Keyboard Short Cuts

sy.factory provides many keyboard shortcuts for navigation and performing editing operations.

In general, navigating between components uses these keys:

The shortcuts are divided into the following categories:

Keyboard Shortcuts for the Desktop and Child Windows

Action
Keystroke
Notes
New File Ctrl-N  
Open File Ctrl-O  
Save File Ctrl-S  
Save File As Ctrl-A  
Save All Files Ctrl-L  
Open Workspace Ctrl-ALT-O  
Save Workspace Ctrl-ALT-S  
Tile Horizontally Ctrl-H  
Tile Vertically Ctrl-V  
Maximise Windows Ctrl-M  
Restore Windows Ctrl-R  
Minimise Windows Ctrl-I  
Closes Child Window Ctrl-F4  
Moves Child Window Ctrl-F7  
Resizes Child Window Ctrl-F8  
Minimizes Child Window Ctrl-F9  
Switch to next Child Window on the Desktop Ctrl-F6  

Keyboard Shortcuts for Tree Views

Action
Keystroke
Notes
Expands current Object Right arrow  
Collapses current Object, or moves focus to Parent Object Left arrow  
Moves focus up one Object Up arrow  
Moves focus down one Object Down arrow  
Moves focus to first Object in Tree View Home  
Moves focus to last Object in Tree View End  
Moves up one view Page Up  
Moves down one view Page Down  
Selects all Object in Tree View Ctrl-A, Ctrl-/  
Deselects all Object in Tree View Ctrl-\  
Extends selection down Shift-down arrow  
Extends selection up Shift-up arrow  
Extends selection to beginning of Tree View Shift-Home  
Extends selection to end of  Tree View Shift-End  
Extends selection up one view Shift-PgUp  
Extends selection down one view Shift-PgDn  

Keyboard Shortcuts for Table Views

Action
Keystroke
Notes
Moves up one row Up arrow
Shift-Return
 
Moves down one row Down arrow
Return 
 
Scrolls up one view  Page Up  
Scrolls down one view  Page Down  
Moves focus and view to first cell in the current row Home  
Moves focus and view to last cell in the current row End  
Moves focus and view to first cell in the current column Ctrl-Home  
Moves focus and view to last cell in the current column Ctrl-End  
Allows editing in a Category cell F2, Down Arrow  
Allows editing in a Name cell. F2  
Resets cell to the state it was in before it was edited Escape  
Selects entire table Ctrl-A  
Extends selection up one row Shift-up arrow  
Extends selection down one row Shift-down arrow  
Extends selection to beginning of table Ctrl-Shift-Home  
Extends selection to end of table Ctrl-Shift-End  
Extends selection up one view Shift-PgUp  
Extends selection down one view Shift-PgDn  

Keyboard Editing Short Cuts for both Tree and Table Views

Action
Keystroke
Notes
Undo Ctrl-Z  
Redo Ctrl-Y  
Cut Ctrl-X  
Copy Ctrl-C  
Paste Ctrl-V  
Find Ctrl-F  
Find Next F3  
Goto Ctrl-G  
Insert Object INS Not allowed on Collections
Delete Object DEL Not allowed on Collections
Rename Object F4 Single Named Object Only
Initialise Object F5  
List References F6 Single Named Object Only
Export to MIDI Edit Buffer F8 Single Voice or Performance Only
Export to MIDI Memory Shift-F8 Voices or Performances Only
Import from MIDI Edit Buffer F9 Single Voice or Performance Only
Import from MIDI Memory Shift-F9 Voices or Performances Only

Keyboard Shortcuts for the Preferences Dialog

Action
Keystroke
Notes
Navigates through tabs Arrow keys  
Moves from tab to its associated content pane Ctrl-down arrow  
Moves from content pane to its associated tab Ctrl-up arrow  

Keyboard Shortcuts for Text Editing Fields

Action
Keystroke
Notes
Moves insertion point one character to the right Right arrow  
Moves insertion point one character to the left Left arrow  
Moves insertion point to beginning of next word Ctrl-right arrow  
Moves insertion point to beginning of previous word Ctrl-left arrow  
Moves insertion point to beginning of field Home  
Moves insertion point to end of field End  
Submits text entry Enter, Return  
Extends selection to beginning of line Shift-Home  
Extends selection to end of line Shift-End  
Extends selection one character to the left Shift-left arrow  
Extends selection one character to the right Shift-right arrow  
Extends selection to next word Shift-Ctrl-right arrow  
Extends selection to previous word Shift-Ctrl-left arrow