Customize - Keyboard

Using the keyboard instead of the mouse enables to execute commands more quickly. Shortcuts can be defined in E3.series using accelerators thereby reducing the number of keystrokes.

 

How to open the "Customize - Keyboard" dialog

  • Select the Tools -> Customize... command from the main menu bar, and

  • switch to the Keyboard tab.

     

    The following dialog box appears:

     

    Image: Dialog "Customize - Keyboard"

 

Description of the dialog "Customize - Keyboard"

Category

Select the desired category in which the desired command exists.

 

The following categories are contained in the default application:

  • Standard

  • Display

  • Place

  • Connect

  • Wire Setting

  • Hose/Tube Setting

  • MIL Settings

  • Formboard

  • Funct. Design / Topology

  • Electrical Checks

  • Graphic

  • Text

  • Panel

  • Addons

  • Default menu

  • Removed from menu

  • Misc accelerator

  • All commands

 

Set Accelerator for

Accelerators cannot be defined or changed in E3.series.

 

Commands

Select the desired command to assign a new shortcut to.

 

Description

Shows a description of the selected command.

 

Current Keys

Displays the current shortcut for the selected command.

 

Press New Short Key

Press the desire keys to enter a new shortcut. For example, CTRL-X is displayed when selecting the Cut command. If this shortcut is to be changed, click on this field and enter the new shortcut, e.g. CTRL-1.

 

Afterwards, click on Assign and the new shortcut is added to the field as well.

 

If a new shortcut is entered that has already been assigned (e.g. CTRL-X), the system displays a message stating so.

 

Note

The command doesn't necessarily have to be contained in the toolbar or in a menu.

 

Assign

After pressing the desired keys for the new shortcut, it can be assigned using this button.

 

Remove

Removes the current shortcut.

 

Reset All

All shortcuts are reset to their default values.

 

Note

In doing so, newly crated shortcuts are deleted.

 

Predefined Shortcut Keys in E3.series

These shortcuts are contained in the E3.series default application. New or additional shortcuts can be created, already existing ones can be modified by the user.

 

File Menu

 
Command
Shortcut

New

CTRL+N

Open

CTRL+O

Save

CTRL+S

Save as

F12

Print

CTRL+P

Exit

Alt+F4

 

Edit Menu

 
Command
Shortcut

Undo

CTRL+Z / ALT+BACK

Redo

CTRL+Y

Cut

CTRL+X / SHIFT+DEL

Copy

CTRL+C / Ctrl+INS

Duplicate

CTRL+D

Paste

CTRL+V / SHIFT+INS

Paste extended

CTRL+SHIFT+V

Delete

DEL

Move (Rotate)

CTRL-M

Move along horizontal axis
(subsequent command to 'Move (Rotate)')

H (keep pressed and move mouse)

Move along vertical axis
(subsequent command to 'Move (Rotate)')

V (keep pressed and move mouse)

Move (sub)objects with locked position
(valid for texts and models)

F

Change Signal on selected pins

CTRL+W

Select all

CTRL+A

Search

F3

Reset Highlight

SHIFT+F3

 

View Menu

 
Command
Shortcut

Zoom

Z

Adjust Zoom

J

Fit to Window

O

Levels

L

Project Window

ALT+0 (zero)

Database Window

ALT+2

Output Window

ALT+1

Refresh

F5
 

 

Insert Menu

 
Command
Shortcut

Last symbol

D

Dimension

M

Text

T

Connection

C

Curve connection

B

 

Tools Menu

 
Command
Shortcut

Settings

S
 
 

Misc Menu

 
Command
Shortcut

Display all conductor/wire logic lines of signal

F6

Reset display all conductor/wire logic lines of signal

SHIFT+F6

Place at original position

SHIFT + O

Coordinate Input

P

Reconnect Conductors

Q

Rotate

R

Pivot backwards

Shift + ↑

Pivot left

Shift + ←

Pivot right

Shift + →

Pivot forward

Shift + ↓

Pivot stepwise backwards

Ctrl + ↑

Pivot stepwise left

Ctrl + ←

Rotate stepwise left

Ctrl + R

Pivot stepwise right

Ctrl + →

Rotate stepwise right

Ctrl + G

Pivot stepwise forward

Ctrl + ↓

Activate / deactivate snap move mode

W

Mirror X

X

Mirror Y

Y

Jump

CTRL+J

Jump to tree

CTRL+left mouse click on desired device

Help

F1 / SHIFT+?

Open/Close full screen mode

F11

Rename
(partly)

F2

 

Shortcut Keys in Compatibility Mode CR-5000

In order to have E3.series act similar to CR-5000 regarding the interface, this can be defined through the CR-5000 option under Tools -> Settings -> General -> Compatibility mode. When the option is checked, commands can be called up using other shortcuts and mouse buttons.


After activating or deactivating the CR-5000 option, the standard shortcuts and the corresponding *.xml file can be reloaded.

 

Separate XML files exist for the compatibility mode in the form of wsmgr-mode-[cable,schema,...]-name.xml.

 

The following functions are available.

 

Funktionen

 

Redo / Undo

 

E3.series:

CR-5000:

CTRL+Z / CTRL+Y

U / R / CTRL+Z / CTRL+Y

Refresh Display

 

E3.series:

CR-5000:

F5

1, S

Fit to Window

 

E3.series:

CR-5000:

O

0, W

Arrow keys

 

E3.series:

CR-5000:

Move cursor

Panning

Shift + arrow keys

 

E3.series:

CR-5000:

Pivot in panel

Move cursor

Zoom

 

E3.series:

CR-5000:

Z

7, Z

Rotate

 

E3.series:

CR-5000:

R

"[" (doesn't work with German keyboard)

Y Mirror

 

E3.series:

CR-5000:

Y

M

Duplicate (Copy&Paste with one command)

 

E3.series:

CR-5000:

CTRL+D

CTRL+D, D

Move horizontally or vertically

 

E3.series:

CR-5000:

H, V while moving

H, V while moving

Move locked objects (locked through Lock Position)

 

E3.series:

 

CR-5000:

F while moving
F before moving in panel

F while moving
F before moving in panel

Connect

 

E3.series:

CR-5000:

C

C, CTRL+W

Move

 

E3.series:

CR-5000:

CTRL+M

CTRL+M

Save / Save as

 

E3.series:

CR-5000:

CTRL+S / F12

"no shortcut" / CTRL+S

Middle mouse button + Move

 

E3.series:

CR-5000:

Zoom

Panning

Double-click

 

E3.series:

CR-5000:

Multiselect

Properties dialog

Scroll using middle mouse button + Shift

 

E3.series:

CR-5000:

Panning (horizontal)

Panning (horizontal)

 

Execution by a special key

In E3.series commands can be selected and, if applicable, executed by pressing a special key in an opened main menu or context menu dialog.

 

There are two possibilities:

  • Execution through a hotkey, that means underlined character in the command name
    Menu Command - hotkey o

  • Execution through a starting letter key, that means the key representing the first letter in the command name
    Menu Command - starting letter key m

 

The main menu or context menu command is selected and executed after pressing the key representing the first letter in the command name. If two or more commands begin with the same letter in a dialog, the uppermost command is selected. Pressing the same starting letter key again jumps to the next command beginning with this letter and so on. To execute the currently selected command, press the Return Key.

 

A hotkey always has precedence over the first letter in a command. A hotkey command will immediately. be executed.


Context Menu Command - hotkey o has precedence over starting letter key c

 

Example 1

  • Menu Command 1

  • Menu Command 2

  • Menu Command 3

 

By pressing the M key, Menu Command 1 is selected.

By pressing the M key once again, Menu Command 3 is selected (because Menu Command 2 contains a hotkey).

 

Example 2

  • Menu Command 1

  • Menu Command 2

  • Menu Command 3

 

By pressing the M key, Menu Command 2 is selected and executed immediately (because the letter M is used as a hotkey).

 

Example 3

  • Menu Command 1

 

By pressing the M key, Menu Command 1 is selected and executed immediately (because the first letter M appears only once in the menu).