iCalamus 2: Keystrokes for tools

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Keystrokes for tools

Many tools in the Toolbox panel can be selected with a single keystroke. These keys are listed as follows.

[C]	Vector tool: Convert direction point
[F]	Container tool (Rectangle)
[H]	Move tool
[I]	Image tool
[L]	Line tool
[M]	Shape tool (Rectangle)
[P]	Vector tool: Vector Path Tool
[R]	Rotation tool
[T]	Text tool
[V]	Selection tool
[Z]	Magnifier / Zoom tool
[+]	Vector tool: Add base point
[–]	Vector tool: Remove base point
[[Space]	Use Move tool temporarily
[Option]	Zoom mouse click halves the zoom resolution

Hint: Please keep in mind that you cannot select these tools by keystrokes in text edit mode.

[Escape]

Press [Escape] if you want to stop using the current tool. Press [Escape] again if you want to switch back to the selection tool.

Hint: If you have selected a text frame and are working in text mode, you have to press [Escape] twice to return to the Select tool. The Text tool has two modes, the text edit mode and the text frame creation mode. The first press on [Escape] switches back from text edit mode to text frame creation mode. The second press on [Escape] then switches back to the Select tool.

[(!KEY_CMD]]

Press the [Command] key (also known as 'Apple key') if you want to switch to the selection tool temporarliy while you are using another tool.

When you work using the Select tool, you can temporarily toggle the switch Transform Content in the Geometry inspector.

[This list is guaranteed to be incomplete.]