The following shortcuts are available in the modeling component.
Keyboard shortcuts can be performed on selected items. Selected items can be identified by the
in the program.Selection marker that marks the item that is selected. There are certain occurrences of selection markers, such as text cursors.
The focus is usually surrounded by colored frames, which can be dashed or solid.
You can often start actions for the selected items using the Enter key or the space bar.
Shortcut |
Action |
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Alt |
Temporarily switches off Guided Modeling and grid when you drag items. |
Alt + down arrow |
Moves selected objects down by four grid lines. |
Alt + F4 |
Closes the web browser. If changed models have not yet been saved, the system displays a message to notify you. You can cancel the dialog and save the model or leave the model page without saving. |
Alt + left arrow |
Moves selected objects four grid lines to the left. |
Alt + - (minus) |
Inserts an optional hyphen at the cursor position in a text. |
Alt + right arrow |
Moves selected objects four grid lines to the right. |
Alt + up arrow |
Moves selected objects up by four grid lines. |
Backspace |
Removes selected object symbols or deletes selected items, such as free-form text and graphic objects. |
Ctrl + A |
Selects all items. |
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. |
Ctrl + down arrow |
Moves selected items downwards by increments of one pixel. |
Ctrl + End |
Displays the bottom right pane of the modeling area. |
Ctrl + Enter |
Inserts a line break for text attributes, such as free-form texts, object names, etc. |
Ctrl + F |
Opens the .Click the bar button |
Ctrl + F4 |
Closes the model tab. If changed models have not yet been saved, the system displays a message to notify you. You can cancel the dialog and save the model or leave the model page without saving. |
Ctrl + Home |
Displays the upper left pane of the modeling area. |
Ctrl + left arrow |
Moves selected items to the left by increments of one pixel. |
Ctrl + Page down |
Switches to the next web browser tab from left to right if your web browser supports changing tabs using the keyboard. |
Ctrl + Page up |
Switches to the next web browser tab from right to left if your web browser supports changing tabs using the keyboard. |
Ctrl + right arrow |
Moves selected items to the right by increments of one pixel. |
Ctrl + S |
Saves your changes. |
Ctrl + Shift + V |
Inserts a definition copy of an object if an object is in the clipboard. |
Ctrl + up arrow |
Moves selected items upwards by increments of one pixel. |
Ctrl + V |
Pastes the content of the clipboard if this is content that can be placed in the modeling area. If an object is in the clipboard, an occurrence copy of the object is inserted. |
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. |
Del |
Removes selected object symbols or deletes selected items, such as free-form text and graphic objects. |
Down arrow |
Moves the modeling area contents up (the contents of the modeling area that are further down will be displayed). |
Enter |
Ends the input. |
Esc |
Removes selections and closes dialogs. Closing dialogs with the ESC key is the same as clicking Cancel. |
F2 |
Selects the selected text attribute of an element or the object name of a selected object for editing. |
F3 |
Opens the F3 key jumps to the next occurrence of the searched term. . When the find bar is open, pressing theClick the bar button |
F5 |
Updates the current view based on the database changes. |
F11 |
Turns full-screen mode on or off if your web browser supports full screen. |
Left arrow |
Moves the modeling area contents to the right (the contents of the modeling area that are further left will be displayed). |
- (minus) |
Reduces the display of the model content by 10%. |
Page down |
Scrolls the screen down. The scroll distance may vary depending on the application. |
Page up |
Scrolls the screen up. The scroll distance may vary depending on the application. |
+ (plus) |
Enlarges the display of the model content by 10%. |
Right arrow |
Moves the modeling area contents to the left (the contents of the modeling area that are further right will be displayed). |
Shift |
Keeps the shapes of a circle and a square when you place and scale the graphic objects Circle/Ellipse and Square/Rectangle. |
Shift + Del |
Deletes a structurally relevant object without creating a connection between the remaining objects when you use Smart Modeling. |
Shift + down arrow |
Moves the object one grid to the left. |
Shift + left arrow |
Moves the object down one grid. |
Shift + Page down |
Moves the contents of the modeling area page by page to the right (the contents of the modeling area that are further left will be displayed). |
Shift + Page up |
Moves the contents of the modeling area page by page to the left (the contents of the modeling area that are further right will be displayed). |
Shift + right arrow |
Moves the object one grid to the right. |
Shift + up arrow |
Moves the object one grid up. |
Up arrow |
Moves the modeling area contents down (the contents of the modeling area that are further up will be displayed). |