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L-Edit is shipped with the following default keyboard shortcuts. All keyboard mappings may be customized using Setup > Application > Keyboard.

Key(s) Ctrl+F F P Ctrl+E Page Down

Function Open the Find Object dialog. Find the next appearance of an object. Find the previous appearance of an object. Open Edit Objects dialog. Push down one level to edit in place an instance's cell. Pop up one level from editing in place an instance's cell. Select object under cursor and cycle through the hierarchy to edit in place. Pop to top cell when down more than one level during edit in place. Fit view to top cell when editing in place. Move by--move selected objects by a given amount. Enable base point mode. Place base point at cursor. Open the Layer Manager. Move origin.

Edit Operations
Key(s) Ctrl+W Ctrl+C, Shift+Ins Ctrl+X, Shift+Del Ctrl+V, Shift+Ins Alt+V Function Close the active file. Copy selected objects to the clipboard. Cut selected objects to the clipboard. Paste contents of clipboard to the current cell. Paste to layer--paste contents of clipboard to the currently selected layer in the active cell. Delete selected objects.

Page Up

Ctrl+Page Down Ctrl+Page Up End M Shift+Q

Ctrl+B, Backspace, Del Ctrl+D Ctrl+Z, Alt+Backspace Ctrl+Y Ctrl+A Alt+A Esc

Duplicate selected objects. Undo last operation. Redo last operation. Select all objects. Deselect all selected objects. Switch to selection mode.

Ctrl+Q L 0 (zero)

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Key(s) J K Alt+F Ctrl+I Tab S D Alt+B Alt+L Function Object pan left. Object pan right. Open Pan by. Toggle view of instance insides. Show insides of selected instances. Hide insides of selected instances. Show insides of leaf level cells only. Hide insides of leaf level cells only. Exchange--toggle view within window between current and previous. Dock the Design Navigator to the left. Switch to the next open window within L-Edit. Toggle ruler between absolute and relative coordinates. Cycle locator bar formats.

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View Operations
Key(s) Space Home Z Function Redraw screen. Fit view of active cell to current window. Put mouse in zoom mode: left button click zooms one level in left button drag creates a zoom box right button click zooms one level out Zoom out by a factor of two. Zoom in by a factor of two. Zoom by--enter a value greater than 1 to zoom in, less than 1 to zoom out. Zoom to fit selected objects only. Pan and zoom to center all selected objects. Pan left. Pan right. Pan up. Pan down. Pan to left edge of a cell. Pan to right edge of a cell. Pan to top edge of a cell. Pan to bottom edge of a cell.

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Alt+Z

W Alt+Y Left Right Up Down Shift+Left Shift+Right Shift+Up Shift+Down

F10 Ctrl+F6, Ctrl+Tab Q

Shift+F

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Key(s) Alt+X B Ctrl+G Ctrl+U Function Nibble a geometric shape from the selected objects. Boolean/Grow operations on selected objects. Group selected objects into a new cell. Ungroup the selected instances into their component objects. Pick layer--change the current layer to the layer of the selected object (or to the layer that the cursor is over if no object is selected.) Force move--changes from drawing to move mode to replace edit operations with move operations.

DRC & Wire Utility Operations

Key(s) Function Display the next DRC error. Display the previous DRC error. Goto device. Enable online DRC. Opens SDF driver properties or Edit pin characteristics, depending on the objects selected. Extend wire end to position of next cursor click. Join selected wires. Slice wire at position of next cursor click.

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Alt+G Alt+D Alt+E

E Ctrl+J Ctrl+L

Alt+M

Keyboard Shortcuts

Cell Operations
Key(s) N O C T I, Ins Function Create a new cell. Open an existing cell. Copy a cell. Rename the active cell. Instance a cell.
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Mouse Shortcuts

ZoomBox Press Z before any mouse operation to enter ZoomBox mode. Layer Palette This mode is active whenever the cursor is over the Layer Palette. DRC Box Use Tools > DRC Box or the icon shown below to enter this mode.

Using a two-button mouse

Middle mouse button functions can be performed with a two-button mouse by using the ALT key+LEFT mouse button.

Active push rubberbanding

When this option is on, it is unnecessary to hold down the mouse button during a drag operation. Use Setup > Application > General to set this option.

Nibble Use Draw > Nibble to enter this mode.

Modes
Mouse functionality depends on the active mode. Selection The arrow icon indicates selection mode.

Functions
ADD WIRE SECTION
(Add Section mode) LEFT

ARC/EDIT
Drawing Any of these icons places you in Drawing mode: Available when you are using an all-angle tool and a single edge of a polygon is selected. CTRL+MIDDLE Add Section Use Draw > Add Wire Section to enter this mode. CTRL+ALT+MIDDLE SHIFT+CTRL+ALT+MIDDLE (Drawing mode)

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(Drawing mode) MIDDLE

T U IT E M E F ET S N C E MOUSE SHORTCUTS QA CK R E N RE HIDE/SHOW

(Layer Palette) Click on an icon to hide or show that layer in the layout. MIDDLE (Drawing toolbar) Click on an icon to hide or show that object type in the layout. MIDDLE

DESELECT EDGE
(Drawing mode) CTRL+ALT+RIGHT

BOX
(Nibble mode) LEFT (DRC Box mode) LEFT

DRAW
(Drawing mode) LEFT SHIFT+LEFT

DUPLICATE CANCEL
(Add Section mode) RIGHT (Drawing mode) CTRL+LEFT SHIFT+CTRL+LEFT

HIDE/SHOW ALL
(Layer Palette) Click on an icon to hide or show all layers but that one. CTRL+MIDDLE (Drawing toolbar) Click on an icon to hide or show all object types but that one. CTRL+MIDDLE

CHOOSE
(Layer Palette) LEFT

END POLYGON or WIRE

(Drawing mode) RIGHT

K EYB O A R D CYCLE THROUGH WINDOWS

With the cursor outside the layout area: Use the mouse wheel to cycle through all open windows (regardless of file). Use CTRL+mouse wheel to cycle through the open windows within the active file.

S H O R TC U TS ADD EDGE TO SELECTION

(Selection mode) SHIFT+CTRL+RIGHT (Drawing mode) SHIFT+CTRL+RIGHT

LAYER PALETTE MENU

(Layer Palette) RIGHT (any combination of modifiers)+RIGHT

DESELECT
(Selection mode) ALT+RIGHT SHIFT+ALT+RIGHT (Drawing mode) ALT+RIGHT SHIFT+ALT+RIGHT SHIFT+CTRL+ALT+RIGHT

EXTEND SELECTION
(Selection mode) SHIFT+LEFT SHIFT+RIGHT SHIFT+CTRL+LEFT (Drawing mode) SHIFT+RIGHT

MOVE/EDIT
(Selection mode) MIDDLE (any combination of modifiers)+MIDDLE ALT+LEFT SHIFT+ALT+LEFT CTRL+ALT+LEFT (Drawing mode) MIDDLE

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(any combination of modifiers)+MIDDLE ALT+LEFT SHIFT+ALT+LEFT CTRL+ALT+LEFT

STEP UP/DOWN PROCESS LAYERS

Use the mouse wheel in a cross-section window.

SETUP LAYERS
(Add Section mode) MIDDLE (Layer Palette) Double click

PAN
(ZoomBox mode) Z then MIDDLE Z+(any modifiers) +MIDDLE Z+(any combination of modifiers)+LEFT

TOGGLE TOOLBARS
Right-click in the toolbar or status bar area to open the toolbar menu.

VERTEX
Available when an all-angle polygon or wire is selected and you click precisely on an edge. (selection mode) CTRL+MIDDLE CTRL+ALT+MIDDLE CTRL+ALT+LEFT

SCROLL
Use the mouse wheel to scroll up or down. Use SHIFT+mouse wheel to scroll left or right.

SELECT OBJECT
(Selection mode) LEFT RIGHT (Drawing mode) RIGHT

ZOOM BOX
(ZoomBox mode) Z then LEFT

ZOOM
Use CTRL+the mouse wheel to zoom in or out.

SELECT EDGES
(Selection mode) CTRL+LEFT CTRL+RIGHT (Drawing mode) CTRL+RIGHT

ZOOM OUT
(ZoomBox mode) Z+RIGHT Z+(any combination of modifiers)+RIGHT Mouse Shortcuts