Keyboard Commands

 

You can use the keyboard to move the pointer within the borehole view, to select and move objects, and perform commands.

Menu Access

Use the keyboard to access menu commands by holding down the ALT key and pressing an underlined letter in the menu bar. When the drop-down menu is displayed, you can access a command by pressing the underlined letter in the command.

 

Dialog Access

You can also use the keyboard to move around within a dialog. The TAB key moves between the options in the dialog. The SPACEBAR is used to simulate mouse clicks, allowing you to toggle check boxes or press buttons that provide you with access to other dialogs or close the current dialog. As you use the TAB key to move through the dialog, the options are highlighted as they become active. You can also use the underlined hotkeys by holding down the ALT key and typing the letter. This moves you immediately to the desired option. Note that not all of the dialogs have ALT key access.

 

GENERAL COMMANDS

These keyboard commands are used in both borehole views and data tables.

 

View and Menu Control

CTRL+F4

Close the view

ALT+F4

Close Strater

ALT+SPACE

Display the application control menu

ALT+HYPHEN

Display the view control menu

CTRL+F6

Next view or table

CTRL+SHIFT+F6

Previous view or table

CTRL+TAB

Switch between Strater views

ALT+ENTER

Move from the borehole view to an open Property Manager

ALT

Activate the menu bar

CTRL+ESC

Display the Windows start menu

ALT+TAB

Switch to the last active application

 

Help

F1

Open help

SHIFT+F1

Open context sensitive help on a highlighted command or open dialog

SHIFT+F10

Open the context-menu for the selected object(s)

 

File

CTRL+N

Open a new view

CTRL+O

Open a file into a new view

CTRL+S

Save a file

CTRL+P

Print the view

ALT+F4

Close Strater

 

Edit

CTRL+X or SHIFT+DEL

Cut the selected objects to the clipboard

CTRL+C or CTRL+INSERT

Copy the selected objects to the clipboard

CTRL+V or SHIFT+INSERT

Paste the clipboard contents into the view

CTRL+A

Select All (borehole view)

CTRL+SHIFT+A

Deselect All (borehole view)

CTRL+Y

Redo the previous undo command

CTRL+Z or ALT+BACKSPACE

Undo the last command

DEL

Delete the selected objects (clears cells in a data table)

F2

Rename Object (borehole view)

 

 

BOREHOLE VIEW

These keyboard commands are specific to the borehole view.

 

Edit

CTRL+A

Select all objects in the current borehole view

CTRL+SHIFT+A, F3

Deselect all

CTRL+I

Import an object

CTRL+E

Export an object

CTRL+F5

Update logs after tables change

 

View

PAGE DOWN

Scroll to the next page in a multi-page log

PAGE UP

Scroll to the previous page in a multi-page log

HOME

Scroll to the first page in a multi-page log

END

Scroll to the last page in a multi-page log

F5

Redraw the screen

CTRL++

Zoom in twice the scale at the center of the screen

CTRL+-

Zoom out twice the scale from the center of the screen

CTRL+R

Zoom on a selected rectangle

CTRL+L

Zoom in on selected objects so they fill the view

CTRL+T

Zoom by dragging the mouse, drag up to zoom in and drag down to zoom out

CTRL+G

Zoom to the extents of the page

 

Arrange

SHIFT+PGUP

Move to front

SHIFT+PGDN

Move to back

CTRL+PGUP

Move forward

CTRL+PGDN

Move backward

 

Log

F4

Toggle between active and design modes

 

Cross Section

CTRL+SHIFT+D

Connect logs with Layers

 

DATA TABLE COMMANDS

These keyboard commands are specific to working inside data tables.

 

DEL

Delete the contents of the selected cell, numeric cells are replaced with 0 (zero)

ARROW KEYS

Move to adjacent cell

ENTER

Preserve the typed contents in the cell

HOME

Go to the first column containing data

END

Go to the last column containing data

PAGE UP

Scroll the table up by the number of visible rows

PAGE DOWN

Scroll the table down by the number of visible rows

TAB

Move the active cell right one column

CTRL+HOME

Move the active cell to the top cell of the left most column

CTRL+END

Move the active cell to the bottom occupied row and right most column

CTRL+O

Sort the data

CTRL+U

Move the row containing the active cell up

CTRL+R

Insert Rows

CTRL+D

Delete

CTRL+F

Find