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Some commands are accessed through the left button of your mouse. For example, to select a row on a table or a well on the Canvas tab, you would simply click it. To edit a row on a table, you would double-click it. Double-clicking also opens items such as documents on the Explorer and items in search results.
Most commands are available through right-clicking. For example, you have right-clicked the Samples folder on the Explorer, and a list of all commands related to that item have displayed. To select a command, simply click it. Commands that are grayed out are not available for selection.
Some commands are available only through what is called “drag and drop.” This means that you click an item, and while holding down the mouse button, drag the item to an area of the document and release the mouse button to drop it into that area. For example, to add an ingredient to a condition, you would drag it from the Ingredients tab and drop it into the Conditions table on the Layer tab.
A quick way to access many commands is to use keyboard shortcuts, which typically consist of one or two keystrokes. When a command has a keyboard shortcut, the shortcut appears to the right of the command on one of the right-click menus. For example, you will see CTRL+X to the right of Cut. That means that holding down the CTRL key while hitting the X key has the same effect as selecting Cut from the right-click menu.
The following are explanations of the most common shortcuts available in Rock Maker:
| General Shortcuts | |
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| CTRL+C | Copy
This command allows you to copy items such as the following things:
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| CTRL+X | Cut
This command cuts a layer from the canvas, an item from the Explorer or text from a text box. You can use the Paste command to paste the cut item or text into another location. |
| CTRL+V | Paste This command pastes a copied or cut item or text. |
| CTRL+S | Save This command saves changes made to the current document. |
| INSERT | Insert This key is used to insert new items into a table. |
| DELETE | Delete
This key is used to remove items from a table. |
| CTRL and click and drag | Copy
This command is used on the Explorer. Hold down the CTRL key while dragging an item from one Explorer folder to another, and that item is copied instead of moved. |
| CTRL and click | Multi-select This command selects non-consecutive items on the Explorer. Press and hold down the CTRL key, and then click each item that you want to select. |
| SHIFT and click | Select consecutive items This command selects consecutive items on the Explorer. Press and hold down the SHIFT key, and then click the last consecutive item. |
| Arrow keys | The arrow keys move you up and down through table rows, and left and right through table columns. |
| TAB | The Tab key moves you from field to field when editing items in a document. |
| F1 | Opens the Rock Maker University. |
| F2 | Rename the name of an experiment, a project, a screen or a protein. |
| F5 | Refresh the Explorer. |
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