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:

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".