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MapInfo Pro Help

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MapInfo Pro Help
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Command Shortcuts

This topic contains a comprehensive list of the short-cuts available in the MapInfo Pro application. For information on how to customize them, see Customizing Command Shortcuts.

Command Shortcut Tab
Add Legend Shift+F3 MAP
Add New Row Ctrl+E TABLE
Add Node Ctrl+Shift+N SPATIAL
Add Theme F9 MAP
Add Workspace Ctrl+Shift+A HOME
Clear Ctrl+W MAP/TABLE/SPATIAL
Clear Target Ctrl+Delete SPATIAL
Clone Window Ctrl+Shift+C HOME
Copy Ctrl+C HOME/SPATIAL
Cut Ctrl+X HOME/SPATIAL
Exit Alt+F4 PRO
Find and Mark Ctrl+F TABLE/SPATIAL
Find Selection Ctrl+Shift+F TABLE/MAP/SPATIAL
Info Tool Ctrl+Shift+I MAP under Map Tools
Layers Window Ctrl+Shift+L HOME
Legend Window Ctrl+Shift+G HOME
Line Style Shift+F8 SPATIAL
MapBasic Window Ctrl+Shift+B HOME
Map Redraw On/Off Ctrl+Shift+D MAP
Browser Window F4 HOME
Layout Window F5 HOME/LAYOUT
Map Window F3 HOME/MAP
New Table Ctrl+N TABLE
Open Table Ctrl+O HOME/TABLE/MAP/LAYOUT
Open Workspace Ctrl+Shift+O HOME/TABLE/MAP
Paste Ctrl+V HOME/SPATIAL
Previous View Alt+Left Arrow MAP
Print Ctrl+P LAYOUT
Prism Window F10 HOME
Redistricter Window Shift+F4 HOME/MAP
Redraw Window Ctrl+D HOME/MAP
Region Style Ctrl+F8 SPATIAL
Remove Delete LAYOUT
Reshape Ctrl+R SPATIAL
Run MapBasic Program Ctrl+U HOME
Save Table Ctrl+S HOME/TABLE
Save Workspace Ctrl+Shift+S HOME
Set Target Ctrl+T SPATIAL
Snap to Nodes S Key SPATIAL
Statistics Window Ctrl+Shift+Z HOME/MAP
Symbol Style Alt+F8 SPATIAL
Table Window Ctrl+Shift+T HOME
Tasks Ctrl+Shift+K HOME
Text Style F8 SPATIAL
Tool Manager Ctrl+Shift+U HOME
Undo Ctrl+Z HOME/SPATIAL
WFS Table Refresh Alt+F5 TABLE
Workspace Explorer Window Ctrl+Shift+E HOME/MAP
3D Map Window F11 HOME

Window Shortcuts

The following keyboard shortcuts for windows are supported.

Explorer window

Explorer Window Shortcut
Jump to Maps section Alt-M
Jump to Tables section Alt-T
Jump to Windows section Alt-W
Jump to Connections section Alt-C
Jump to Search box ALT+F
Jump to next item Tab

Window List window

Window List Shortcut
Context menu Shift+F10
Rename a window F2
Select all windows of the same type Ctrl+A
Close a window Del
Toggle visibility check box Space
Activate window Enter or Double-Click
Activate the window but keep keyboard focus on the Windows list. Ctrl+Enter
Clone a window Ctrl-Shift+C

Connections window

Connections Window Shortcut
Context Menu Shift+F10
Close Delete
Add new connection Ins
Open tables from a connection Enter or Double-click

Layers window

Layers Window Shortcut
Context Menu Shift+F10
Rename a map F2
Select all (if not in a group) or all in a group layer Ctrl+A
Toggle visibility check box on/off Spacebar
Opens Layer Properties dialog box Shift+P or double-click
Toggle Editable on/off Shift+E
Toggle Selectable on/off Shift+S
Toggle Autolabels on/off Shift+L
Toggle View Entire Layer on/off Shift+V
Style Override Swatch Click or Enter
Multi-Select Shift+arrow keys
On a map node: activate the map and keep focus on the Layers list Click or Enter
On a map node: activate that map and set keyboard focus on Map window Ctrl+Enter (Alt+Click)
On a map node: view entire layer Shift+V
On a map node: Collapse/Expand Node Shift+-/+
On a map node: Collapse/Expand Node all nodes Ctrl+Shift+-/+

Tables window

Tables Window Shortcut
Context Menu Shift+F10
Select all or, if tables are in a treeview, select all in group Ctrl+A
Open one or more layers in a new map Shift+M
Open one or more layers in current Map window Shift+C
Open one or more layers in new Browser map Shift+B
Close one or more layers Del
Modify Table Structure Double-click

Layout window

Layout Window Shortcut
Context menu Shift+F10
Context menu on selected frames Shift+F10
Select All frames Ctrl+A
Select tool Shift+S
Pan tool Shift+P
Zoom In/Zoom Out tools + / -
Move selected frames Arrow keys
Move selected frames by X Shift+Arrow keys
Override snap behavior Ctrl+Arrow keys
Disable snap for mouse Alt+mouse drag
Cut selected frames Ctrl+X
Copy selected frames to clipboard Ctrl+C
Paste from clipboard Ctrl+V
Delete selected frames Del
Fit layout in window Shift+F
Print layout Ctrl+P

Rolling the mouse wheel in a Layout window zooms in or out. Pressing the CTRL key while using the mouse wheel scrolls the layout up or down.

Map window

Map Window Shortcut
Context Menu Shift+F10
Shift center of map Arrow keys (left, right, up, down)
Snap s key
Cross-hair C key c key
Auto node N key n key
Trace T key t key
Zoom +/-
Select All from selection Layer Ctrl+A
View Entire Map M
Change View Dialog V
Zoom In Tool z
Zoom Out Tool Z
Info Tool I
Map Options Dialog O
Pan Tool P
Select Tool S
Label Tool L
Create Legend Dialog I
Create Theme Dialog T
Unselect All U
Change to next customized mini toolbar Space
Insert Point Tool 1
Insert Text Tool 2
Insert Line Tool 3
Insert Polyline Tool 4
Insert Arc Tool 5
Insert Polygon Tool 6
Insert Ellipse Tool 7
Insert Rectangle Tool 8
Insert Rounded Rectangle Tool 9
Select By Location B
Toggle Snap mode s
Change cross-hair cursor c
Toggle Auto-Node n
Toggle Trace t

Rolling the mouse wheel in a Map window zooms in or out. Pressing the CTRL key while using the mouse wheel scrolls the map up or down.

Browser window

Browser Window Shortcut
Context Menu Shift+F10
Select All Ctrl+A
New Row Ctrl+E
Edit a cell F2

Rolling the mouse wheel in a Browser window scrolls the table up or down.

MapBasic window

MapBasic Window Shortcut
Context Menu on selected frames Shift+F10

Move to window

Move To Window Shortcut
Jump to Map window Ctrl+Enter
Zoom to best view Alt+double-click

Tasks window

Tasks Window Shortcut
Context Menu Shift+F10
Remove finished job from Task Manager Del
Pause  
Cancel  
View log Shift+L

Info window

Info Window Shortcut
Next layer Ctrl+Right Arrow
Previous layer Ctrl+Left Arrow
Scroll Page up/down

Tools window

Tools Window Shortcut
Run default command Enter