GTViewer Keyboard Shortcuts

GTViewer can use a variety of Keyboard shortcuts to perform tasks. While this information is in the GTViewer documentation, many users are not familiar with them.

Magnify Mode

Page Up – Increase size of Magnification Area
Page Down – Decrease size of Magnification Area
Esc – End Magnify mode
+ – Zoom In
- – Zoom Out


View History Navigation (not in Magnify mode):

Ctrl-Page Up – Previous Location
Ctrl-Page Down – Next Location


Panning (in any mode)

Left Arrow – pan to the left
Right Arrow – pan to the right
Up Arrow – pan up
Down Arrow – pan down


Selected Element Modification

Shift-Left Arrow – Rotate selected element(s) to the left
Shift-Right Arrow – Rotate selected element(s) to the right
Shift-Up Arrow – Scale selected element(s) up
Shift-Down Arrow – Scale selected element(s) down

Ctrl-Left Arrow – Move selected element(s) to the left
Ctrl-Right Arrow – Move selected element(s) to the right
Ctrl-Up Arrow – Move selected element(s) up
Ctrl-Down Arrow – Move selected element(s) down

Del – Delete selected element(s)

Ctrl-X or Shift-Delete – Cut selected element to clipboard
Ctrl-C or Ctrl-Ins – Copy selected element to clipboard
Ctrl-V or Shift-Ins – Paste selected element from clipboard
Ctrl-Z or Alt-Backspace – Undo Last Drawing command.


Selected Dimension Element Edit Modification

Space - Toggle Dimension Orientation
+ - Scale Dimension Text Up
- - Scale Dimension Text Down
Enter - Toggle Inside/Outside


Selected Leader Line Element Edit Modification

Space - Toggle Arrow Head
+ - Scale Arrow Up
- - Scale Arrow Down

Print to Scale

L – Set to Landscape Orientation
P – Set to Portriate Orientation
+ – Set to next larger scale
- – Set to next smaller scale
Esc – Cancel Print to Scale Mode
Shift-P – Print Preview


Zoom In/ZoomOut (Zoom, Attribute Info, Pan, Magnify, and Extract Modes)

+ – Zoom In
- – Zoom Out

Attribute Info Mode

Ctrl and Mouse Click – Search for Linked files only.


Keyboard Accelerators

Alt-B - Previous View
Alt-A - Attribute Info Mode
Alt-Z - Zoom Mode
Alt-P - Pan Mode
Alt-F - Fit Data
Shift-Alt-F - Fit Session Graphics
Alt-R - Refresh View
Alt-D - Display Filter
Alt-O - Overview
Alt-M - Magnify
Shift-Alt-M - Measure Mode
Alt-E - Toggle Emphasize Session Graphics
Alt-H - Toggle Hide Raster
Alt-L - Locate XY
Ctrl-N - New Session
Ctrl-O - Open File
Ctrl-P - Print
Ctrl-S - Save Session
Ctrl-V or Shift-Insert - Paste from Clipboard
Ctrl-C or Ctrl-Insert - Copy selected session graphics to Clipboard
Ctrl-Z or Alt-Backspace - Undo Last Redline
Ctrl-X or Shift-Delete - Cut selected redlines to Clipboard
F1 - Help
Shift-F1 - Context Sensitive Help
F6 - Next Window Pane
Shift-F6 Previous Window Pane