Keyboard Shortcuts

Listed below are a full list of the keyboard shortcuts supported by TouchGFX to increase productivity.

TouchGFX Designer Features


`CTRL + N`	Show lobby
`CTRL + O`	Open project from File Explorer
`CTRL + S`	Save current project


`A`	Show widget menu (focus search textbox if already open)
`ENTER`	Insert currently highlighted widget and close widget menu
`ESC`	Close widget menu


`F2`	Change name of widget
`DEL`	Delete selected widget(s)
`CTRL + C`	Copy
`CTRL + V`	Paste
`CTRL + Z`	Undo
`CTRL + Y`	Redo
`CTRL + F`	Bring selected widget(s) forward
`CTRL + B`	Send selected widget(s) backward
`CTRL + A`	Select all widgets
`← / ↑ / → / ↓`	Move selected widget(s) 1 pixel
`CTRL + ← / ↑ / → / ↓`	Move selected widget(s) 10 pixel
`MOUSE WHEEL`	Scroll up / scroll down
`SHIFT + MOUSE WHEEL`	Scroll left / scroll right
`CTRL + MOUSE WHEEL UP / '+'`	Zoom in
`CTRL + MOUSE WHEEL DOWN / '-'`	Zoom out
`CTRL + 1`	Zoom to 25%
`CTRL + 2`	Zoom to 50%
`CTRL + 3`	Zoom to 75%
`CTRL + 4`	Zoom to 100%
`CTRL + 0`	Reset zoom
`MOUSE DRAG`	Select widgets
`CTRL + MOUSE DRAG`	Pan canvas


`F1`	Enables/disables display of pointer coordinates as well as RGB color of the pixel at that coordinate (in hexadecimal).
`F2`	Enables/disables highlighting invalidated area
`F3`	Takes a screenshot and places the image under the `screenshots` folder
`CTRL + F3`	Takes screenshots of the next 50 frames and places the images under the `screenshots` folder
`SHIFT + F3`	Takes a screenshot and places it in your clipboard
`F4`	If a simulator skin is used - enables/disables the simulator skin If a simulator skin is not used - enables/disables window border
`F5`	Sends the application straight back to the startup screen by calling FrontendApplication::changeToStartScreen().
`F9`	Pauses the simulator by preventing ticks to be sent to the application. Pressing F9 again will resume normal execution.
`F10`	While the simulator is paused (after pressing F9) it is possible to send a single tick to the application by pressing F10 thereby "single step" the application.
`ESC`	Close the simulator