Hotkeys
The report designer supports many hotkeys. Using them can speed up the effectiveness of work in creating reports. The table below lists the hotkeys and their descriptions.
Hotkeys |
Description |
Designer: |
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Escape (Esc) |
Exit various modes, close component editors. |
F1 |
Navigate to the Stimulsoft documentation website page. |
F4 (или Shift+Enter) |
Activate the “Properties” panel. |
F5 |
Switch to the preview tab in the report designer. |
Shift+F5 |
Call the report (or dashboard) viewer in a separate window. |
F6 |
Select the “Copy Style” tool. |
F10 |
Enable hotkey mode for the Ribbon interface. |
Ctrl+N |
Create a new report. |
Ctrl+O |
Call the dialog window to select a report template file. |
Ctrl+S (или Ctrl +F12) |
Call the "Save As" dialog window to save the report template. |
Ctrl+A |
Select all on the report or dashboard page. |
Ctrl+Z |
Undo the last action. |
Ctrl+Y |
Redo the undone action. |
Ctrl+Tab |
Switch between pages (dashboards, forms if available) in the report template. |
Ctrl+Shift+N |
Add a new form to the report template. |
Ctrl+Shift+F |
Add a new form to the report template. |
Ctrl+Shift+I |
Add a new item to the report template. |
Ctrl+Shift+O |
Call the dialog window to select a previously saved report template page (*.pg file). |
Ctrl+Shift+D |
Enable or disable the "Data Dictionary" panel. |
Ctrl+Shift+L |
Enable or disable the "Report Tree" panel. |
Components: |
|
Ctrl+Enter |
Call the editor for the selected report component or dashboard element. |
Cursor keys |
Move the selected component or element. |
Shift+Cursor keys |
Resize the component or element by one grid cell. |
Shift+Alt+Cursor keys |
Resize the component or element by one report unit. |
Ctrl+Cursor keys |
Move the selected component or element by one grid cell. |
Ctrl+Alt+Cursor keys |
Move the selected component or element by one report unit. |
Ctrl+Drag mouse |
Copy selected components or elements. |
Alt+Drag mouse |
Ignore the “Align to Grid” command when moving or resizing components (elements). |
Text Component: |
|
Enter |
Edit the Text Box component without opening the editor. |
F3 |
Select the Text Editor tool. |
Ctrl+B |
Apply Bold font style to the selected text component. |
Ctrl+I |
Apply Italic font style to the selected text component. |
Ctrl+U |
Apply Underline font style to the selected text component. |
Ctrl+"+" |
Increase the font size for the selected component. |
Ctrl+"-" |
Decrease the font size for the selected component. |
Ctrl+L |
Align text to the left within the text component. |
Ctrl+E |
Align text to the centre within the text component. |
Ctrl+R |
Align text to the right within the text component. |
Ctrl+J |
Justify text within the text component. |
Clipboard: |
|
Ctrl+C (или Ctrl+Insert) |
Copy selected components or their contents to the clipboard. |
Delete (или Ctrl+Delete) |
Delete selected components or content. |
Ctrl+V (или Shift+Insert) |
Paste clipboard content into the report. |
Ctrl+X (или Shift+Delete) |
Cut selected components or their contents to the clipboard. |
For the Standard interface designer only: |
|
Ctrl+F2 |
Display "Data Store". |
Ctrl+F5 |
Display "Services Configurator". |