Keyboard Shortcut List

See also Keyboard Shortcut PDF

Open Menus

	Alt + F	File Menu
	Alt + E	Edit Menu
	Alt + W	View Menu
	Alt + T	Tools Menu
	Alt + I	Digitizer Menu
	Alt + N	Lidar Analysis Menu
	Alt + R	Raster Analysis Menu
	Alt + A	Terrain Analysis Menu
	Alt + O	Vector Analysis Menu
	Alt + Y	Layer Menu
	Alt + S	Search Menu
	Alt + H	Help Menu

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

Tool Selection

	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

Clipboard

	CTRL + C	COPY (to the clipboard) features currently selected with the Digitizer
	CTRL + X	DELETE (& Copy to clipboard) features currently selected with Digitizer/ Edit tool
	CTRL + V	PASTE clipboard contents (from Ctrl + C or Ctrl + X)
	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 CONTROL CENTER
	SHFT + C	CAPTURE screen contents to an image
	CTRL + A	SELECT ALL LAYERS in the Control Center
	CTRL + M	MARK a waypoint at the current GPS location
	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+Z	UNDO last operation
	CTRL+Y	REDO last undone operation

General Tools

	CTRL + E	EDIT THE DESCRIPTION of selected layers when the Control Center is active
	ESC	CANCEL the current draw or tool operation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Display Options

	Spacebar	Toggle the layer(s) selected in the control center On and Off
	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

Zoom & Pan

	HOME	Zoom to the Full EXTENTS of All Loaded Data
	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
SHFT + 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)

Info Tool

Digitizer/ Edit Tool

	CTRL + Z	UNDO the last operation, if possible (example: when digitizing new features)
	DELETE	MARK the selected features AS DELETED
CTRL + DELETE		DELETE the selected vertices
SHFT + DELETE		UNDELETE the selected features
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)

Digitizer Modifiers

Combine these modifier keys with LEFT CLICK to change digitizer behavior

Selection

CTRL		ADD/ APPEND selected features to cached selection
SHFT		REMOVE selected features from cached selection
CTRL+SHFT		Toggle the SELECTION STATE of selected features
P		Select only POINT feature at the clicked location
A		Select only AREA feature at the clicked location
L		Select only LINE feature at the clicked location
M		Select only MESH feature at the clicked location
ALT		Automatically enter MOVE mode for selected features after selection
I		Only select FEATURES that are completely CONTAINED WITHIN the drag box
S		Only select VERTICES from line or area features that are ALREADY SELECTED

Snapping

ALT		DISABLE automatic SNAPPING behavior
V		ONLY snap to EXISTING VERTICES/ FEATURES

Draw Shapes

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

Insert Vertices

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

Move Features & 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		Automatically enter MOVE MODE for selected features after selection
J		Automatically enter JOIN MODE if more than one vertex is selected