Shortcut Keys
To obtain help on the shortcut keystroke functions press, F2. What is actually shown in the message box pop-up depends on what data/model results are loaded and the currently selected view. Table 1 provides a listing of the keystroke functions in ViewPlan.
Table 1 ViewPlan keystroke function summary.
Panning & Zooming | |
Space LMC | Pan with cursor |
Mouse Scroll | Zoom in and out |
F3 | Modify Pan & Zoom Increments. The size of the panning and zooming steps are adjusted here. |
F5 | Refresh Current View |
left | Pan East. |
right | Pan West |
up | Pan North |
down | Pan South |
+ | Zoom In |
- | Zoom Out |
Ctrl-E | Zoom Model Extents |
Cell Property Copy Editing | |
Alt-LMC | Get Property. Alt-LMC'ing on a cell will copy that cell's current property to the operator box. |
Ctrl-RMC | Set Property. Ctrl-RMC'ing on a cell will apply the value or operator in the operator box to that cell (Copy Cell Property must be enabled) |
Smoothing of Initial Conditions Field | |
Ctrl-S | Smooth the Currently Selected IC Field. This applies only to bottom elevations and the water column. |
Rectangular Cell Selection (for Editing Cell Properties) | |
| To Select Cells in a Rectangle hold the ALT key down and Right Mouse drag. The 'Enable Edit' checkbox must be selected. |
Post Processing – Time Selection | |
PgDn | Show Next Snapshot |
PgUp | Show Previous Snapshot |
Shift-PgDn | Show Next Snapshot – Increment:12 |
Shift-PgUp | Show Previous Snapshot – Increment:12 |
Ctrl–PgDn | Show Previous Snapshot – Increment:120 |
Ctrl-PgUp | Show Previous Snapshot – Increment:120 |
Ctrl-G | Goto a Specific Date. Format of date to enter depends on whether the user is displaying Julian or Gregorian dates. |
Specific View: Water Levels, Inundation Extents | |
Ctrl-O | Export the displayed inundation outline as a P2D file. |
Specific View: Sediment Bed, Bed Shear Stress | |
Alt-P | Toggle Display of Bed Shear or Stream Power |
F7 or Ctrl-T | Toggle Sediment Core Editing |
Specific View: Water Column | |
Alt-B | Conduct a Bottom Irradiance Analysis |
Alt-C | Conduct a Volumetric Analysis |
Alt-H | Conduct a Habitat Analysis |
Specific View: Comparison Model | |
Alt-M | Toggle the display of model comparison |
Alt-V | Compute and display the volume differences between two models in bottom elevation view |
Specific View: Velocities | |
RMC | Define Velocity Profile (Velocity View Only) |
Calibration Data Display | |
Ctrl-< | Go to previous data snapshot. If calibration data has been configured and the current view is the water column, this keystroke will cause EFDC_Explorer to jump forward to the next measured data point and display the model results with the data or residuals labeled. |
Ctrl-> | Go to next data snapshot. |
Series/Profile Locations | |
Alt-I | Load the Series/Profile Locations from a File |
Alt-O | Save the Series/Profile Locations to a File |
Layout and Viewing Options | |
Ctrl-W | Set the View Port to a Specified Size |
Alt-W | Set the View Port to a Specified Scale |
F6 | Toggle Grid Display |
F7 | Toggle Julian Date as Date Format |
F8 | Toggle Display of Masks |
F9 | Toggle Transparency for Current View |
F11 | Toggle the Display of Titles |
F12 | Toggle On/Off Greyscale Color Ramps |
Alt-K | Save the Layout (form size, scale, legend location, etc.) to a File |
Alt-L | Load a Layout from a File and apply it to the current view. |
Miscellaneous Functions | |
Ctrl-A | Animate the Current View |
Alt-E | Export the Current View as a Metafile |
Ctrl-M | Toggle Metric/English Display Units |
Alt-R | Compute and Display time series plot of River Kilometer versus time for a target value. |
Ctrl-V | View a Specified Cell using L or I,J. |
Ctrl-P | Photo Viewer – load an image to display on the ViewPlan workspace |