See also Keyboard Shortcut PDF
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 |
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 |
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 |
ESC | CANCEL the current draw or tool operation |
CTRL + E | EDIT THE DESCRIPTION of selected layers when the Control Center is active |
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 tool |
CTRL + 3 | Show 3D View Window |
CTRL + SHFT + D |
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SHFT + G | Toggle GRID Line Display On and Off |
SHFT + L | Toggle Elevation LEGEND Display On and Off |
SHFT + S |
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CTRL + P | PRINT the Current Map View |
SHFT + V |
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CTRL + ALT + SHFT + V | Toggle VECTOR LAYER Display On and Off |
HOME |
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CTRL + HOME | Center on a Location |
CTRL + RIGHT CLICK | Restore the LAST ZOOMED VIEW (Zoom tool only) |
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 |
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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) |
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 |
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 |
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T + LEFT CLICK | Causes shapes to be ANCHORED at the CENTER OF SHAPE rather than the top left of shape |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
ALT + LEFT CLICK | DISABLE AUTOMATIC SNAP-to-nearest-feature functionality |
SHIFT + LEFT CLICK (Reference Image) | ROUND the clicked location to nearest 30 seconds for arc degree units or nearest 1000 ground units for linear measurements (like meters and feet) |
SHIFT + LEFT CLICK (Zoomed View) |
Automatically ADD CLICKED POINT to GCP list (simulate press of 'Add GCP to List' button) |
CTRL + S | Save the current CONTROL POINT LIST to GCP file |
CTRL + RIGHT CLICK | Zoom out to the ENTIRE EXTENTS of the data being rectified |