Examples of Shortcut Keys
 
 
 

The CUIx file that ships with AutoCAD defines the default shortcut keys. You can use the default shortcut keys as examples when creating your own shortcut keys.

The following table lists the default actions for shortcut keys.

 

Shortcut Key

Description

ALT+F11

Displays the Visual Basic Editor

ALT+F8

Displays the Macros dialog box

CTRL+0

Toggles Clean Screen

CTRL+1

Toggles Properties palette

CTRL+2

Toggles DesignCenter

CTRL+3

Toggles the Tool Palettes window

CTRL+4

Toggles Sheet Set Manager

CTRL+6

Toggles dbConnect Manager

CTRL+7

Toggles Markup Set Manager

CTRL+8

Toggles the QuickCalc palette

CTRL+9

Toggles the Command Line window

CTRL+A

Selects all the objects in drawing

that are not locked or frozen

CTRL+SHIFT+A

Toggles Groups

CTRL+B

Toggles Snap

CTRL+C

Copies objects to the Windows Clipboard

CTRL+SHIFT+C

Copies objects to the Windows Clipboard with Base Point

CTRL+D

Toggles Dynamic UCS

CTRL+E

Cycles through isometric planes

CTRL+F

Toggles running object snaps

CTRL+G

Toggles Grid

CTRL+H

Toggles PICKSTYLE

CTRL+SHIFT+H

Toggles the display of palettes with HIDEPALETTES and SHOWPALETTES

CTRL+I

Toggles the Coordinates display

CTRL+J

Repeats last command

CTRL+K

Inserts a hyperlink

CTRL+L

Toggles Ortho mode

CTRL+M

Repeats last command

CTRL+N

Creates a new drawing

CTRL+O

Opens an existing drawing

CTRL+P

Plots the current drawing

CTRL+SHIFT+P

Toggles the Quick Properties interface

CTRL+Q

Quits AutoCAD

CTRL+R

Cycles through the viewports

on the current layout

CTRL+S

Saves current drawing

CTRL+SHIFT+S

Displays up the Save As dialog box

CTRL+T

Toggles Tablet mode

CTRL+V

Pastes data from the Windows Clipboard

CTRL+SHIFT+V

Pastes data from the Windows Clipboard as a Block

CTRL+X

Cuts objects from the current drawing to the Windows Clipboard

CTRL+Y

Cancels the preceding Undo action

CTRL+Z

Reverses the last action

CTRL+[

Cancels current command

CTRL+\

Cancels current command

CTRL+PAGE UP

Moves to the next layout tab to the left of the current tab

CTRL+PAGE DOWN

Moves to the next layout tab to the right of the current tab

F1

Displays Help

F2

Toggles Text Window

F3

Toggles OSNAP

F4

Toggles TABMODE

F5

Toggles ISOPLANE

F6

Toggles UCSDETECT

F7

Toggles GRIDMODE

F8

Toggles ORTHOMODE

F9

Toggles SNAPMODE

F10

Toggles Polar Tracking

F11

Toggles Object Snap Tracking

F12

Toggles Dynamic Input

NoteIn the Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor, you can view, print, or copy a list of shortcut keys, temporary override keys, or both. The shortcut keys and temporary override keys in the list are those keys used by the CUIx files that are loaded in the program.