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 + V Vector Analysis Menu
  Alt + Y Layer Menu
  Alt + S Search Menu
  Alt + H Help Menu
  Alt + A Insight and Learning Engine™ 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 + 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 + B SAVE the Current view
  CTRL + B 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

  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

Image Rectification

  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)
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

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)
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    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
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      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