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Use of Keyboard
548 DMS 3.2 EN 02/2011 TD29

14 Use of Keyboard
If you would like to run »PLC Designer« using only the keyboard, you will find it
necessary to use a few commands that are not found in the menu.
• The function key <F6> allows you to toggle back and forth within the open POU
between the Declaration and the Instruction parts.
• <Alt>+<F6> allows you to move from an open object to the Object Organizer and
from there to the Message window if it is open. If a Search box is open, <Alt>+<F6>
allows you to switch from Object Organizer to the Search box and from the there
back to the object.
• Press <Ctrl>+<F6> to move to the next open editor window, press
<Ctrl>+<Shift>+<F6> to get to the previous.
• Press <Tab> to move through the input fields and buttons in the dialog boxes.
• The arrow keys allow you to move through the register cards and objects within
the Object Organizer and Library Manager.
All other actions can be performed using the menu commands or with the shortcuts
listed after the menu commands. <Shift>+<F10> opens the context menu which
contains the commands most frequently used for the selected object or for the active
editor.
14.1 Key Combinations
The following is an overview of all key combinations and function keys:
General Functions
Move between the declaration part and the instruction part of a POU <F6>
Context Menu <Shift>+<F10>
Shortcut mode for declarations <Ctrl>+<Enter>
Move from a message in the Message window back to the original
position in the editor
<Enter>
Move to the next open editor window <Ctrl>+<F6>
Move to the previous open editor window <Ctrl>+<Shift>+<F6>
Open and close multi-layered variables <Enter>
Open and close folders <Enter>
Switch register cards in the Object Organizer and the Library Manager <Arrow keys>
Move to the next field within a dialog box <Tab>
Context sensitive Help <F1>