Tab |
Single select the next design object in a set of co-located (overlapping) objects, without utilizing a selection pop-up window
To use this command, ensure that the Display popup selection dialog option is disabled, on the PCB Editor - General page of the Preferences dialog.
When using this shortcut, and the selected object is not part of a set of co-located objects, then the selection will be extended to include the next higher-level object (or objects), based on logical hierarchy. For more information, see the command page.
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Command Page |
Ctrl+A |
Select all objects on the current document |
Command Page |
Ctrl+B |
Select all objects that reside within the boundary of the defined board shape |
Command Page |
Ctrl+H |
Select all electrical objects that are connected to the same piece of copper |
Command Page |
Ctrl+R |
Copy selected object(s) and paste repeatedly where needed in the workspace (rubber stamping) |
Command Page |
Alt+Insert |
Paste objects onto the current layer, regardless of their original layer assignments |
Command Page |
Shift+Ctrl+L |
Align selected objects by their left edges |
Command Page |
Shift+Ctrl+R |
Align selected objects by their right edges |
Command Page |
Alt+Shift+L |
Align selected design objects by their left edges, while maintaining adequate spacing in observance with applicable design rules |
Command Page |
Alt+Shift+R |
Align selected design objects by their right edges, while maintaining adequate spacing in observance with applicable design rules |
Command Page |
Shift+Ctrl+H |
Make the horizontal spacing of selected objects equal |
Command Page |
Shift+Ctrl+T |
Align selected objects by their top edges |
Command Page |
Shift+Ctrl+B |
Align selected objects by their bottom edges |
Command Page |
Alt+Shift_I |
Align selected design objects by their top edges, while maintaining adequate spacing in observance with applicable design rules |
Command Page |
Alt_Shift_N |
Align selected design objects by their bottom edges, while maintaining adequate spacing in observance with applicable design rules |
Command Page |
Shift+Ctrl+V |
Make the vertical spacing of selected objects equal |
Command Page |
Shift+Ctrl+D |
Move selected components to the nearest point on the required component placement grid |
Command Page |
Ctrl+Home |
Move the cursor to the absolute origin at the lower-left corner of the workspace |
Command Page |
Ctrl+End |
Move the cursor to the relative origin of the current document (PCB document), or the location of the component reference point (PCB Library document) |
Command Page |
Ctrl+Q |
- In the workspace to access the Selection Memory dialog, from where you can control all aspects of the selection memory feature
- In a dialog to toggle the measurement units (in the dialog only), between metric (mm) and imperial (mil)
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Command Page |
Ctrl+n (n = 1 to 8) |
Store the current selection in memory location n |
Command Page |
Alt+n (n = 1 to 8) |
Recall the selection from memory location n |
Command Page |
Shift+n (n = 1 to 8) |
Add the current selection to the selection already stored in memory location n |
Command Page |
Alt+Shift+n (n = 1 to 8) |
Recall selection from memory location n, and add it to the current selection in the workspace |
Command Page |
Shift+Ctrl+n (n = 1 to 8) |
Apply filtering based on the selection set in memory location n |
Command Page |
Shift+B |
Access the Building Query from Board dialog, more commonly referred to as the Query Builder dialog, from where you can create a query for targeting specific objects in the design document, by simple construction of a string of ANDed and/or ORed conditions |
Command Page |
Shift+F |
Access the Find Similar Objects feature (click on an object to use as the base template) |
Command Page |
1 |
Switch the display of the PCB workspace to Board Planning Mode |
Command Page |
2 |
Switch the display of the PCB workspace to 2D Layout Mode |
Command Page |
3 |
Switch the display of the PCB workspace to 3D Layout Mode |
Command Page |
Ctrl+Alt+2 |
Switch the display of the PCB workspace to 2D Layout Mode and see the same location and orientation of the board as you switch. |
Command Page |
Ctrl+Alt+3 |
Switch the display of the PCB workspace to 3D Layout Mode and see the same location and orientation of the board as you switch. |
Command Page |
Ctrl+PgDn |
Display all design objects on the current document |
Command Page |
PgUp |
Zoom-in, relative to the current cursor location.
You can also use the mouse to zoom in to a region of the document by one of the following methods (where applicable and depending on how the buttons of your mouse might be assigned):
- Hold the Ctrl key and roll the mouse wheel upward. Use of the Ctrl key is a default setting that can be changed from the PCB Editor - Mouse Wheel Configuration page of the Preferences dialog.
- Hold both the Ctrl key and the right-mouse button, then move the mouse forward.
- Hold the right (first) and left (second) mouse buttons, then move the mouse forward.
- Click and hold the mouse wheel, then move the mouse forward.
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Command Page |
PgDn |
Zoom-out, relative to the current cursor location.
You can use the mouse to zoom out from a region of the document by one of the following methods (where applicable and depending on how the buttons of your mouse might be assigned):
- Hold the Ctrl key and roll the mouse wheel downward. Use of the Ctrl key is a default setting that can be changed from the PCB Editor - Mouse Wheel Configuration page of the Preferences dialog.
- Hold both the Ctrl key and the right-mouse button, then move the mouse backward.
- Hold the right (first) and left (second) mouse buttons, then move the mouse backward.
- Click and hold the mouse wheel, then move the mouse backward.
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Command Page |
Shift+PgUp |
Zoom-in, relative to the current cursor location, and in progressively smaller steps |
Command Page |
Shift+PgDn |
Zoom-out, relative to the current cursor location, and in progressively larger steps |
Command Page |
Ctrl+PgUp |
Set the magnification of the current document to 400% |
Command Page |
Mouse Wheel |
Scroll vertically within the design workspace. This is a default setting that can be changed from the PCB Editor - Mouse Wheel Configuration page of the Preferences dialog |
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Shift+Mouse Wheel |
Scroll horizontally within the design workspace. This is a default setting that can be changed from the PCB Editor - Mouse Wheel Configuration page of the Preferences dialog |
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Home |
Redraw the view in the main design window, placing the location marked by the cursor - prior to launching the command - at the center of the window |
Command Page |
End |
Refresh the screen, in effect performing a redraw of the current document, to remove any undesirable drawing update effects |
Command Page |
] |
Increase the Masked Objects Factor, and therefore decrease the extent of dimming in the workspace, for all objects not falling under the scope of a currently applied filter
This command is only effective when the highlighting method for objects not passing the applied filter, is set to Dim.
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Command Page |
[ |
Decrease the Masked Objects Factor, and therefore increase the extent of dimming in the workspace, for all objects not falling under the scope of a currently applied filter
This command is only effective when the highlighting method for objects not passing the applied filter, is set to Dim.
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Command Page |
Alt+Left Arrow |
Jump to, and make active, the previous component in the current library document
After reaching the first component in the list, the command will not cycle to the last component again.
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Command Page |
Alt+Right Arrow |
Jump to, and make active, the next component in the current library document
After reaching the last component in the list, the command will not cycle to the first component again.
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Command Page |
Alt+End |
Redraw the current layer of the current document, to remove any undesirable drawing update effects |
Command Page |
Alt+F5 |
Toggle the display of the current document's editor, between maximized and not maximized |
Command Page |
F5 |
Visually toggle the Net Color Override feature on or off |
Command Page |
Shift+H |
Toggle the Heads Up Display on or off |
Command Page |
Shift+G |
Toggle Heads Up Display tracking on or off |
Command Page |
Insert |
Resets the Delta Origin point for the Heads Up Display feature to 0,0 |
Command Page |
Shift+D |
Toggle the display of the Delta coordinates within the Heads Up Display |
Command Page |
Shift+M |
Toggle the visibility of the Board Insight Lens within the workspace |
Command Page |
Shift+Ctrl+N |
Snap the Insight Lens to the current cursor position, centered around that position |
Command Page |
Shift+N |
Toggle Insight Lens tracking on or off |
Command Page |
Shift+Ctrl+M |
Toggle the workspace zoom to display the contents of the Insight Lens |
Command Page |
Shift+Ctrl+S |
Cycle to the next Single Layer Mode available for the Insight Lens |
Command Page |
Shift+E |
Cycle to the next mode of object Hotspot Snapping |
Command Page |
Ctrl+G |
Access the dedicated grid editor dialog for the snap grid currently under the cursor |
Command Page |
Shift+Ctrl+G |
Set the X (horizontal) and Y (vertical) step values - for the default Global Board Snap Grid - simultaneously to a chosen value |
Command Page |
Q |
Toggle the measurement units for the current document, between metric (mm) and imperial (mil) |
Command Page |
Shift+O |
Toggle the display of the Difference Map Overlay in the main design workspace, On or Off
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Command Page |
F6 |
Toggle the state of the current cell containing detected differences, between checked and unchecked, when using Altium Designer's Collaborative PCB Design functionality (where a comparison has been performed from the Collaborate, Compare and Merge panel) |
Command Page |
F7 |
Navigate to the previous cell containing one or more detected differences, when using Altium Designer's Collaborative PCB Design functionality (where a comparison has been performed from the Collaborate, Compare and Merge panel) |
Command Page |
F8 |
Navigate to the next cell containing one or more detected differences, when using Altium Designer's Collaborative PCB Design functionality (where a comparison has been performed from the Collaborate, Compare and Merge panel) |
Command Page |
L |
Access the Board Layers And Colors tab of the View Configurations dialog, from where you can configure the display of layers for the board when viewed in 2D, and colors assigned to those layers |
Command Page |
Ctrl+D |
Access the Show/Hide tab of the View Configurations dialog, from where you can configure the mode used to display each of the various design items within the workspace |
Command Page |
Shift+V |
Access the Board Insight pop-up, listing all violations (of defined Design Rules) currently under the cursor |
Command Page |
Shift+X |
Access the Board Insight pop-up, listing all components and/or net objects currently under the cursor |
Command Page |
Ctrl+M |
Measure and display the distance between any two points in the current document |
Command Page |
Left Arrow |
Move the cursor to the left in the current document workspace, in increments of one snap grid unit |
Command Page |
Shift+Left Arrow |
Move the cursor to the left in the current document workspace, in increments of ten snap grid units |
Command Page |
Right Arrow |
Move the cursor to the right in the current document workspace, in increments of one snap grid unit |
Command Page |
Shift+Right Arrow |
Move the cursor to the right in the current document workspace, in increments of ten snap grid units |
Command Page |
Up Arrow |
Move the cursor upwards in the current document workspace, in increments of one snap grid unit |
Command Page |
Shift+Up Arrow |
Move the cursor upwards in the current document workspace, in increments of ten snap grid units |
Command Page |
Down Arrow |
Move the cursor downwards in the current document workspace, in increments of one snap grid unit |
Command Page |
Shift+Down Arrow |
Move the cursor downwards in the current document workspace, in increments of ten snap grid units |
Command Page |
Ctrl+Left Arrow |
move the current selection (one or more selected design objects) to the left in the current document workspace, in increments of one snap grid unit |
Command Page |
Shift+Ctrl+Left Arrow |
move the current selection (one or more selected design objects) to the left in the current document workspace, in increments of ten snap grid units |
Command Page |
Ctrl+Right Arrow |
move the current selection (one or more selected design objects) to the right in the current document workspace, in increments of one snap grid unit |
Command Page |
Shift+Ctrl+Right Arrow |
move the current selection (one or more selected design objects) to the right in the current document workspace, in increments of ten snap grid units |
Command Page |
Ctrl+Up Arrow |
move the current selection (one or more selected design objects) upwards in the current document workspace, in increments of one snap grid unit |
Command Page |
Shift+Ctrl+Up Arrow |
move the current selection (one or more selected design objects) upwards in the current document workspace, in increments of ten snap grid units |
Command Page |
Ctrl+Down Arrow |
move the current selection (one or more selected design objects) downwards in the current document workspace, in increments of one snap grid unit |
Command Page |
Shift+Ctrl+Down Arrow |
move the current selection (one or more selected design objects) downwards in the current document workspace, in increments of ten snap grid units |
Command Page |
Shift+Click |
Change the selection status of the object currently under the cursor, without affecting the status of other objects |
Command Page |
Click |
Select/deselect the object currently under the cursor |
Command Page |
Ctrl+Click |
- On a net object to highlight the entire routed net
- On a layer tab to highlight all content on that layer
- In free space to clear current highlighting
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Shift+Ctrl+Click |
- On a net object to highlight the entire routed net, in addition to the routed nets already highlighted (cumulative routed net highlighting)
- On a layer tab to highlight all content on that layer, in addition to the content already highlighted on other layers (cumulative layer highlighting)
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Alt+Ctrl |
While hovering the cursor over a layer tab to highlight the content of that layer only |
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Shift+Ctrl+Click&Hold |
Create a vertex (or break) in a track segment at the current cursor position |
Command Page |
Double-Click |
Modify the properties of the object currently under the cursor |
Command Page |
Click (on an object), Hold&Drag |
Move the single object currently under the cursor (or group of selected objects if the object is part of that selection) |
Command Page |
Click (away from objects), Hold&Drag |
Select design objects within a user-defined area |
Command Page |
Right-Click, Hold&Drag |
Display the slider (panning) hand cursor, then drag to move your view of the workspace |
Command Page |
Right-Click |
Access context menu for workspace or object currently under the cursor. If currently within an interactive command, will escape from the current operation |
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F11 |
Toggle the display of the PCB Inspector panel, or the PCBLIB Inspector panel accordingly |
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F12 |
Toggle the display of the PCB Filter panel, or the PCBLIB Filter panel accordingly |
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Shift+F12 |
Toggle the display of the PCB List panel, or the PCBLIB List panel accordingly |
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Shift+C |
Clear the filter that is currently being applied to the active document |
Command Page |
Shift+S |
Cycle through the available single layer viewing modes
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Command Page |
+ (on the numeric keypad) |
Switch to the next enabled layer |
Command Page |
- (on the numeric keypad) |
Switch to the previous enabled layer |
Command Page |
* (on numeric keypad) |
Switch to the next enabled signal layer |
Command Page |
Shift+* (on numeric keypad) |
Switch to the previous enabled signal layer |
Command Page |
Backspace |
Delete a single, selected end-of-route object (component-free track, arc, via, or pad). The singular routing object connected to the deleted object will be automatically selected, ready for subsequent deletion.
By using the command repreatedly, you are able to incrementally unwind the routed path, in much the same way as using the Backspace shortcut while interactively routing.
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Command Page |
Ctrl+Delete |
Delete one or more selected routing objects (component-free tracks, arcs, vias, and pads) on the current document. All routing objects connected to those deleted will be automatically selected, ready for subsequent deletion
By using the command repreatedly, you are able to incrementally unwind the routed path in both directions.
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Command Page |
Alt+Ctrl+A |
Add a new comment thread to a defined area of the active document. Before you can start using the comment feature, ensure that you have opened (checked out) a Managed Project and are working on its PCB document |
Command Page |
Alt+Ctrl+P |
Add a new comment thread to a specified point in the active document. Before you can start using the comment feature, ensure that you have opened (checked out) a Managed Project and are working on its PCB document |
Command Page |
Alt+Ctrl+C |
Add a new comment thread to a selected component in the active document. Before you can start using the comment feature, ensure that you have opened (checked out) a Managed Project and are working on its PCB document |
Command Page |