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    Default button and function keys

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    Original Article Date: Jan 31, 2006 

    Amaze your friends! Increase your productivity! How - you ask? Well, by using MicroStation V8 XM's new mouse button and function key combinations! Now how cool is that?
    2006-06-01 Updated for version 08.09.02.52.
    2006-11-30 Re-format and add missing keyin combo.
    2007-06-01 Added missing keystroke.

    2009-12-17  Updated XLS

     

    Left Button 

    [Used as a Data Point]

    File Action Related Link
        DATA Left mouse button - datapoint, accept, or selects Article 139
      ALT DATA Match attributes to element under cursor Tip 573
      SHIFT DATA Dynamic panning Tip 611
     
    Left Button                           [With Element Selection tool] File Action Related Link
    Double-Click DATA Edit text Tip 348
        Drag DATA Define start and end points when placing elements, or create selection set  
      CTRL Drag DATA Copy Selection Set Tip 633
    CTRL SHIFT Drag DATA Create Selection Set in overlap/crossing mode  
    CTRL SHIFT   Invert AccuSnap mode Tip 218
     
    Right Button File Action Related Link
        RESET Right mouse button - cancel, reject, or reset Article 139
    Click + Hold RESET Opens a highly functional pop-up menu Tip 651
      ALT RESET Opens the element Quick Info dialog Tip 578
      CTRL RESET Opens the Main tool box under the cursor Tip 613
      SHIFT RESET Opens the View Control pop-up menu Tip 33
    CTRL SHIFT RESET Opens the current task under the cursor Tip 614
     

    Left + Right Chorded

    [Tentative Point]

    File Action Related Link
      DATA RESET Snap, tentative point. Same as middle button in previous versions.  Article 139
    CTRL DATA RESET Sets the AccuDraw Origin to the tentative point  
     

    Wheel (XBUTTON1)

    File Action Related Link
        XBUTTON1 Middle button in V8 XM - Pan with the hand Tip 610
    Double-click XBUTTON1 Fit View Tip 607
      SHIFT XBUTTON1 Rotate a view about it's center Tip 625
      CTRL XBUTTON1 Swivels the view camera (3D only) Tip 626
      ALT XBUTTON1 Define a rotation point, then rotate the view about that point. Tip 627
     
    Default Function Keys File Action Related Link
    F1 Help  
    F2 Opens a popup menu showing the available tasks. Tip 622
    F3 Open the Main tool box under the cursor.  Same as CTRL + RESET Tip 613
    F4 Opens the current task under the cursor. Same as CTRL + SHIFT + RESET Tip 614
    F5 Opens the View Attribute dialog under your cursor Tip 615
    F6 Opens the Saved Views dialog Tip 623
    F9 Opens the keyin window under the cursor. Same as pressing ENTER when Home. Tip 601
    F10 Put the focus in the Tool Settings dialog. Tip 624
    F11 Put focus in AccuDraw.  Same as pressing SPACE. Tip 600
    F12 Takes you Home. Same as pressing ESC Tip 599
    CTRL + F1 ... CTRL + F12 Open Primary Tools dialogs under your cursor Tip 616
    SHIFT + F1 … SHIFT + F12 Open the Attribute tool box items under your cursor Tip 621
     
    Miscellaneous Keystrokes File Action Related Link
    ESC Takes you Home. Same as pressing F12 Tip 599
    ESC ESC Takes you Home when ESC is set to cancel command. Same as pressing F12 Tip 719
    ENTER When at Home, it opens the keyin window under the cursor. Same as pressing F9. Tip 601
    TAB Cycle through elements Tip 584
    SPACE Put focus in AccuDraw.  Same as pressing F11. Tip 600
    PAGE UP/DOWN Navigate through the task list one page at a time. Tip 620
    SHIFT + Prev/Next Model Opens the selected model with the views as they were the last time that File > Save Settings was chosen. Tip 590
    ALT + Prev/Next Model Opens the selected model with the views as they are in the current model.  
    SHIFT + Representative Key Activates the tool representing that toolbox Tip 671
    Element Handles + ALT Unlock angle preservation Tip 575
    Element Handles + CTRL Modify handles for multiple elements Tip 576
    Place Line + ALT Toggle between tangent points Tip 566

    Here's the very same information above in an XLS file:

    AskInga Article #280
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