Shortcut Finder

Ingolf

Just inspiration for @vectoradmin or a volunteer or someone with Excel / LibreOffice / Another spreadsheet.

I have tried it all in my long life. Printed manuals, keyboard covers, cue cards, printed web pages, help files. In the end they either clutter my desk or have to be replaced because they are outdated. And I abandon them. Further I do not need more than a fraction of shortcuts in almost any program, but when I need info about one, I need it fast. Either because I don't know it or because I forgot it (again!). Quick access is key.

I made a quick'n'dirty Pivot Table of the spreadsheet from another thread for fun. With data added to show columns like area and perhaps platform one could quickly sort and search for either a particular shortcut or list all shortcuts for an area like "Boolean operations".

I would actually love a similar sort and search feature in the software itself (if it can be quickly activated, used and hidden again). Not using the clumsy Pivot Table dialogs but with a filter field or dropdown in each column. Then entering "Bool" and selecting "macOS" shows only shortcuts satisfying this combination of criterias.

We still treat digital manuals and help like it was paper. Not always a great idea. The huge amount of shortcuts go unnoticed by me - or I forget them - because it is time consuming and boring finding them. With tons of shortcuts in several program accessing them quickly is key. And I personally don't need them on my desk. And a copy on another desk.

Here is how the concept works in a Pivot Table in LibreOffice (circling the empty column to show more data columns can be added with area, operating system, etc.):

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Boldline

@Ingolf Love the inter-activeness of the pivot table of the spreadsheet. I agree this would be a great integrated addition to the VS website as well as added in the tutorials section of the forum.

b77

@Ingolf Can something like this be done in HTML?

Ingolf

@b77 said in Shortcut Finder:

@Ingolf Can something like this be done in HTML?

Somebody would have to code a bit in JavaScript or the like:

10 Best Table Filtering Plugin In JavaScript (2021 Update)

Ingolf

The ideal solution would be that it was a part of Vectorstyler itself.

Advantages:

Added custom shortcuts included
Customized Vectorstyler shortcuts included (defaults changed to something else by user)
No need to display both macOS and Windows shortcuts

Boldline

I agree that ideally, the interactive search option for keyboard shortcuts should be built into VS.
Final Cut Pro has a keyboard image that shows a virtual keyboard in the panel. Clicking on a key shows the shortcuts assigned to it with each combination of modifiers. This might be overkill - even just if you selected a keyboard shortcut from the interactive list, the keys used in that modifier would be highlighted in the keyboard

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b77

@Subpath It's not the same as a list included in the app, but I made a sortable HTML file that does this for the Mac shortcuts.
Just click any of the headers to sort by Command, Shortcut or Menu/Context.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/dy3joqh0y57ldb3/Sortable_shortcuts_WIP.html?dl=0

Trouble is I don't have Windows here, so I'm not sure how to do a version for Windows. Just replace Cmd with Ctrl?

Subpath

@b77

... Trouble is I don't have Windows here, so I'm not sure how to do a version for Windows ...

big thanks for the file
don't worry, i figure it out

As far as i know:

Mac ------ Pc (german)
Cmd ------ Ctrl (STRG)
Shift ------ Shift
Option/ALT ------ ALT

Subpath

I also vote for a Shortcut Finder in VS
and like @Boldlines "Final Cut Pro virtual keyboard" the most

i dreamed about a shortcut search function.
where I get a List whats with Ctrl connected, or key combinations.

b77

@Subpath Mac keyboards have the Control and the Command key, so for the Mac version these two can be used in the same shortcut.

Since Windows is different (the Windows key cannot be used in shortcuts AFAIK), I'm not sure how to change these.

But if somebody can send me the Windows shortcuts as a .CSV or Excel file (description, shortcut and menu/context), I can use that to make a sortable HTML table.

Subpath

@b77

usual Ctrl, Shift, Alt will be used as Shortcut Keys on Windows
and combinations

i think the Windows-key is used for Windows OS commands only
like bring the Windows Start Menu up

Subpath

Hi

For Windows users. I sorted the standard VS shortcuts by command keys. Posting this as Text so you can copy and paste them.

They are sorted as follows:

Single Key

Ctrl Key

Shift Key
Shift+Ctrl Key
Shift+Alt Key
Shift+Alt+Ctrl Key

Alt Key
Alt+Ctrl Key
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Single Key

Blend Tool : W
Brush Tool : B
Clear Isolation : Esc
Collider Tool : C
Contour Tool : Q
Decrease Stroke Width : {
Delete : Delete
Delete : Back
Ellipse : E
Gradient Editor : G
Increase Stroke Width : }
Knife Tool : K
Lasso Selection : Y
Line Drawing : \
Magic Wand : M
Mesh Gradient Editor : U
Move Down : Down
Move Left : Left
Move Right : Right
Move Up : Up
Next Artboard : PgDown
Pan View Tool : H
Path Sketch : L
Pattern Tool : S
Pen Tool : P
Pencil : F
Previous Artboard : PgUp
Rectangle : J
Reflection Tool : O
Revert : F12
Rotate View Tool : R
Shape Editor : A
Split Preview : ,
Style Picker : I
Swap Fill Mode : X
Text Tool : T
Transform Tool : V
Vertical Split : /
Zoom View Tool : Z
action.action.deeptransformtool : D
action.action.transformtool : N
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Ctrl

Actual Size : Ctrl-1
Break Apart : Ctrl-K
Bring Forward : Ctrl-Up
Character : Ctrl-T
Close View : Ctrl-W
Combine : Ctrl-8
Copy : Ctrl-C
Create Layer : Ctrl-L
Cut : Ctrl-X
Document Styles : Ctrl-U
Duplicate : Ctrl-D
Export : Ctrl-E
Find/Replace : Ctrl-F
Group : Ctrl-G
History : Ctrl-H
Import : Ctrl-I
Join Shape : Ctrl-J
Magic Wand : Ctrl-M
New Document : Ctrl-N
Next Canvas : Ctrl-PgDown
Next Document View : Ctrl-`
Next Document View : Ctrl-Tab
Next Document View : Ctrl-~
Next Document View : Ctrl-F6
Open Document : Ctrl-O
Outline Preview : Ctrl-Y
Paste : Ctrl-V
Paste Below : Ctrl-B
Preferences : Ctrl-,
Previous Canvas : Ctrl-PgUp
Print : Ctrl-P
Refresh : Ctrl-R
Reselect : Ctrl-6
Rotate Clockwise : Ctrl-Right
Rotate Counter Clockwise : Ctrl-Left
Rotate to 0° : Ctrl-3
Save : Ctrl-S
Select All : Ctrl-A
Select Next : Ctrl-}
Select Previous : Ctrl-{
Send Backward : Ctrl-Down
Show Guidelines : Ctrl-;
Snap to Grid : Ctrl
Snap to Guidelines : Ctrl-/
Snap to Objects : Ctrl-.
Undo : Ctrl-Z
Zoom In : Ctrl-=
Zoom In : Ctrl-+
Zoom In : Ctrl-Num-+
Zoom Out : Ctrl--
Zoom to All Objects : Ctrl-2
Zoom to Artboard : Ctrl-0
Zoom to Selection : Ctrl-4
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Shift

4-Point Distortion : Shift-F
Anchor Point Tool : Shift-C
Artboard Editor : Shift-O
Character Tool : Shift-T
Divide : Shift-D
Elastic Warp Distortion : Shift-A
Envelope Distortion : Shift-G
Eraser Tool : Shift-E
Liquify Tool : Shift-W
Merge : Shift-M
Move 10 Down : Shift-Down
Move 10 Left : Shift-Left
Move 10 Right : Shift-Right
Move 10 Up : Shift-Up
Path Brush Tool : Shift-B
Rotate Tool : Shift-R
Stroke Width Tool : Shift-P
Swap Fill / Stroke Styles : Shift-X
Union : Shift-U
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Shift-Ctrl

Clone : Shift-Ctrl-D
Copy Appearance : Shift-Ctrl-C
Cut Content : Shift-Ctrl-X
Deselect : Shift-Ctrl-A
Document Setup : Shift-Ctrl-P
Export Again : Shift-Ctrl-E
Invert Selection : Shift-Ctrl-I
Join At Middle : Shift-Ctrl-J
Join Next : Shift-Ctrl-}
Join Previous : Shift-Ctrl-{
Layer Options : Shift-Ctrl-L
Locate Selection : Shift-Ctrl-K
Member Canvas : Shift-Ctrl-PgDown
Move One 10th Down : Shift-Ctrl-Down
Move One 10th Left : Shift-Ctrl-Left
Move One 10th Right : Shift-Ctrl-Right
Move One 10th Up : Shift-Ctrl-Up
New From Clipboard : Shift-Ctrl-N
Object Options : Shift-Ctrl-O
Object Styles : Shift-Ctrl-U
Paragraph : Shift-Ctrl-T
Parent Canvas : Shift-Ctrl-PgUp
Paste Inside : Shift-Ctrl-V
Paste in Place : Shift-Ctrl-B
Previous Document View : Shift-Ctrl-`
Previous Document View : Shift-Ctrl-Tab
Previous Document View : Shift-Ctrl-~
Previous Document View : Shift-Ctrl-F6
Redo : Shift-Ctrl-Z
Repeat Last : Shift-Ctrl-R
Save As : Shift-Ctrl-S
Select All Found : Shift-Ctrl-F
Ungroup : Shift-Ctrl-G
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Shift-Alt

Bring to Front : Shift-Alt-Up
Convert to Curves : Shift-Alt-O
Intersection Points : Shift-Alt-X
Move : Shift-Alt-M
Move Inside Last : Shift-Alt-Right
Move Outside Container : Shift-Alt-Left
New View : Shift-Alt-N
Release Guides : Shift-Alt-G
Rotate : Shift-Alt-R
Scale : Shift-Alt-S
Send to Back : Shift-Alt-Down
Transform : Shift-Alt-T
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Shift-Alt-Ctrl

Capture Selection : Shift-Alt-Ctrl-Down
Keyboard Shortcuts : Shift-Alt-Ctrl-K
Redo Selection : Shift-Alt-Ctrl-Right
Undo Selection : Shift-Alt-Ctrl-Left
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Alt

Brush Presets : Alt-Q
Brushes : Alt-B
Canvas & Artboard : Alt-A
Color : Alt-C
Color Palette : Alt-H
Color Variations : Alt-I
Corner : Alt-F
Decrement Tracking : Alt-Left
Find Next : Alt-N
Find Previous : Alt-E
Gradients : Alt-J
Increment Tracking : Alt-Right
Layers : Alt-L
Make Guides : Alt-G
Noise Fill : Alt-U
Overrides : Alt-O
Path : Alt-P
Patterns : Alt-K
Quit VectorStyler : Alt-F4
Remove Segments : Alt-Delete
Remove Segments : Alt-Back
Repeater : Alt-R
Scale Down Vertically : Alt-Down
Scale Up Vertically : Alt-Up
Shape : Alt-S
Styles : Alt-V
Stroke : Alt-W
Symbols : Alt-X
Transform : Alt-T
Transparency : Alt-M
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Alt-Ctrl

Canvas Styles : Alt-Ctrl-U
Close Document : Alt-Ctrl-W
Create Blend : Alt-Ctrl-B
Edit Image Effects : Alt-Ctrl-X
Edit Shape Effects : Alt-Ctrl-Y
Hide Object : Alt-Ctrl-H
Link File : Alt-Ctrl-I
Lock Guidelines : Alt-Ctrl-;
Lock Object : Alt-Ctrl-L
New Document Setup : Alt-Ctrl-N
Paste Above : Alt-Ctrl-V
Presets : Alt-Ctrl-T
Print Again : Alt-Ctrl-P
Reference : Alt-Ctrl-D
Reverse Order : Alt-Ctrl-R
Rotate View By -5° : Alt-Ctrl-}
Rotate View By 5° : Alt-Ctrl-{
Save A Copy : Alt-Ctrl-S
Scale Down Horizontally : Alt-Ctrl-Left
Scale Up Horizontally : Alt-Ctrl-Right
Select All on Artboard : Alt-Ctrl-A
Show Artboard Frame : Alt-Ctrl-F
Zoom to All Artboards : Alt-Ctrl-0
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b77

@Subpath On the Mac version I can export the shortcuts as a .txt file from Keyboard Shortcuts > Shortcut Presets:

Can you do the same from Windows and send me the file? Just to make sure we didn't miss any of the shortcuts.

Subpath

@b77

I did not create this sorting from the text of your file.
If that is your assumption.

I created this sorting on basis of the original Standard VS Shortcut
Text file. Which I can export on Windows exactly the same way as
you can export it on the Mac.

But I can also send you my Standard VS Shortcuts as a Text file,
if you give me an email address.

Btw. nice new Profil Pic

b77

@Subpath That's what I mean — send me the .txt file. I don't have access to a PC.

Btw. nice new Profil Pic

Made in VS, thanks!