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The following list of keyboard shortcuts are supported in TactileView. These shortcuts can be used to easily activate specific software functions, general operations, drawing tools and text editing functions. The list of shortcut keys for the drawing tools can be personalised to make them easier to remember (see below).
See Scroll wheel and key combinations for keyboard combinations with the scroll wheel.
| TactileView shortcuts | |
| Ctrl+B | Fuse selected object with the bitmap |
| Ctrl+E | Open current file in Explore mode: Speech and sound |
| Ctrl+I | Play audio style |
| Ctrl+J | Show properties of selected object |
| Ctrl+K | Open context menu |
| Ctrl+L | Start Menu driven design |
| Ctrl+R | Explore colour composition |
| Ctrl+W | Take webcam snapshot when activated |
| Drawing tools (default set, see below for personalisation) | |
| T | Text label |
| S | Select area |
| H | Detect shape |
| F | Filters |
| U | Retouching – adding lines |
| E | Retouching – eraser |
| L | Draw straight line |
| Q | Draw Square-Rectangle |
| C | Draw Circle-Ellipse |
| N | Draw Triangle |
| P | Draw Polygon |
| D | Draw free hand line or closed shape |
| O | Draw Dots |
| A | Draw Table |
| G | Draw Graph |
| I | Import |
| M | Mammoth braille |
| R | Draw letters and digits |
| V | Add voice memo |
| General shortcuts | |
| Ctrl+N | New document |
| Ctrl+O | Open document |
| Ctrl+S | Save |
| Ctrl+Shift+S | Save as |
| Arrow keys | Move object or anchor point by 1 pixel |
| Shift+Arrow keys | Move object or anchor point by 10 pixels |
| Ctrl+X | Cut |
| Ctrl+C | Copy |
| Ctrl+P | |
| Ctrl+Z | Undo |
| Page Up | Jump to previous page |
| Page Down | Jump to next page |
| Esc | Deactivate currently active drawing tool/deselect currently selected object |
| Ctrl+Tab | Switch between open designs |
| Text editing | |
| Home | Jump to front of text line |
| End | Jump to end of text line |
| Ctrl+Home | Jump to start of text label |
| Ctrl+End | Jump to end of text label |
| Shift+Arrow keys | Select text |
| Shift+Left mouse click | Select text between caret position and click position |
| Del or Backspace | Delete selected text |
Personalised drawing tools shortcuts
Via menu Settings > Keyboard shortcuts, the list of shortcuts that activate the drawing tools in the left vertical toolbar can be edited. The left column in the dialog contains the list of drawing tools; by clicking on the right column, you can assign a keyboard key that will act as the shortcut for the corresponding drawing tool. You can always return to the default list of shortcut keys by clicking on the ‘Reset default shortcut keys’ button.
Remember that each shortcut key can be used only once in the list, giving each drawing tool a unique key.