Control the program using the keyboard

You can control the program using the keyboard. If you want to place objects and draw connections, you must have a mouse.

Keyboard shortcut

Effect

Alt + Enter

Opens the Properties dialog for the selected item.

Alt + F4

Exits the program. If changed models have not yet been saved, the system displays a message to notify you. You can decide whether or not to save the changes.

Alt + <letter>

Enables buttons in dialogs. The buttons with an underlined letter can be enabled in this way.

Arrow
Down arrow

Moves the modeling area contents up (the contents of the modeling area that are further down will be displayed).

Arrow
Left arrow

Moves the modeling area contents to the right (the contents of the modeling area that are further left will be displayed).

Arrow
Right arrow

Moves the modeling area contents to the left (the contents of the modeling area that are further right will be displayed).

Arrow
Up arrow

Moves the model modeling areacontents down (the contents of the modeling area that are further up will be displayed).

Asterisk key (*) on the numeric keypad

Places the entire model or selected objects entirely in the visible area.

Del

Removes selected items.

Ctrl + A

Selects all items.

Ctrl + Alt + T

Opens the Tab overview.

Ctrl + C

Copies selected items to the clipboard. This enables you to paste copied items from the clipboard into models/diagrams and into other Windows programs. If you paste items into ARIS models/UML diagrams, they have their ARIS/UML-specific properties, e. g., attributes. If you paste them into other Windows programs, only the graphic in EMF format is used.

Ctrl + E

Shows connected objects (navigation mode).

Ctrl + End

Displays the bottom right pane of the window.

Ctrl + Enter

Inserts a line break for free-form texts, object names, etc., or ends the input. This depends on whether you have enabled the Use Enter for line break (press 'Ctrl + Enter' for changes to take effect) check box or not (ARIS > Options > Model > General > Objects).

Ctrl + F

Opens the Find dialog for you to search the entire database for items.

Ctrl + F1

Opens Method help.

Ctrl + F2

Opens the print preview.

Ctrl + F4

Closes the active modeling area.

Ctrl + Down arrow

Moves selected items downwards by increments of one pixel.

Ctrl + Left arrow

Moves selected items to the left by increments of one pixel.

Ctrl + Right arrow

Moves selected items to the right by increments of one pixel.

Ctrl + Up arrow

Moves selected items upwards by increments of one pixel.

Ctrl + Home

Displays the top left pane of the modeling area.

Ctrl + Page down

Switches to the next tab from left to right.

Ctrl + Page up

Switches to the next tab from right to left.

Ctrl + S

Saves your changes.

Ctrl + Shift + F4

Closes all tabs and opens a new tab. If changed models have not yet been saved, the system displays a message to notify you. You can decide whether or not to save the changes.

Ctrl + Shift + V

Generates definition copies of the selected items.

Ctrl + V

Pastes the content of the clipboard, if this is content that can be placed in the modeling area. Generates occurrence copies of the selected items in the model.

Ctrl + X

Cuts selected items and copies them to the clipboard.

Ctrl + Y

Redoes editing steps that were undone.

Ctrl + Z

Undoes preceding editing steps.

Enter

Inserts a line break for free-form texts, object names, etc., or ends the input. This depends on whether you have enabled the Use Enter for line break (press 'Ctrl + Enter' for changes to take effect) check box or not (ARIS > Options > Model > General > Objects).

Esc

Removes selections and closes dialogs. Closing dialogs with the ESC key is the same as clicking Cancel.

F1

Opens the embedded help for each dialog.

F2

Selects the selected text attribute of an element or the object name of a selected object for editing.

F5

Updates the current view based on the database changes.

F6

Toggles the connection mode (Connection mode Toggle connection mode in the Start tab bar).

F7

Runs an item's link that is entered as an attribute (System attributes > Link).

F8

Opens Attribute Editing for selected items.

F10

Activates the tab overview and tab bars.

Minus key (-)

Reduces the model by 10%.

Page Down

Moves the modeling area contents up (the contents of the modeling area that are further down will be displayed).

Page Up

Moves the model modeling areacontents down (the contents of the modeling area that are further up will be displayed).

Plus key (+)

Enlarges the model by 10%.

Shift + Del

Deletes a structurally relevant object without creating a connection between the remaining objects when you use Smart Modeling.

Shift + Left arrow

Moves selected objects to the left by increments of one gridline.

Shift + Up arrow

Moves selected objects upwards by increments of one gridline.

Shift + Right arrow

Moves selected objects to the right by increments of one gridline.

Shift + Down arrow

Moves selected objects downwards by increments of one gridline.

Tab

Opens the Select object dialog if you have entered at least two letters from the name of an object.

See also

Control the program using keyboard and mouse