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 (or 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 (or 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 (or Ctrl+Insert) | Copy selected components or their contents to the clipboard. |
| Delete (or Ctrl+Delete) | Delete selected components or content. |
| Ctrl+V (or Shift+Insert) | Paste clipboard content into the report. |
| Ctrl+X (or 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”. |