The move operations are available for all types of objects, whereas the sizing operations only apply to drawing objects and graphics/multimedia files.
Use the following shortcuts to manipulate graphics:
| To... | Press... |
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Toggle between displaying the grid |
CTRL + G |
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Bring descriptor to the front of the stack |
CTRL + F |
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Send descriptor to the back of the stack |
CTRL + B |
| Enable smart snapping to descriptors | CTRL+ALT+S |
| Enable snapping to grid | CTRL+ALT+G |
| Disable all snapping | CTRL+ALT+N |
| Move descriptor... | |
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one grid point up |
ARROW UP |
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one grid point down |
ARROW DOWN |
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one grid point to the right |
ARROW RIGHT |
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one grid point to the left |
ARROW LEFT |
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five grid points up |
PAGE UP |
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five grid points down |
PAGE DOWN |
| 16 grid points up |
CTRL + ARROW UP |
| 16 grid points down | CTRL + ARROW DOWN |
| 16 grid points to the right | CTRL + ARROW RIGHT |
| 16 grid points up to the left | CTRL + ARROW LEFT |
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Edit independent text |
F2 or SPACE |
| Traverse stacked descriptors | CTRL + SHIFT + left mouse click1 |
| Resize descriptor using lower right corner as anchor | |
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Reduce vertical size by one grid point |
SHIFT + ARROW UP |
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Expand vertical size by one grid point |
SHIFT + ARROW DOWN |
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Reduce size by one grid point to the left |
SHIFT + ARROW LEFT |
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Expand size by one grid point to the right |
SHIFT + ARROW RIGHT |
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Expand vertical size by five grid points |
SHIFT + PAGE DOWN |
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Reduce vertical size by five grid points |
SHIFT + PAGE UP |
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Reduce horizontal size by five grid points |
SHIFT + HOME |
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Expand horizontal size by five grid points |
SHIFT + END |
| Resize descriptor using upper left corner as anchor | |
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Reduce vertical size by one grid point |
CTRL+SHIFT + ARROW UP |
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Expand vertical size by one grid point |
CTRL+SHIFT + ARROW DOWN |
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Reduce size by one grid point to the left |
CTRL+SHIFT + ARROW LEFT |
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Expand size by one grid point to the right |
CTRL+SHIFT + ARROW RIGHT |
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Expand vertical size by five grid points |
CTRL+SHIFT + PAGE DOWN |
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Reduce vertical size by five grid points |
CTRL+SHIFT + PAGE UP |
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Reduce horizontal size by five grid points |
CTRL+SHIFT + HOME |
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Expand horizontal sizeby five grid points |
CTRL+SHIFT + END |
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Make a selected polyline or polygon thicker |
CTRL + SHIFT + ARROW UP |
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Make a selected polyline or polygon thinner |
CTRL + SHIFT + ARROW DOWN |
| Toggle smart snap functionality | CTRL + Left Mouse button |
| Suspend vertical smart snap (Y-axis) | ALT + Left Mouse button |
| Suspend horizontal smart snap (X-axis) | SHIFT + Left Mouse button |
| Select descriptor and all displayed elements (name, values etc) | ALT + mouse select of descriptor |
| Select multiple descriptors | SHIFT + Mouse select of descriptors |
| Move a pipe, polyline or polygon vertex by 15° | SHIFT + select vertex with left button mouse |
1 A click on the stack of descriptors will select the next descriptor placed beneath the present descriptor. The stack order of the descriptors will not be changed.