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Mouse Commands and Keyboard Shortcuts

Mouse-Driven Commands
Keyboard Shortcuts
Shortcut Table

Mouse-Driven Commands

Left-Clicking

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, simply click it. To edit a row on a table, double-click it. Double-clicking also opens items such as documents on the Explorer and items in search results.

Right-Clicking

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 appear dimmed are not available for selection.

Drag-and-Drop

Some commands are only available through a drag-and-drop operation. 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 the ingredient from the Ingredients tab to the Conditions table on the Layer tab.

Keyboard Shortcuts

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 pressing the X key has the same effect as selecting Cut from the right-click menu.

Shortcut Table

The following are explanations of the most common shortcuts available in ROCK MAKER:

General Shortcuts
Ctrl+C	Copy This command allows you to copy items such as the following things: items on the Explorer selected text in text fields ingredients of a protein formulation conditions wells You can use the Paste command to paste the copied item into another location.
Ctrl+X	Cut This command copies and removes 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.
Ctrl+Z*	Undo This command reverses the last action you performed in the current document.
Ctrl+Y*	Redo This command re-performs an action previously undone.
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.

*The undo and redo functions are currently available for select actions performed in Canvas mode only.

Plate View Shortcuts
Arrow keys	The left, right, up, and down arrow keys move between wells.
Spacebar	Next unscored well.
Ctrl+Right Arrow	Next inspection.
Ctrl+Left Arrow	Previous inspection.
Ctrl+Up Arrow F11	Next focus level.
Ctrl+Down Arrow F12	Previous focus level.
Ctrl+Plus Sign	Zoom in.
Ctrl+Minus Sign	Zoom out.
Ctrl+0	Best fit view.
Page Up	Next drop number.
Page Down	Previous drop number.
Alt+Right Arrow	Next imaging setting.
Alt+Left Arrow	Previous imaging setting.
Ctrl+Tab	Next plate.
Ctrl+Shift+Tab	Previous plate.
Shift+Right Arrow	Previous region of interest.
Shift+Left Arrow	Next region of interest.
Right Arrow	Next well.
Left Arrow	Previous well.
Up Arrow	Next well row.
Down Arrow	Previous well row.
Home	First well of this plate.
Ctrl+Home	First well of this experiment.
End	Last well of this plate.
Ctrl+End	Last well of this experiment.
Alt and mouse click	Highlights all the wells which have the ingredient currently selected by the user.
Delete	Deletes the selected annotation, scribble, or measurement.
Ctrl+Q	Zoom in on the selected plate.
F4	Switch between Design View, Image View, Ingredients View, and Score View.
Ctrl+F4	Close current active tab.
F5	Refresh the Plate view.
Press mouse wheel and drag	Pressing the mouse wheel and dragging the mouse across the canvas will drag the canvas.
Right-click and Drag	If you select an area on the Canvas, then right-click and drag, you will zoom in on that area.