Keyboard Shortcuts

A complete reference of the main keyboard shortcuts in SXM Viewer.

Tip

An on-canvas shortcut hint is shown by default. Press Ctrl+H to toggle it at any time.

Global

Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl`+`Z`	Undo (canvas edits, overlays, filters, crop)
`Ctrl`+`S`	Save current session (prompts once if no session file exists yet)
`Ctrl`+`A`	Select all visible thumbnails
`Ctrl`+`C`	Copy selected thumbnails as PNG files
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`P`	Bring all pop-outs to front
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`M`	Minimize all pop-outs

Shortcut	Action
Click	Select thumbnail and load it into the preview
Shift+Click	Range-select thumbnails
Ctrl+Click	Add or remove a single thumbnail from selection
Drag	Rubber-band multi-selection
Double-click	Open image as a pop-out

Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl` + click	Start a new profile line
`Ctrl` + `Alt` + click	Add a new angle measurement frame
`Ctrl`+`H`	Toggle on-canvas shortcut hint
`Ctrl`+`1`	Toggle saved profile overlays
`Ctrl`+`2`	Toggle saved angle overlays
`Ctrl`+`3`	Toggle molecule overlays
`Ctrl`+`4`	Toggle scale bar
`Ctrl`+`5`	Toggle acquisition HUD
`Ctrl`+`E`	Toggle crop-template edit mode
`0`	Toggle relative-zero display
Scroll wheel	Zoom in or out
`Ctrl` + scroll wheel	Scale font size

Shortcut or gesture	Action
Click molecule	Select molecule
`X`	Rotate selected molecule around X
`Y`	Rotate selected molecule around Y
`Z`	Rotate selected molecule around Z
`Shift`+`X` / `Shift`+`Y` / `Shift`+`Z`	Rotate in the opposite direction
`Shift` + drag	Rotate around Z
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + drag	Rotate in X/Y
Middle-button drag	Rotate in X/Y
`Shift`+`R`	Reset selected molecule to file state

Shortcut or gesture	Action
Click with crop-template mode on	Apply the current crop template
`Shift` + drag	Draw a manual crop rectangle
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + drag	Force a square manual crop
Drag corner handles	Resize crop frame
Drag frame body	Move crop frame
Drag rotate handle	Rotate crop frame
`Ctrl` + drag body	Rotate crop frame (alternative)
`Enter`	Apply crop while editing
`Ctrl`+`E`	Exit crop-template edit mode

Shortcut	Action
`V`	Toggle markers
`G`	Toggle grid
`L`	Toggle lines
`P`	Toggle points
`M`	Toggle multi-channel
`T`	Toggle extra ticks
`R`	Toggle precision mode
`A`	Show or hide advanced controls
`Del` / `Backspace`	Delete selected overlay

Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`P`	Recall or bring to front all pop-outs
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`M`	Minimize all pop-outs
`Ctrl`+`Z`	Reopen last closed tracked window when nothing else is available to undo