Reference: Key Bindings

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Reference: Key Bindings

• Ctrl+A -- Selects all GUI elements in the active form.

• Ctrl+B -- Breaks the selected layout so that you can add or delete GUI elements.

• Ctrl+C -- Copies the selected GUI elements from the active form into the clipboard.

• Alt+E -- Pulls down the Edit menu.

• Alt+F -- Pulls down the File menu.

• Ctrl+G -- Applies a grid layout to the selected container, or creates a new container containing the selected GUI elements and applies a grid layout to this container.

• Ctrl+H -- Applies a horizontal box layout to the selected container, or creates a new container containing the selected GUI elements and applies a horizontal box layout to this container.

• Alt+H -- Pulls down the Help menu.

• Ctrl+J Adjusts the size of the selected GUI element (or elements) so that it has the minimal size needed for displaying itself properly.

• Ctrl+L -- Applies a vertical box layout to the selected container, or creates a new container containing the selected GUI elements and applies a vertical box layout to this container.

• Alt+L -- Pulls down the Layout menu.

• Ctrl+M -- Opens an online version of this manual in Qt Assistant.

• Ctrl+N -- Invokes the New File dialog.

• Ctrl+O -- Invokes the Open File dialog.

• Alt+P -- Pulls down the Preview menu.

• Ctrl+R -- Checks the accelerators in the active form for duplicates.

• Ctrl+S -- Saves the active form.

• Ctrl+T -- Previews the active form in the default GUI style of the platform.

• Alt+T -- Pulls down the Tools menu.

• Ctrl+V -- Pastes the GUI element (or elements) in the clipboard into the active form at the position it had in its original form plus a little offset. Does nothing if the clipboard does not contain a GUI element.

• Alt+W -- Pulls down the Window menu.

• Ctrl+X -- Cuts the selected GUI element (or elements) from the active form and puts it into the clipboard.

• Ctrl+Y -- Redoes the last undo action.

• Ctrl+Z -- Undoes the last action.

• Del -- Deletes the selected GUI elements from the active form.

• F1 -- Opens the introductory page of the Qt Designer manual in Qt Assistant.

• Shift-F1 -- Turns on What's This mode, which lets you click on a GUI element in Qt Designer to get a small description window for this element.

• F2 -- Activates the pointer tool that lets you select GUI elements.

• F3 -- Activates the connection tool that lets you edit the connections between signals and slots in a form.

• F4 -- Activates the tab order tool that lets you change the tab order of the GUI elements on the active form.

• Ctrl+F4 -- Closes the active window.

• Ctrl+F6 -- Activates the next window in the order of window creation.

• Ctrl+Shift-F6 -- Activates the previous window in the order of window creation.

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