Hotkeys

The main priority rule: Esc stops the laser regardless of input focus whenever marking or the red light is running. It is the highest-priority key in the application; the other meanings of Esc (close a panel, clear the selection) apply only when the laser is not active.

Files and tabs

Key Action
Ctrl+N / Ctrl+T New document / new tab
Ctrl+O Open a file
Ctrl+S / Ctrl+Shift+S Save / Save As
Ctrl+I / Ctrl+Shift+I Import vector files / import an image
Ctrl+E Export (SVG/DXF)
Ctrl+W Close the tab
Ctrl+Tab / Ctrl+Shift+Tab Next / previous tab

Editing and clipboard

Key Action
Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Shift+Z Undo / redo
Ctrl+X / Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V Cut / copy / paste
Ctrl+A Select all
Delete Delete the selection

Operations

Key Action
Ctrl+G / Ctrl+U Group / ungroup (on text — Break Apart into characters)
Ctrl+L / Ctrl+Shift+L Combine / uncombine a compound path
Ctrl+Shift+U Boolean union
Ctrl+Shift+D Boolean subtract
Ctrl+Alt+I Boolean intersect
Ctrl+Shift+X Boolean exclude
Ctrl+Shift+O Contour offset
Ctrl+Shift+M Mirror
Ctrl+Shift+A Array

View and panels

Key Action
Ctrl + + / − Zoom in / out
Ctrl+0 Fit to Window
Ctrl+R Rulers
Alt+S Object Snap
Ctrl+K Command palette
Ctrl+` Console
Ctrl+H Undo History
Ctrl+Shift+F Font Manager

Laser

Key Action
F1 Red Light
F2 Mark
F3 Hardware Settings
F4 Simulation (press again to exit)
Esc Stop the laser — regardless of focus

With the Rotary panel open: ← / → step through units during red tracing, Ctrl+← / Ctrl+→ jog the axis.

Canvas: tools and pens

Active with the canvas focused, outside text editing:

Key Action
V Select
A Node editing
T Text
R / C / G / S Rectangle / circle / polygon / star
L (alias P) Path drawing
M Reference Measure
B Barcode
H Hatch Settings
0–7 Active pen 0–7
Space (hold) Pan

Inside tools: +/− — polygon sides and star points, [/] — point sharpness, Backspace — remove the last path point, C in node editing — cycle the node type, Esc — cancel drawing or a gesture (move / resize / rotate roll back without a history entry).

Mouse gesture modifiers

Modifier Action
Wheel Zoom toward the cursor (in numeric fields — value stepping when focused or with Ctrl held)
Shift+click Add/remove an object from the selection
Ctrl+click Select an object inside a group
Double-click a group Enter group editing
Alt+drag Copy (clones are dragged)
Shift while moving Constrain to an axis
Ctrl while moving/resizing Temporarily bypass snapping
Shift on a corner resize Proportional
Alt while resizing From the center
Shift while rotating 15° steps
Double-click a radius handle Reset the rounding
Ctrl/Shift+click a radius handle A single corner / all corners
Alt+drag on an STL Orbit the 3D preview

Dialogs follow one convention: Enter confirms, Esc cancels/closes. There is no arrow-key nudge of the selection in the current version — the arrows belong to the text caret and the rotary context.

Known hint mismatches

  • The command palette shows Ctrl+Shift+S for “Toggle Object Snap” — the actual key is Alt+S.
  • The Line button tooltip says “Line (L)”, but L activates the path drawing tool; the separate Line tool is available from the command palette with no key.
  • Search in the object library opens only via the button, despite the “Ctrl+F” hint.