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description: Keyboard Shortcuts and Mouse Controls
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# Controls

| Key              | Action                                    | Notes                                   |
| ---------------- | ----------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------- |
| e                | Device Dialog                             | Select and customize devices            |
| o                | CNC Tool Dialog                           | CNC mode only                           |
| c                | Grid.Local Dialog                         | Find GridBot devices on your network    |
| q                | Preference Dialog                         | Change application behaviors            |
| l                | Work Profile Dialog                       | Load, Save, Rename work profiles        |
|                  |                                           |                                         |
| a                | Arrange                                   | Switch to layout view from other views  |
|                  |                                           | or perform an automatic layout when     |
|                  |                                           | already in layout view                  |
| s                | Slice Object                              | Slice workspace objects                 |
| p                | Preview Paths                             | Do route planning for sliced objects    |
| g                | CNC Animation                             | Enter milling animation mode            |
| x                | Export Paths as GCode, SVG, DXF           | Produce downloadable files              |
|                  |                                           |                                         |
| i                | File Import Dialog                        |                                         |
| r                | Recent Files Dialog                       |                                         |
|                  |                                           |                                         |
| h                | Home View                                 | Default 45 degree view of objects       |
| t                | Top View                                  | Top-down view of objects                |
| f                | Front View                                | Direct side-view (front)                |
| z                | Reset View                                | Default zoom and Home                   |
| < >              | Cycle Side Views                          | Front, Right, Back, Left                |
| v                | Focus on Selection (arrange mode)         | Camera points to object center          |
| v                | Toggle Single Slice View (preview mode)   | Toggle single vs range of slices        |
|                  |                                           |                                         |
| \~,1-9,0         | Select layer in 10% increments            | Slice and Preview modes                 |
|                  |                                           |                                         |
| d                | Duplicate Selected Objects                | Create a copy of selected objects       |
| m                | Mirror Selected Objects                   | Mirror vertices of selected objects     |
| \[delete]        | Delete Selected Objects                   | Remove selected object from workspace   |
| \[arrow]         | Rotate 90 degrees                         | Rotate selected object                  |
| \[shift + arrow] | Rotate 5 degrees                          | Rotate selected object                  |
| \[ctrl + a]      | Select All Objects                        | Select all objects                      |
|                  |                                           |                                         |
| \[shit + click]  | Toggle Selection                          | Select or Deselect a single object      |
| \[shift + wheel] | Cycle through layers (preview mode)       | Use mouse wheel as range slider         |
| \[meta + drag]   | Pan View                                  | Move focus of camera                    |
| \[right + drag]  | Pan View                                  |                                         |
| \[left + drag]   | Rotate                                    | Move camera around a focal point        |
| \[mouse wheel]   | Zoom                                      | Move camera closer / farther from focus |
| \[middle + drag] | Zoom                                      |                                         |
|                  |                                           |                                         |
| \[ctrl + click]  | Align face of selected object to platform | Rotate object face toward work surface  |
| \[meta + click]  | Align face of selected object to platform |                                         |
|                  |                                           |                                         |
| \[shift + z]     | Reset all preferences to stock            | Reload page afterward                   |
|                  |                                           |                                         |
| **Mouse**        | **FDM Support Controls**                  | **Version Notes**                       |
| \[left click]    | Toggle add / remove column                |                                         |
| \[ctrl + drag]   | Erase support columns                     | 2.7+                                    |
| \[cmd + drag]    | Erase support columns                     | 2.7+                                    |
| \[opt + drag]    | Draw on support columns                   | 2.7+                                    |
| \[alt + drag]    | Draw on support columns                   | 2.7+                                    |