Beruflich Dokumente
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2 Keyboard Shortcuts
General
Ctrl + X Ctrl + C Ctrl + V Ctrl + Drag with mouse left button Cut Copy Paste Duplicate
Ctrl + Z Undo Ctrl + Y Redo Ctrl + A Select all Ctrl + N New project Ctrl + O Open project Ctrl + S Save project Alt + F4 Close Construct 2 You can also press Alt to navigate the ribbon. When you press it, some tooltips should appear indicating the keys to press for each option. F4 Ctrl + F4 F5 Ctrl + F5 F6 Preview project from rst layout Debug from rst layout Preview current layout (hold shift for continuous preview) Debug current layout Export project
Ctrl + Mouse Wheel Up or Zoom in Num pad + Ctrl + Mouse Wheel Down or Zoom out Num pad Add shift to adjust the zoom distance. Ctrl + 0 Return to 100% zoom Middle mouse button drag or Hold space and move mouse Pan the view Delete Delete selected item(s) F2 Rename selected item Ctrl + click Add or remove clicked item from selection Shift + click As with Ctrl, but in Event Sheet View this selects everything in between the last selected item and the clicked item. Escape Cancel drag or placement or event search Ctrl + Tab Go to next tab to right Ctrl + Shift + Tab Go to next tab to left
In the new condition/action dialog or parameters dialog: Alt + Left Back/Cancel Alt + Right Next/Done
Layout view
Ctrl + E or Shift + Tab Go to associated event sheet Arrow keys Nudge selected objects 1 pixel Arrow keys + hold shift to nudge 10 pixels Hold shift while resizing objects for proportional resize Hold shift while rotating objects to lock to 5 degree increments Hold shift while dragging objects for axis-lock (move along diagonals only) Hold tab and click a selected object to select the next object underneath in the Z order Hold alt while moving selection to temporarily disable grid snapping while held Hold control while resizing selection to resize relative to the center of the object Ctrl + D Unselect all Ctrl + Shift + Up Send to front of layer Ctrl + Shift + Down Send to back of layer C Center horizontally in window T Align to top of window Enter Wrap selection (to rotate or stretch the selection as a whole) W Select container and wrap. For example, select one object in a container of eight objects, press W, then all eight objects are selected and wrapped. To paste objects in-place (so they paste at their original positions, instead of relative to the mouse), hold Shift while placing a paste. The full process is: Ctrl + C to copy an object; press Ctrl + V to turn the mouse to a crosshair, hold Shift and click, all objects paste at their original positions (instead of by the mouse) and the mouse returns to a normal cursor. When editing tilemaps using the Tilemap Bar: 1 2 3 4 X Y Z Set normal layout selection Set pencil tile tool Set rectangle tile tool Set erase tile tool Flip horizontal Flip vertical Rotate 90 degrees clockwise
Parameters dialog
The parameters dialog is where you enter expressions, e.g. the X and Y co-ordinate for Set position. F4 Toggle the oating expressions panel visible. This shows every expression you can use. Tab Shift + Tab Escape Enter Next parameter Previous parameter Cancel Done
Shift + Crop button Shift + Mirror button Shift + Flip button Shift + Rotate Clockwise button Shift + Rotate Anticlockwise Animations only:
Ctrl + Left or - Previous animation frame Ctrl + Right or + Next animation frame P Preview animation