Shortcut Key List

The following is a list of Keyboard shortcuts or hotkeys available in Global Mapper.

NOTE: The top two groups feature standard Windows^TM shortcuts that are particularly useful to Global Mapper^TM users.

WINDOWS FILE MANAGEMENT

• CTRL + O :OPEN a New Data File
• CTRL + S : SAVE the Current Workspace
• CTRL + W: Load a WORKSPACE File
• CTRL + U: UNLOAD All Loaded Data Files

WINDOWS CLIPBOARD: Cut, Copy, Paste, Power-Paste

• CTRL + C : COPY (to the clipboard) features currently selected with the Digitizer/ Edit tool
• CTRL + X : DELETE (& Copy to clipboard) features currently selected with Digitizer/ Edit tool
• CTRL + V : PASTE clipboard contents (from Ctrl + C or Ctrl + X) to current cursor location
• CTRL + SHFT + V : Paste clipboard contents BUT don't clear the clipboard

GENERAL SHORTCUTS

• F1: Display the USER MANUAL
• ALT + X: EXIT Global Mapper
• ALT + C: Show the Overlay CONTROL CENTER
• SHFT + C: CAPTURE the current screen contents to an image
• CTRL + A: SELECT ALL LAYERS in the Overlay Control Center
• CTRL + M: MARK a waypoint at the current GPS location (when tracking a GPS device)
• CTRL + T: Start TRACKING a connected GPS device
• CTRL + SHFT + D: Toggle the display of features MARKED AS DELETED
• CTRL + L: Copy current cursor LOCATION (lat, lon) to the Windows Clipboard
• CTRL + ALT + L: Copy current cursor LOCATION (lat, lon) in the Currently Selected Projection to the Windows Clipboard inserting a TAB character to separate the X and Y values
• CTRL + SHFT + L: Copy current cursor LOCATION (lat, lon) to the Windows Clipboard, and append the ELEVATION value, if available

MAP DISPLAY OPTIONS

• CTRL + 3: Show 3D View Window
• CTRL + SHFT + D: Toggle Display of DELETED Features
• SHFT + G: Toggle GRID Line Display On and Off
• SHFT + L: Toggle Elevation LEGEND Display On and Off
• SHFT + S: Toggle Distance SCALE Display On and Off
• CTRL + P: PRINT the Current Map View
• SHFT + V : Toggle Line & Area VERTEX Display On and Off
• CTRL + ALT + SHFT + V: Toggle VECTOR LAYER Display On and Off

MAP ZOOMING & PANNING

• HOME: Zoom to the Full EXTENTS of All Loaded Data
• CTRL + HOME : Center on a Location
• PAGE DOWN:Zoom In
• CTRL + PAGE DOWN: Zoom In a Tiny bit
• PAGE UP: ZOOM OUT
• CTRL + PAGE UP : ZOOM OUT a TINY bit
• ARROW KEY (ANY) : PAN the Map Display 1/4 of Screen
• SHIFT + ARROW : PAN the Map Display 1/2 of Screen
• CTRL + ARROW: PAN the Map Display an Entire Screen
• ALT + R: SAVE the Current view
• CTRL + R : RESTORE Last SAVED View
• CTRL + BACKSPACE : RESTORE Last DRAWN View
• SHFT + Z: ZOOM to SCALE
• CTRL + 1 : ZOOM (the Raster Layer at the Screen Center) to Full Detail (1:1 PIXEL SIZE)

IMAGE RECTIFICATION WINDOW

WHEN CURSOR IN ENTIRE IMAGE…

• CTRL + LEFT CLICK: RE-CENTER the Reference Image View (in addition to the Zoomed View) on the clicked location, if possible

WHEN CURSOR IN REFERENCE IMAGE…

• ALT + LEFT CLICK: DISABLE AUTOMATIC SNAP-to-nearest-feature functionality
• SHIFT + LEFT CLICK: ROUND the clicked location to nearest 30 seconds for arc degree units or nearest 1000 ground units for linear measurements (like meters and feet)
• CTRL + LEFT CLICK: RE-CENTER Zoomed Image View on clicked location, if possible
• CTRL + S:Save the current CONTROL POINT LIST to GCP file

IMAGE ZOOMING

• CTRL + RIGHT CLICK: Zoom out to the ENTIRE EXTENTS of the data being rectified
• CTRL + PAN ARROW CLICK:PAN FURTHER than a normal pan arrow click
• SHIFT + PAN ARROW CLICK: Disable pan arrow functionality and RESTORE NORMAL left-click functionality
• CTRL + LEFT CLICK: RE-CENTER Reference Image View window on clicked location, if possible
• SHIFT + LEFT CLICK: Automatically ADD CLICKED POINT to GCP list (simulate press of 'Add GCP to List' button)

GENERAL TOOL OPERATIONS

• ESC : CANCEL the current draw or tool operation
• CTRL + RIGHT CLICK: Restore the LAST ZOOMED VIEW (Zoom tool only)
• CTRL + E : EDIT THE DESCRIPTION of selected layers when the Control Center is active

TOOL SELECTION (SELECTING A TOOL)

• ALT + D: DIGITIZER/ Edit tool
• ALT + G: GRAB-and-Drag (Pan) tool
• ALT + L : PATH PROFILE tool
• ALT + M: MEASURE tool
• ALT + P: Feature INFO tool
• ALT + V: VIEW SHED tool
• ALT + Z: ZOOM Marquee tool

DIGITIZER/ EDIT TOOL OPERATIONS

• CTRL + Z: UNDO the last operation, if possible (example: when digitizing new features)
• DELETE : MARK the selected feature(s) AS DELETED
• CTRL + DELETE: DELETE the selected vertice(s)
• SHFT + DELETE: UNDELETE the selected feature(s)
• LEFT DOUBLE-CLICK: EDIT FEATURE under cursor
• CTRL + ALT + M: MEASURE the cut-and-fill VOLUME of the currently selected line or area feature
• CTRL + N: Cycle through non-connected line endpoints (end-NODES)
• SHFT + T: Create new line (TRACE mode)

SELECT FEATURES ( SHAPES, AREAS & LINES ) WITH DIGITIZER/ EDIT TOOL

• CTRL + LEFT CLICK: ADD/ APPEND selected features to cached selection
• SHFT + LEFT CLICK: REMOVE selected features from cached selection
• CTRL + SHFT + LEFT CLICK: Toggle the SELECTION STATE of selected features
• A + LEFT CLICK: Select only the topmost AREA feature at the clicked location
• L + LEFT CLICK: Select only the topmost LINE feature at the clicked location
• P + LEFT CLICK: Select only the topmost POINT feature at the clicked location
• ALT + LEFT CLICK: Automatically enter MOVE mode for selected feature(s) after selection
• I + LEFT DRAG BOX: Only select FEATURES that are completely CONTAINED WITHIN the drag box
• S + LEFT [CLICK or DRAG BOX] : Only select VERTICES from line or area features that are ALREADY SELECTED

SELECT FEATURES ( SHAPES, AREAS & LINES ) WITH DIGITIZER/ EDIT TOOL

• CTRL + LEFT CLICK: ADD/ APPEND selected features to cached selection
• SHFT + LEFT CLICK: REMOVE selected features from cached selection
• CTRL + SHFT + LEFT CLICK: Toggle the SELECTION STATE of selected features
• A + LEFT CLICK: Select only the topmost AREA feature at the clicked location
• L + LEFT CLICK: Select only the topmost LINE feature at the clicked location
• P + LEFT CLICK: Select only the topmost POINT feature at the clicked location
• ALT + LEFT CLICK: Automatically enter MOVE mode for selected feature(s) after selection
• I + LEFT DRAG BOX: Only select FEATURES that are completely CONTAINED WITHIN the drag box
• S + LEFT [CLICK or DRAG BOX] : Only select VERTICES from line or area features that are ALREADY SELECTED

INSERT VERTICES WITH DIGITIZER/ EDIT TOOL

• SHFT + LEFT CLICK: New vertex will be inserted at NEAREST LOCATION to clicked location on selected feature rather than at click location
• I + LEFT CLICK : STAY IN VERTEX INSERT MODE after inserting vertex. Useful if needing to insert multiple vertices

DRAW SHAPES WITH DIGITIZER/ EDIT TOOL

• SHFT : Causes the shape to be ELLIPTICAL or RECTANGULAR rather than the default of circular or square
• T + LEFT CLICK: Causes shapes to be ANCHORED at the CENTER OF SHAPE rather than the top left of shape

DRAW AREAS & LINES WITH DIGITIZER/ EDIT TOOL

THESE SHORTCUTS ARE EXECUTED WHILE MOVING THE MOUSE

• X or SHFT: Clamp (restrict) drawing of features/ vertices to the HORIZONTAL axis
• Y or CTRL: Clamp (restrict) drawing of features/ vertices to the VERTICAL axis
• CTRL + SHFT : Clamp (restrict) drawing of features/ vertices to the DIAGONAL axis
• R : Clamp (restrict) drawing to RIGHT ANGLES from direction of last drawn segment

MOVE FEATURES & VERTICES WITH DIGITIZER/ EDIT TOOL

THESE SHORTCUTS ARE EXECUTED WHILE MOVING THE MOUSE

• X or SHFT: Clamp (restrict) movement of features/ vertices to the HORIZONTAL axis
• Y or CTRL:Clamp (restrict) movement of features/ vertices to the VERTICAL axis
• CTRL + SHFT: Clamp (restrict) movement of features/ vertices to the DIAGONAL axis

THESE SHORTCUTS ARE EXECUTED WITHOUT MOVING THE MOUSE

• R : Toggles clamped movement to RIGHT-ANGLES from direction of last drawn segment
• CTRL + SHFT + M: MOVE the selected features
• ALT + LEFT CLICK: Automatically enter MOVE MODE for selected feature(s) after selection
• J + LEFT CLICK: Automatically enter JOIN MODE if more than one vertex is selected

SNAP-TO BEHAVIORS WITH DIGITIZER/ EDIT TOOL

• ALT + LEFT CLICK: DISABLE automatic SNAPPING behavior
• V + LEFT CLICK: ONLY snap to EXISTING VERTICES/ FEATURES (advanced snap option that restricts snap to active vertices, lines or areas

3D View Keyboard Shortcuts

Display and Navigation

• CTRL+3: open or refresh the 3D view
• F5: refresh the 3D view
• Arrow Keys: pan 3D view left, right, forward, and back or move in.
  In Walk mode, Arrow up/down to move into or away from the scene, arrow left/right to rotate the view around the current location. The SHIFT key will cause large moves/ rotations.
• Page Up/Down: zoom in and out (hold SHIFT for larger move; hold CTRL key for smaller move).
  In walk mode raise and lowers walk mode height (SHIFT keys modifiers reduce or enlarge height increment)
• Home, Number 5 and CTRL+SHIFT+D: return to default view
• CTRL + Home: center the 2D view on the current selection
• Numbers 8 and 2: control tilt forward and back
  Use the SHIFT and CTRL modifiers to increase/decrease the tilt amount (4x, 1/4x respectively)
• Numbers 4 and 6: control rotation right and left
  Use the SHIFT and CTRL modifiers to increase/decrease the rotation amount (4x, 1/4x respectively)
• Numbers 7 and 9: move up
  Use the SHIFT and modifiers to increase/decrease the move amount (4x, 1/4x respectively)
• Numbers 1 and 3: move down
  Use the SHIFT and CTRL modifiers to increase/decrease the move amount (4x, 1/4x respectively)
  
• Mouse Wheel: roll to zoom in and out or raise and lower the walk mode height. Click and drag to pan or change the walk mode pitch.
• Left Mouse Button movement:navigate the view
  • In Walk mode, forward / back movements move forwards or back in the scene. Left / right movements rotate the view.
  • For Rotate Mode, forward / back movements tilt the scene up or down; left/right movements rotate the view.
  • For Move mode, forward / back movements move the scene up or down; left/right movements pan the view.
  • For Zoom mode, forward / back movements zoom in or out, left / right movements have no effect.
  • For all modes, holding down the SHIFT key or the CTRL key increase / decrease the amount of rotation, tilt, or movement, respectively.
• Right Mouse Button movement:
  • For Walk mode, raise and lower walk mode height.
  • For Rotate Mode and Move mode, forward / back movements zoom in or out.
  • For Zoom mode, forward / back movements tilt the scene up or down; left/right movements rotate the view.
  • For all modes, holding down the SHIFT key or the CTRL key increase / decrease the amount of rotation, tilt, or movement, respectively
• V: Locks mouse movement to the vertical plane
• H: Locks mouse movement to the horizontal plane
• F11: Decreases the field of view by 5 degrees; if CTRL is held down, it decreases by 1 degree, if SHIFT is held down, it decreases by 10 degrees.
• F12: Increases the field of view by 5 degrees; if CTRL is held down, it increases by 1 degree, if SHIFT is held down, it increases by 10 degrees.
• CTRL+SHIFT+L: sets the view to a left view
• CTRL+R: sets the viewer to Rotate mode.
• CTRL+SHIFT+R sets the view to a right view
• CTRL+SHIFT+U sets the view to a bottom view
• CTRL+SHIFT+F sets the view to a front view
• CTRL+SHIFT+B sets the view to a back view

Tools and Settings

• W: enable or disable wireframe
• CTRL +W: enable walk mode
• CTRL+SHIFT+W: enable/disable water level display
• T: enable or disable display of textures on meshes
• CTRL+SHIFT+T: set the view to top-down view
• A: enable or disable display of coordinate axes
• C: enable or disable display of a north arrow
  
• M: enable or disable Measure tool
• CTRL+M: sets viewer to Move mode
• D: enable or disable Digitizer tool
• CTRL+SHIFT+D: sets the default view
  
• E: Resets vertical exaggeration to 1.0
• CTRL+E: Lower vertical exaggeration
• SHIFT+E: Raise vertical exaggeration
• P: The P key enables / disables pivot axis display.
• CTRL +P: enables / disables the path profile display, if a path profile is available.
• CTRL+G: enables / disables display of GPS tracks
• Keypad +/-: raise/ lower water level if water level display is enabled.

3D Digitizing and Editing

• CTRL+SHIFT+Z sets the viewer to Zoom Mode
• While digitizing or editing, CTRL+Z undoes the last point.
• ESC:
  •  While selecting, the Escape key clears the current selection.
  • When digitizing, the Escape key cancels the current digitizing operation, and reverts to selection mode.
  • When measuring, the Escape key cancels the current measurement operation.
• ENTER:
  • When digitizing, the Return key completes the current digitization operation.
  • When measuring, the Return key completes the current measurement operation.
• DELETE: If there is a current selection available, the selected features are deleted.
• When Selecting, Digitizing or Measuring: when moving the mouse,
  • Hold down the ‘P’ key to filter to point features
  • Hold down the ‘A’ key to filter to area features
  • Hold down the ‘L’ key to filter to line features
  • Hold down the ‘M’ key to filter to mesh features
  • Only one of these modifier keys may be active at a time.

Feature Info Tool Keyboard Shortcuts

• ALT+P : Select the info tool as the current tool
• P: Toggle only selecting point features
• Right-click: cycle through the features at the clicked location
• CTRL: display feature info and ignore alternate link options