DesignerVista

DesignerVista Keyboard Shortcut

Documents

Ctrl + N New Document
Ctrl + O Open Document
Ctrl + S Save Document
Ctrl + F4 Close Document
Ctrl + P Print Document

Pages

Ctrl + Shift + N New Page
Alt + Shift + N Duplicate Page
Ctrl + Del Clear Page
Ctrl + Shift + F Search/Insert Control

Controls

Ctrl + A Select All
Del Deletes selected controls
Enter Shows selected control's edit dialog such as Edit Text Dialog or Format Fill Dialog etc depending upon the control
Alt + Enter Shows Notes Edit dialog
Up Arrow Key Moves selected controls up
Down Arrow Key Moves selected controls down
Left Arrow Key Moves selected controls left
Right Arrow Key Moves selected controls right
Ctrl + Enter Shows Edit Control UI Spec Dialog

Clipboard

Ctrl + X Cut selected controls
Ctrl + C Copy selected controls
Ctrl + V Paste controls from clipboard
Ctrl + Alt + C Copy GUI Designs as Image to Clipboard; Paint or Word application can paste design after this command
Alt + Ctrl + V Paste Image/Text from Clipboard as Control; Use this command after a image or text is copied into clipboard from other applications such as Paint or Word
Ctrl + Shift + C Copy properties of a selected Control
Ctrl + Shift + V Paste properties to a control from a selected Control

Undo/Redo

Ctrl + Z Undo the last command
Ctrl + Shift + Z Redo the last undo command

Align

Ctrl + Shift + L Align Left
Ctrl + Shift + C Align Center
Ctrl + Shift + R Align Right
Ctrl + Shift + T Align Top
Ctrl + Shift + M Align Middle
Ctrl + Shift + B Align Bottom

Group

Ctrl + Shift+ G Group the selected controls
Ctrl + Shift + U Ungroup the selected control

Size

Ctrl + Shift + W Make Same Width
Ctrl + Shift + H Make Same Height
Ctrl + Shift + I Make Same Size

Order

Ctrl + Alt + Up Bring selected controls to Front
Ctrl + Alt + Down Send selected controls to Back
Alt + Up Bring selected controls one level Forward
Alt + Down Send selected controls one level Backward

Formatting

Ctrl + D Show Format Fill Dialog
Ctrl + Shift + D Show Glossy Background Dialog
Ctrl + L Show Line Properties Dialog
Ctrl + R Show Border Edit Dialog
Ctrl + W Show Shadow Edit Dialog
Ctrl + Q Show Corner Edit Dialog for Rounded Rectangle Controls

Icons/Images/Pictures

Ctrl + G Show Icon Browser Dialog
Ctrl + E Show Icon Size Dialog
Ctrl + Alt + G Change Image from File
Ctrl + Alt + O Insert Image (New Image Control)from File
Ctrl + Alt + P Save Selected Controls as Image; Entire Page will be saved as image if there is no controls selected
Ctrl + Alt+ S Show Save Pages as Images dialog

Text

F3 Edit multi line Text
Ctrl + T Show Format Text Properties Dialog
Ctrl + B Bold
Ctrl + I Italic
Ctrl + U Underline
Ctrl + K Strike through

Table

Ctrl + Enter Shows Cell Control Properties Window
Delete Delete Text
F6 Show Edit Links Dialog

Tree

Ctrl + N Insert Child Node
Ctrl + L Insert from File System
Ctrl + Shift + I Insert Control
Ctrl + Del Remove All Nodes
Ctrl + Alt + Left Arrow Decrease Node Height
Ctrl + Alt + Right Arrow Increase Node Height
Enter Show Node Control Properties
Delete Remove/Delete Node
F6 Show Edit Links Dialog

View

Alt + Shift + S Show/Hide Control Explorer Window
Alt + Shift + D Show/Hide Document Explorer Window
Alt + Shift + C Show/Hide Control Property Window
Alt + Shift + P Show/Hide Edit Properties Window

Application

F1 Show DesignerVista Help
Ctrl + F Find Dialog
Alt + F4 Exit Application
F5 Refresh the current page
F6 Show Edit Links Dialog
F8 Show Slide Show Dialog
F10 Show Runtime/Wireframing Window