↑  Shift + Ctrl + Home

Extend a selection to the beginning of the current document from the current cursor position

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↑  Shift + Home

Extend a selection to the beginning of the current line from the current cursor position

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Shift + Ctrl + Page Down

Extend a selection to the bottom of the current document window from the current cursor position

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↑  Shift + Ctrl + End

Extend a selection to the end of the current document from the current cursor position

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↑  Shift + End

Extend a selection to the end of the current line from the current cursor position

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Shift + Page Up

Extend a selection by one page up from the current cursor position

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↑  Shift +

Extend a selection by one line down from the current cursor position

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↑  Shift +

Extend a selection by one line up from the current cursor position

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Shift + Ctrl + Page Up

Extend a selection to the top of the current document window from the current cursor position

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Alt +
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Full control of column selection

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Full control of text selection

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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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↑  Shift + Tab

Tab backwards from 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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Ctrl +

Move the text cursor to the left one word at a time

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

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Ctrl +

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

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Home

Move the text cursor to the beginning of the current line

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Ctrl + End

Move the text cursor to the end of the file

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Ctrl + Page Down

Move the text cursor to the bottom of the document window

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End

Move the text cursor to the end of the current line

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Ctrl + Home

Move the text cursor to the beginning of the file

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Ctrl + Page Up

Move the text cursor to the top of the document window

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Move the text cursor upwards one line at a time

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Ctrl + ⤶ Enter

Automatically open a document that the cursor is currently over

Note 1: The feature will only open documents that are stored in the same location on the hard disk as the text document making the call.
Note 2: The feature will only open documents that have no spaces in their filenames. For example, Example_Design_File.SchDoc and ExampleDesignFile.SchDoc will both open using this feature, but Example Design File.SchDoc will not.
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Page Down

Scroll down one page

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Page Up

Scroll up one page

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Ctrl +

Scroll down one line

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Ctrl +

Scroll up one line

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Insert

Toggle the text mode between Insert and Overwrite

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↑  Shift + Ctrl + 1 - 9

Store the current location of the text cursor on the current document into location marker (number key)

Note: A new location assigned to the location marker will overwrite a previously defined location.
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Ctrl + 1 - 9

Move the text cursor to a predefined location on the current document, as stored in location marker (number key)

Note: If the applicable location marker has not been set, the text cursor will remain at its current location.
These additional shortcuts are available when working with scripting text-based documents.
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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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Ctrl + F9

Run the current script up to the line where the text cursor is currently positioned, then pause

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F5

Toggle an enabled breakpoint for the current line

Note:Clicking in the gutter will also toggle the breakpoint for the current line.
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Ctrl + F7

Open the script Evaluate dialog to see the current value (result) of the expression located at the cursor

Note: This command is only available while the script is running or being debugged (stepped through).
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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 + F5

Access the Add New Watch dialog in which you can define a new watch expression for the current script

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Ctrl +

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

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Ctrl + J

Pop-up the Statement Templates list window

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↑  Shift + Ctrl + Space

Activate the Method Parameters pop-up window

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Alt + Ctrl + B

Open the Breakpoints panel

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Alt + Ctrl + E

Open the Code Explorer panel

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Alt + Ctrl + I

Open the Object Inspector panel

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Alt + Ctrl + P

Open the Tool Palette panel

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Alt + Ctrl + S

Open the Call Stack panel

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Alt + Ctrl + W

Open the Watch List panel

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F12

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

Accelerator keys are tied to menu system. They consist of sequential use of keys to access a command in main menu.
These are some examples of such key sequences. You can build and memorize such sequences by looking at underlined letters in menus.
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V then D

Fit document

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V then F

Fit all objects

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X then A

Deselect all objects on the current sheet

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V then G then S

Access the Choose a snap grid size dialog in which you can set the snap grid to a user-specified value

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E then W

Break wire

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T then A

Access the Annotate dialog

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T then A then E

Reset schematic designators

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T then A then I

Reset duplicate schematic designators

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T then V then R

Reset Component Unique IDs

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P then W

Start wiring

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P then V then K

Place Compile Mask Directive

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P then V then N

Place Generic No ERC directive

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M then M

Move object

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R then I

Access the Report Manager dialog presenting a Bill of Materials for the active design project

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T then P

Access the Schematic - General page of the Preferences dialog

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