Desktop keyboard shortcuts
Updated
by
Heather Jones
Keyboard shortcuts provide an alternative way to navigate an estimate.
General project shortcuts
Shortcut | Description |
Ctrl + N | Go to Insured Info |
Ctrl + R | Go to Parameters |
Ctrl + I | Open Photos |
Ctrl + Q | Go to XactContents |
Ctrl + E | Go to Estimate Items, Line Item entry |
Ctrl + P | Open Estimate Reports |
Ctrl + W | Open Underwriting Checklist |
Ctrl + L | Go to Coverage/Loss |
Ctrl + K | Go to Sketch |
Ctrl + T | Open Totals Summary Report |
Ctrl + C | Copy |
Ctrl + V | Paste |
Ctrl + X | Cut |
Delete | Delete |
Ctrl + Z | Undo |
R | Room |
Shift + W | Wall |
F | Roof |
Spacebar | Browse roof types |
E | Dormer |
C | Staircase |
Shift + D | Deck |
Ctrl + F | Fence |
D | Doorway |
W | Window |
M | Missing wall |
B | Square Break tool |
V | Vertex tool |
\ | Flooring orientation direction to lay floor covering |
[ | Flip horizontally |
] | Flip vertically |
Q | Rotate clockwise |
Tab | Rotate loaded object clockwise |
Shift + Tab | Rotate loaded object counterclockwise |
Click (Hold) + Tab | Rotate selected item |
Shift + Drag Item | Turn off default snap for selected item |
Shift + \ | Line tool |
/ | Arrow tool |
Shift + R | Rectangle tool |
0 | Ellipse tool |
Shift + i | Fill tool |
S | Snap line tool |
Spacebar | Pan tool on/off |
H | Pan tool |
Ctrl + Shift + M | Save macro |
Ctrl + Shift + N | Resequence line numbers |
Ctrl + M | Open macros |
F9 | Open line item notes |
F2 | Edit grouping name, room, code, or coverage |
Ctrl + Shift + C | Combine rooms or roofs |
Sketch viewing shortcuts
Shortcut | Description |
1 | Plan view |
2 | Elevation view |
3 | 3D view |
Shift + 1-5 | View top, front, back, left, right* |
Shift + 6-9 | View front left, front right, back left, back right* |
Minus (-) | Zoom out |
Plus (+) | Zoom in |
Shift + F | Opposite face view in Elevation view |
K | Walkthrough mode |
Shift + P | Snap grid |
Ctrl + Shift + S | Separate rooms |
Shift + A | Arc wall |
Ctrl + minus (-) | Zoom to fit |
Ctrl + plus (+) | Zoom to selection |
Backspace | Default zoom |
Z | Zoom |
Ctrl + Tab | Jump to next tab |
J | Toggle calculations on/off |
Shift + V | Save current view |
Shift + H | Display high-detail view |
Shift + E | Display super-detail view |
Shift + N | Display normal view |
Shift + B | Show or hide the bearing wall |
Ctrl + Shift + O | Show or hide flooring overlay |
Ctrl + Shift + F | Show or hide framing |
Shift + L | Show or hide label |
Shift + M | Show or hide measurements |
Shift + G | Show or hide grid |
Shift + O | Show or hide outline |
Shift + U | Show or hide the imported underlay |
Shift + C | Show or hide ceiling surface |
Shift + Q | Open flooring cuts |
Ctrl + Shift + R | Reset window layout |
Ctrl + Shift + 1 | Open Search window |
Ctrl + Shift + 4 | Open Images window |
Ctrl + Shift + 2 | Activate Item and Activities window |
Ctrl + Page Down | Go to next level |
Ctrl + Page Up | Go to previous level |
Shift + Space | Switch between Plan view and 3-D view |
U | Load copy from the Underlay tool |
Ctrl + Drag Room | Copy room |
Ctrl + Drag Wall | Copy wall |
Esc | Cancel active tool |
Ctrl + Drag | Create attached room |
Arrows | Move workspace |
G | Set Scale |
N | Orientation |
O | Block |
L | Reference line |
A | Reference area |
P | Reference point |
Ctrl + Enter | Open level properties |
T | Annotation text |
F | Create roof |
C | Create faces |
R | Ridge line |
P | Hip ridge line |
E | Edge line |
A | Auto line type |
M | Find roof perimeter |
N | Orientation |
I | Interior line |
Y | Valley |
Tab | Select alternate rotation line |
Alt | Hide segmentation |
Left/Right Arrows | Shorter/longer rotation lines |
Up/Down Arrows | Loosen/tighten perimeter |
* Sketch must be in 3D view (3) to use this shortcut.