General:
F1 |
Open context-sensitive Help about the currently active window or dialog box. |
Alt+F4 |
Close the active window. |
Alt+Tab |
Show all opened Windows applications one by one. |
Alt+Esc |
Activate all windows and minimized windows on the desktop one by one (next applications). |
Shift+Alt+Esc |
Activate all windows and minimized windows on the desktop one by one (previous applications). |
Ctrl+Esc |
Open the Task List. |
To open menus and to choose commands on menus:
Alt or F10 |
Activate the menu bar of the current window. Use the Down arrow or type an underlined letter to open a menu, and use the Left and Right Arrow to move to another menu. |
Alt+char |
To open a menu in a window, press Alt and simultaneously the key of an underlined letter in a menu name. For instance, to open the File menu, press Alt+F. |
char |
To choose a menu command when a menu is opened, press the key of an underlined command name. For instance, to choose Exit on the opened File menu, press X. |
Esc |
Stop the activation of a menu. |
Alt+Space |
Open the Control Menu of a window. |
Cut, Copy, Paste, Clear:
Ctrl+X |
Cut: clear the (selected) contents from the active window and copy it to the clipboard. |
Ctrl+C |
Copy the (selected) contents of the active window to the clipboard. |
Ctrl+V |
Paste the contents of the clipboard into the active window. |
Del |
Clear the (selected) contents from the active window. |
Shift+Del |
Cut: clear the (selected) contents from the active window and copy it to the clipboard. |
Ctrl+Ins |
Copy the (selected) contents of the active window to clipboard. |
Shift+Ins |
Paste the contents of the clipboard into the active window. |
PrintScrn |
Copy the entire screen/desktop to the clipboard. |
Alt+PrintScrn |
Copy an entire active window to clipboard including title bar, menu bar, window borders etc. |
Main window:
Help |
F1 |
Open Help on Main window. |
Move cursor |
Arrows |
When an item is selected in the Operation-tree or Operation-list or in the Catalog, the cursor moves up and down in the Operation-tree or Operation-list, or up, down, to the left or to the right in the Catalog. |
PgUp,PgDn |
When an item is selected in the Operation-tree, Operation-list or in the Catalog, the cursor moves up or down in the Operation-tree, Operation-list or in the Catalog. |
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Character |
In the Operation-tree, Operation-list and in the Catalog, the cursor moves to the next item beginning with that character. |
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Clear cmdline |
Esc |
The cursor is located on the command line, Esc will clear the command line. |
Close |
Alt+F4 |
Close the Main window and thus leave ILWIS. |
Map window:
Help |
F1 |
Open Help on map window. |
Redraw map |
F5 |
Redraw the map; the color lookup table is re-initialized. |
Ctrl+R |
Redraw the map; the color lookup table is re-initialized. |
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Copy |
Ctrl+C |
Copy the contents of the map window to the clipboard. |
Ctrl+Ins |
Copy the contents of the map window to the clipboard. |
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Paste |
Ctrl+V |
Paste the contents of the clipboard into a map window as a new annotation layer. |
Shift+Ins |
Paste the contents of the clipboard into a map window as a new annotation layer. |
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Zoom |
Ctrl+I |
Zoom in on the center of the map window with a factor 2. |
Ctrl+O |
Zoom out with a factor 2. |
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Ctrl+E |
Display the entire map. |
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Move cursor |
Arrows |
Move the cursor 1 screen pixel up, down, to the left or to the right. |
Ctrl+Arrow |
Move the cursor 10 screen pixels up, down, to the left or to the right. |
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Scrolling |
PgUp |
Scroll upwards (100 screen pixels). |
PgDn |
Scroll downwards (100 screen pixels). |
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Home |
Scroll to the left (100 screen pixels). |
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End |
Scroll to the right (100 screen pixels). |
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Ctrl+PgUp |
Scroll to the first line of the current column. |
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Ctrl+PgDn |
Scroll to the last line of the current column. |
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Ctrl+Home |
Scroll to the first column of the current line. |
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Ctrl+End |
Scroll to the last column of the current line. |
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Ctrl+P |
Print the contents of the map window. |
Close |
Alt+F4 |
Close a map window. |
All editors:
F1 |
Help on the current editor. |
Enter |
Edit code of selection. |
Pixel editor/Sample set editor:
Arrows |
Move the pixel selection cursor 1 pixel up, down, to the left, or to the right. |
Shift+arrows |
Move the pixel selection cursor 1 pixel up, down, to the left, or to the right, and switch the selection of this pixel: deselect it when it was selected, and select it when it was not yet selected. |
Ctrl+arrows |
Move the pixel selection cursor 1 pixel up, down, to the left, or to the right, and add this pixel to the selection. |
Shift+Ctrl+arrows |
Move the pixel selection cursor 1 pixel up, down, to the left, or to the right, and deselect this pixel from the selection. |
Space |
Switch the selection of this pixel: deselect it when it was selected, and select it when it was not yet selected. |
Esc |
Clear the current selection. |
Del |
Clear the current selection. |
Copy and Paste in the pixel editor:
Cut |
Copy the selected pixels into the clipboard, and clear the selection. The clipboard contains the pixels in point format as well as in table format; so you may paste the pixels as points into a point map or into any table. |
Copy |
Copy the currently selected pixels into the clipboard. The clipboard contains the pixels in point format as well as in table format; so you may paste the pixels as points into a point map or into any table. |
Paste |
On the coordinates of the points in the clipboard: paste the point codes into the current map. |
Polygon editor:
Esc |
Switch to Select mode. |
Segment editor:
Esc |
Switch to Select Mode, or |
Point editor:
Esc |
Switch to Select Mode. |
Copy and Paste in the point editor:
Cut |
Delete the selected points and copy them into the clipboard. The clipboard contains the points also in table format; so you may paste it into any table. |
Copy |
Copy the currently selected points into the clipboard. The clipboard contains the points also in table format; so you may paste it into any table. |
Paste |
Pastes points in the clipboard into the current map. |
Annotation Text editor:
Esc |
Clear the current selection. |
Ins |
Insert a new annotation text item. |
Del |
Delete the currently selected text items. |
For one or more selected text items:
Shift + F |
To select another font; |
Shift + S |
To change the font size; |
Shift + B |
Toggle between bold / not bold; |
Shift + I |
Toggle between italics / not italics; |
Shift + U |
Toggle between underlined / not underlined; |
Shift + C |
To select another color; |
Shift + J |
To select another justification method; |
Shift + T |
Toggle between transparent / not transparent; |
Shift + R |
To specify another rotation. |
Copy and paste in the Annotation Text editor:
Cut |
Delete the selected annotation text items and copy them into the clipboard. The clipboard contains the text items, each one on a new line. |
Copy |
Copy the currently selected annotation text items into the clipboard. The clipboard contains the text items, each one on a new line. |
Paste |
Pastes the first line in the clipboard as a new text item into the current annotation text object. The new text item will be displayed on the map in the annotation text editor. |
Table window:
Ctrl+G |
Goto a specific record. |
Esc |
Clear the current selection, or clear the command line. |
Scrolling |
PgUp |
scroll 10 records up. |
PgDn |
scroll 10 records down. |
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Ctrl+Home |
scroll vertically to the top field of the table. |
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Ctrl+End |
scroll vertically to the bottom field of the table. |
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Ctrl+PgDn |
scroll 4 columns to the right. |
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Ctrl+PgUp |
scroll 4 columns to the left. |
When editing a table:
Left arrow |
Move one character to the left within the active field, or |
Right arrow |
Move one character to the right within the active field, or |
Ctrl+Left |
Move to the previous word in the active field. |
Ctrl+Right |
Move to the next word in the active field. |
Home |
Move to the beginning of the active field. |
Ctrl+Home |
Move to the beginning of the active field. |
End |
Move to the end of the active field. |
Ctrl+End |
Move to the end of the active field. |
Esc |
Stop editing, do not save the contents current field. |
Enter |
Accept the contents of the current field. |
Up Arrow |
Accept the contents of the current field and move one field up. |
Down Arrow |
Accept the contents of the current field and move one field down. |
Tab |
Accept the contents of the current field and move one field to the right. |
Shift+Tab |
Accept the contents of the current field and move one field to the left. |
Shift+Up |
Accept the contents of the current field and move 10 fields up. |
Shift+Down |
Accept the contents of the current field and move 10 fields down. |
Ctrl+Tab |
Accept the contents of the current field and move 5 fields to the right. |
Ctrl+Up |
Accept the contents of the current field and move 100 fields up. |
Ctrl+Down |
Accept the contents of the current field and move 100 fields down. |
Copy and Paste in a table window:
Copy |
Copies the current selection to the clipboard. |
Paste |
Pastes the contents of the clipboard into the currently selected fields. |
Dialog boxes:
F1 |
Open Help for this dialog box. |
Tab |
Move to the next option or area in the dialog box. |
Shift+Tab |
Move to the previous option or area in the dialog box. |
Alt+char |
To move to certain dialog box item, press Alt and simultaneously the key of an underlined letter in the dialog box. |
Space |
When the currently selected item in the dialog box is a check box, press the space bar to select or clear this check box. When the currently selected item in the dialog box are option buttons, press the space bar to select the next option. |
Enter |
Close the dialog box and perform the action according to the parameters used in the dialog box (OK). If a parameter is not correctly selected, the dialog box remains open and the incorrect entry is highlighted. |
Esc or Alt+F4 |
Close the dialog box without performing any action (Cancel). |
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