Keyboard Shortcuts

Key

Shortcut

Desktop
(Windows)

Web
(Windows)

Web
(Mac)

Shortcut Mac
Desktop

Cmd + A

Action

Ctrl + A

Select All

Ctrl + Shift + A

Alt + A

Alt + A

alpha (Press Shift for upper-case: )

Alt + B

Alt + B

beta (Press Shift for upper-case: )

Ctrl + Shift + B

Cmd + Shift + B

Export ggbBase64 string to clipboard

Ctrl + C

Cmd + C

Copy

Ctrl + Alt + C

Cmd + Alt + C

Copies values (spreadsheet)

Ctrl + Shift + C

Cmd + Shift + C

Copy

View/Hide Algebra Window

Graphics View to clipboard

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Shortcut

Desktop
(Windows)

Web
(Windows)

Ctrl + D

Ctrl + Shift + D

Alt + D

Ctrl + E

Ctrl + Shift + E

Alt + E

Ctrl + F

Alt + F

Ctrl + G

Web
(Mac)

Shortcut Mac
Desktop

Cmd + D

Action

Toggle value/definition/command

Toggle Selection Allowed for all "nonessential"/free geometric objects

Alt + D

delta (Press Shift for upper-case: )

Cmd + E

Open Object Properties View

Cmd + Shift + E

Open/Close Object Properties View

Euler

Cmd + F

Refresh Views

phi (Press Shift for upper-case: )

Cmd + G

Show/Hide selected objects

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Shortcut

Desktop
(Windows)

Web
(Windows)

Web
(Mac)

Shortcut Mac
Desktop

Cmd + Shift + G

Action

Ctrl + Shift + G

Show/Hide labels of selected objects

Alt + G

Alt + I

Alt + 1

imaginary unit = -1

Ctrl + J

Cmd + J

Select ancestors

Ctrl + Shift + J

Cmd + Shift + J

Select descendants

Ctrl + Shift + K

Cmd + Shift + K

View/Hide

Ctrl + L

Cmd + L

Select current layer

Alt + L

Ctrl + Shift + L

gamma (Press Shift for upper-case: )

CAS View

lambda (Press Shift for upper-case: )

Cmd + Shift + L

View/Hide

Construction Protocol

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Shortcut

Desktop
(Windows)

Web
(Windows)

Web
(Mac)

Shortcut Mac
Desktop

Action

Ctrl + Shift + M

Cmd + Shift + M

Export HTML code string to clipboard

Alt + M

Alt + M

mu (Press Shift for upper-case: )

Ctrl + N

Cmd + N

New Window

Ctrl + Shift + N

Cmd + Shift + N

Open next window (or next ggb file in folder)

Ctrl + Shift + Alt + N

Ctrl + O

Alt + O

Ctrl + P

Ctrl + Shift + P

Cmd + Shift + Alt + N Open previous window

Cmd + O

Open New File

degree symbol

Cmd + P

Print Preview (Desktop) / Print Menu (Web)

Cmd + Shift + P

Open

Probability Calculator

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Shortcut

Desktop
(Windows)

Web
(Windows)

Web
(Mac)

Alt + P

Action

Alt + P

Ctrl + Q

Select ancestors (deprecated)

Ctrl + Shift + Q

Select descendants (deprecated)

Shortcut Mac
Desktop

pi (Press Shift for upper-case: )

Cmd + Q

Quit GeoGebra

Cmd + R

Recompute all objects (including random

numbers)

Ctrl + R

Alt + R

Ctrl + S

Cmd + S

Save

Ctrl + Shift + S

Cmd + Shift + S

View spreadsheet

Alt + S

Square-root symbol:

sigma (Press Shift for upper-case: )

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Shortcut

Desktop
(Windows)

Web
(Windows)

Ctrl + Shift + T

Alt + T

Alt + U

Ctrl + Shift + U

Ctrl + V

Web
(Mac)

Shortcut Mac
Desktop

Cmd + Shift + T

Ctrl + Shift + W

Alt + W

Ctrl + Y

Action

Export as PSTricks

theta (Press Shift for upper-case: )

Alt + ,

infinity

Cmd + Shift + U

Open Graphic Export Dialog

Cmd + V

Paste

Cmd + W

Quit GeoGebra

Cmd + Shift + W

Export Dynamic Worksheet

omega (Press Shift for upper-case: )

Cmd + Y

Redo

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Shortcut

Desktop
(Windows)

Web
(Windows)

Web
(Mac)

Shortcut Mac
Desktop

Action

Ctrl + Z

Cmd + Z

Undo

Ctrl + Shift + Z

Cmd + Shift + Z

Redo

Alt + 0

Ctrl + 1

Alt + 1

Ctrl + Shift + 1

Cmd + Shift + 1

View/Hide

Ctrl + 2

Cmd + 2

Increase font size, line thickness, and point

size

Alt + 2

Ctrl + Shift + 2

to the power of 0

Cmd + 1

Standard font size, line thickness, and point

size

to the power of 1

Graphics View 1

to the power of 2

Cmd + Shift + 2

View/Hide

Graphics View 2

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Shortcut

Desktop
(Windows)

Web
(Windows)

Web
(Mac)

Shortcut Mac
Desktop

Ctrl + 3

Alt + 3

to the power of 3

Alt + 4

to the power of 4

Alt + 5

to the power of 5

Alt + 6

to the power of 6

Alt + 7

to the power of 7

Alt + 8

to the power of 8

Alt + 9

to the power of 9

Cmd + 3

Action

Black/white mode

Decrease selected slider/number

Move selected point along path/curve

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Shortcut

Desktop
(Windows)

Web
(Windows)

Web
(Mac)

Shortcut Mac
Desktop

Action

Ctrl + -

Zoom out

Alt + -

Increase selected slider/number

Move selected point along path/curve

Ctrl + +

Zoom in

Alt + +

Increase selected slider/number

Move selected point along curve

Ctrl + =

Zoom in

Alt + =

not-equal-to

<

Alt + <

superscript minus

Alt + +

Alt + <

plus-or-minus

less-than-or-equal-to

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Shortcut

Desktop
(Windows)

Web
(Windows)

Web
(Mac)

Shortcut Mac
Desktop

Action

, (comma)

Alt + ,

less-than-or-equal-to

>

Alt + >

. (period)

Alt + .

F1

F1

F1

Help

F2

F2

F2

Start editing selected object

F3

F3

F3

Copy definition of selected object to the Input

Bar

F4

F4

F4

Copy value of selected object to the Input Bar

F4

Alt + F4

F5

F5

Alt + Shift + >

greater-than-or-equal-to

greater-than-or-equal-to

Quit GeoGebra

F5

copy name of selected object to the Input Bar

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Desktop
(Windows)

Shortcut

Web
(Windows)

Web
(Mac)

Shortcut Mac
Desktop

Action

F9

F9

F9

Recompute all objects (including random

numbers)

Enter

Enter

Enter

Toggle input between

View and Input Bar

Tab

Ctrl + Tab

Left Click

Left Click

Left Click

Alt +Left Click

Left Click

Alt +Left Drag

Right Click

Right click in
View

Graphics

Right Click Shift + Right Drag

Graphics

Cycle the focus round the open views

Left Click

(current mode)

Alt +Left Click

copy definition to input bar

Alt +Left Drag

create list of selected objects in input bar

Fast drag mode (drag on object)

Selection rectangle
Open menu (click on object)
Open Preferences menu (click not on object)

Zooms without preserving the aspect ratio

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Shortcut

Desktop
(Windows)

Web
(Windows)

Web
(Mac)

Shortcut Mac
Desktop

Action

Scroll
Wheel

Scroll Wheel

Scroll Wheel

Zoom in / out (Application)

Scroll
Wheel

Shift +Scroll Wheel

Shift +Scroll Wheel

Zoom in / out (Applet)

Scroll
Wheel

Alt +Scroll Wheel

Alt +Scroll Wheel

Accelerated zoom in / out

Delete

Delete

Backspace

Backspace

Up arrow

Up arrow

Ctrl +

Delete current selection

Backspace

Delete current selection

Increase selected slider/number

Move selected point up
3D Graphics Increase y-coordinate of
selected point
Go to older entry in Input Bar history
Go up in
construction protocol (only
Desktop)
Move active Graphics view up

x10 speed multiplier

Spreadsheet: go to top of current block of cells

Key

Shortcut

Desktop
(Windows)

Web
(Windows)

Web
(Mac)

Shortcut Mac
Desktop

Action

(or go up to next defined cell)

Up arrow

Shift +

Shift +

x0.1 speed multiplier, or rescale y-axis if no

objects selected

Up arrow

Alt +

Alt +

x100 multiplier

Increase selected slider/number

Move selected point right
3D Graphics Increase x-coordinate of
selected point
Go up in
construction protocol (only
Desktop)
Move active Graphics view right

Right arrow

x10 speed multiplier

Spreadsheet: go to right of current block of
cells
(or go right to next defined cell)

Right arrow
Ctrl +

Right arrow
Shift +

Shift +

x0.1 speed multiplier, or rescale x-axis if no

objects selected

Right arrow Alt +

Alt +

x100 multiplier

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Shortcut

Desktop
(Windows)

Web
(Windows)

Web
(Mac)

Shortcut Mac
Desktop

Action

Left arrow

Decrease selected slider/number

Move selected point left
3D Graphics Decrease x-coordinate of
selected point
Go down in
construction protocol (Desktop
only)
Move active Graphics view left

x10 speed multiplier

Spreadsheet: go to left of current block of
cells
(or go left to next defined cell)

Left arrow

Ctrl +

Left arrow

Shift +

Shift +

x0.1 speed multiplier, or rescale x-axis if no

objects selected

Left arrow

Alt +

Alt +

x100 multiplier

Down
arrow

Decrease selected slider/number

Move selected point down
3D Graphics Decrease y-coordinate of
selected point
Go to newer entry in Input Bar history

Key

Shortcut

Desktop
(Windows)

Web
(Windows)

Web
(Mac)

Shortcut Mac
Desktop

Action

Go down in
construction protocol (only
Desktop)
Move active Graphics view down

x10 speed multiplier

Spreadsheet: go to bottom of current block of
cells
(or go down to next defined cell)

Down
arrow

Ctrl +

Down
arrow

Shift +

Shift +

x0.1 speed multiplier, or rescale y-axis if no

objects selected

Down
arrow

Alt +

Alt +

x100 multiplier

Home

Home

Go to first item in
construction
protocol (only Desktop)
Spreadsheet: go to the first column left

Go to first item in
construction
protocol (only Desktop)
3D Graphics Increase z-coordinate of
selected point

PgUp

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End

PgDn

Shortcut

End

Desktop
(Windows)

Web
(Windows)

Web
(Mac)

Shortcut Mac
Desktop

Action

Go to last item in
construction
protocol (only Desktop)
Spreadsheet: go to the next row with input
below

Go to last item in
construction
protocol (only Desktop)
3D Graphics Decrease z-coordinate of
selected point

In addition, use Alt + Shift (Mac OS X Ctrl + Shift ) to get upper-case Greek characters.