Keyboard shortcuts
These keyboard shortcuts help you work faster in ProfiCAD:
| SHORTCUT | ICON | ACTION |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + A | Edit - Select All | |
| Shift + A | Context menu - Symbol Attributes | |
| Ctrl + B | Edit - Copy to clipboard as image | |
| Ctrl + C | Edit - Copy | |
| Shift + C | Context menu - Symbol Connection Points | |
| Ctrl + F | View - Search Panel | |
| Ctrl + L | View - Layers Panel | |
| Ctrl + N | File - New | |
| Ctrl + O | File - Open | |
| Ctrl + P | File - Print | |
| Ctrl + S | File - Save | |
| Shift + S | File - Save As | |
| Ctrl + V | Edit - Paste | |
| Ctrl + W | Close the current document | |
| Ctrl + X | Edit - Cut | |
| Ctrl + Z | Edit - Undo | |
| * on Numeric Keyboard | View - Center working area | |
| F1 | Help | |
| F4 | Switch layer | |
| F5 | Refresh the symbol list in the diagram editor | |
| F6 | Allow moving text with hyperlink | |
| F12 | File - Options | |
| B | Draw - Curve | |
| C | Draw - Circle | |
| E | Draw - Ellipse | |
| G | Draw - Polygon | |
| H | Insert - Gate | |
| L | Draw - Polyline | |
| M | View - Grid | |
| N | Insert - Label | |
| R | Draw - Rectangle | |
| S | Insert - Wire | |
| T | Insert - Text | |
| U | Draw - Line | |
| Z | Draw - Rounded rectangle | |
| Esc | Switch to selection mode | |
| space bar | Instant symbol search | |
backspace ⌫ |
While drawing lines or wires, undo the last segment | |
| Page Up | Go to the previous page | |
| Page Down | Go to the next page |
| right mouse button + mouse movement | pan the drawing area |
| Shift + drag object | move object ignoring snap |
| Ctrl + drag object | clone object |
| Ctrl + Shift + click | add or remove object from the selection |
| mouse wheel | zoom in / out |
| Shift + mouse wheel | scroll drawing horizontally |
| Ctrl + mouse wheel | scroll drawing vertically |
| Ctrl + Shift + mouse wheel | smooth zoom |
| hold Ctrl while drawing rectangles, ellipses and lines | constrain to orthogonal mode |
| arrow keys | nudge selected objects by 0.1 mm |