User Guide - GUI - Keyboard shortcut keys


This page lists the keyboard shortcut keys available in CAST Imaging. You may view all the available short cuts by clicking on the SHORTCUTS option available in the ADMIN drop-down.

Global Shortcuts 

Global Shortcuts are applicable across all views.

Below table lists the Global Shortcut keys.

Shortcut key

Page/View/Scope/level

Details
Alt+Left clickRectangle selection

Rectangle object selection. Press Alt+Left click to select the objects using rectangle box.

Go to any level and and press Alt+Left click, then select ALL or the required objects using rectangle selection option.

  

This keyboard shortcut is also available as a menu option under "Selection Tools". See: User Guide - GUI - Menus and Icons#Leftsidebarmenus.

Ctrl+Left clickLasso selection

Lasso object selection. Press Ctrl+Left Click to select the objects using Lasso Selection.

  

This keyboard shortcut is also available as a menu option under "Selection Tools". See: User Guide - GUI - Menus and Icons#Leftsidebarmenus.

Alt+ASelect all

Select All the objects. Press Alt+A to select all the objects in the view.

   

Alt+R

Reverse selection

Graphical view (all the scopes and the levels)

Reverse/flip object selection. On pressing ALT+R, selected nodes are unselected and the remaining nodes are selected: 

  • Go to any level and select an object (or multiple objects):

  • Use ALT+R: all the unselected objects will now be selected and the previously selected nodes will now be unselected:

This keyboard shortcut is also available as a menu option under "Selection Tools". See: User Guide - GUI - Menus and Icons#Leftsidebarmenus.

Ctr+/Global search

Global Search for the objects. Press Ctrl+/ to search objects globally.

 

Alt+PProperties

Properties window for the selected object. Press Alt+P to view the properties window of the selected object.

 

Shift+AltOverride new tab behavior

Visual Grouping Shortcuts

Applicable in "Aggregated by Module/Service/Architecture" view.

Below table lists the Visual Grouping Shortcuts

Shortcut key

Page/View/Scope/level

Details
Alt+C
Alt+V

Source Code Shortcuts

Applicable in "Object" view.

Undo Redo Shortcuts

Applicable in "Objects" view.

Investigation Path Shortcuts

Applicable in "Level" view.

On-demand Tabs

Applicable in "Transaction/DCG/Module/Services" view