Keyboard shortcuts
The following table introduces the keyboard shortcuts that apply universally.
Name | Keyboard Shortcut | Description |
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Select all | Ctrl+A | Selects all elements on the current page. |
Show/hide bottom panes | Ctrl+Shift+B | Displays or hides the panes that are last pinned at the bottom of the user interface (UI). |
Copy | Ctrl+C | Copies the selected element to the clipboard. |
Show/hide pane | Ctrl+Shift+C | Displays or hides the selected pane. |
Find references | Ctrl+E | Finds all references to the selected variable. |
Select variable | Ctrl+L | Opens Select variable from the ladder diagram (LD), function block diagram (FBD), or structured text (ST) editor to select a variable for the selected operand. |
Show/hide left panes | Ctrl+Shift+L | Displays or hides the panes that are last pinned to the left side of the UI. |
Toggle inline value display | Ctrl+M | Displays or hides the values of the variables. |
New project | Ctrl+N | Opens New project to create a project when no project is opened. |
Open project | Ctrl+O | Opens Open project to select and open a recently opened project when no project is opened. |
Pin/unpin panes | Ctrl+Shift+P | Pins or unpins the selected pane. |
Add rung | Ctrl+R | Adds a rung below the selected rung in the LD editor. |
Show/hide right panes | Ctrl+Shift+R | Displays or hides the panes that are last pinned to the right of the UI. |
Save | Ctrl+S | Saves the controller project. |
Save as | Ctrl+Shift+S | Saves a copy of the controller project. |
Toggle bit | Ctrl+T | Switches a Boolean variable between on and off states. |
Paste | Ctrl+V | Pastes the selected element to the selected position. |
New variable | Ctrl+W | Opens New variable to create a variable at the current location in the LD, FBD, or ST editor. |
Cut | Ctrl+X | Cuts the selected element to the clipboard. |
Close pane | Ctrl+Shift+X | Closes the selected pane. |
Redo | Ctrl+Y | Redoes the previous command. |
Undo | Ctrl+Z | Undoes the previous command. |
Show Connection | Ctrl+Alt+C |
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Show Error list | Ctrl+Alt+E | Displays the Error list page when the Output pane is selected. |
Show Log | Ctrl+Alt+L | Displays the Log page when the Output pane is selected. |
Show/hide Project Organizer | Ctrl+Alt+P | Displays or hides Project Organizer . |
Show Console | Ctrl+Alt+S | Displays the Console page when the Output pane is selected. |
Zoom in | Ctrl++ | Zooms in the language editor. |
Zoom out | Ctrl+- | Zooms out the language editor. |
Previous tab | Ctrl+[ | Goes to the previous tab. |
Next tab | Ctrl+] | Goes to the next tab. |
Close and exit | Ctrl+F4 | Closes the controller project and FactoryTalk Design Workbench . |
Close current tab | Ctrl+Shift+F4 | Closes the current tab. |
Show tab list | Ctrl+F10 | Shows a list of opened tabs to view or close. |
Close project | Alt+F4 | Closes the current project and returns to the welcome page. |
View properties | Alt+Enter | Shows the properties of the selected element in the Properties pane. |
Highlight Toolbox | Alt+Insert | Opens and highlights Toolbox . Alt+Insert has the same effect as Insert . |
Show/hide FBD grid | Shift+* | Displays or hides the grids in the FBD editor. |
Open Device menu | Alt+D | Opens the Device menu from the menu bar. |
Open Edit menu | Alt+E | Opens the Edit menu from the menu bar. |
Open File menu | Alt+F | Opens the File menu from the menu bar. |
Go to rung | Alt+G | Opens Go to Rung to enter a rung number to go to. |
Open Help menu | Alt+H | Opens the Help menu from the menu bar. |
Open View menu | Alt+V | Opens the View menu from the menu bar. |
Open Window menu | Alt+W | Opens the Window menu from the menu bar. |
Open Help | F1 | Opens the context-sensitive Help of FactoryTalk Design Workbench . |
Edit | F2 | Edit the content at the current location. |
Delete | Delete |
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