QCad User Reference Manual

## Hotkeys

This is an overview of all hotkey combinations that can be used to trigger commands more efficiently. Two-letter combinations can only be entered if the command line has no keyboard focus, otherwise enter must be pressed after entering them. Two-letter combinations must be entered within a period of maximal 2 seconds. If you mistyped a two-letter combination, please press Escape or wait two seconds and start again.
Some commands have more than one key combination. That's mostly for compatibility with other programs.

In addition to the hotkey combinations listed below, the standard way of handling keys is used in dialogs. Under Windows and Unix operating systems, you can use Alt-Key combinations to press buttons (e.g. Alt-O for OK). If you're using Mac OS X this might be Option-O or Alt-O depending on your keyboard.

### Command Line

Space | Activate command line
Escape | Deactivate command line or go one step back in the current action or show the main menu if no actions are active.
Arrow Up / Down | Recall the last command inputs
Tab | Show all currently available commands or complete the first letters of a command into the full command

### File Handling

Ctrl-N | Create a new drawing
Ctrl-O | Open a drawing
Ctrl-S | Save current drawing
Ctrl-W | Close current drawing
Ctrl-P | Print current drawing
Ctrl-Q | Quit application

### Basic Editing

oo, Ctrl-Z | Undo (oops)
uu, Ctrl-Shift-Z | Redo
Ctrl-X | Cut
Ctrl-C | Copy
Ctrl-P | Paste

### View

rd | Redraw
zw | Zoom Window
za | Auto Zoom
zi, + | Zoom In
zo, - | Zoom Out
pa | Pan Zoom

### Layer Handling

fr* | Freeze all layers
th* | Defreeze (thaw) all layers

### Snapping

os | Free positioning
sg | Snap to grid
se | Snap to endpoints
sn | Snap to centers
sm | Snap to midpoints
si | Snap to intersections
np | Snap to nearest point on entity

### Construction

po | Point
li | Line
re | Rectangle
rp | Regular Polygon
ci | Circle
c2 | 2 Point Circle
c3 | 3 Point Circle
ar | Arc
a3 | 3 Point Arc
ep | Ellipse
tx, mt | Text

### Dimensioning

da | Aligned Dimension
dh | Horizontal Dimension
dv | Vertical Dimension
dr | Linear (rotated) dimension
ld | Leader

### Entity Selection

tn, Ctrl-K | Select all
Ctrl-A | Select all

### Modification

ch | Bevel (chamfer)
rm, xt | Trim, extend
mt | Multi line trim, extend
mv | Move
mi | Mirror
sz | Scale
ss | Stretch
er | Erase
xp, ex | Explode