G-Wizard Editor: Keyboard Shortcuts
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Because G-Wizard Editor is an editor (no duh!), we designed it with a lot of keyboard shortcuts so you can power your way through editing quickly without constantly reaching for the mouse. Where possible, the keyboard shortcuts are chosen to be mnemonic, and therefore easy to remember. The reason for the choices is given in the “Mnemonic” column to help you remember them.
GWE recognizes the following keyboard shortcuts:
General Functions
| Area | Function | Key | Mnemonic |
| Macro Debug | Single Block | Alt+N | Same as Mach3 |
| Macro Debug | Cycle Start | Space | |
| Macro Debug | 5 Step | Ctrl+Space | |
| Macro Debug | Stop | Alt+S | Alternate to space |
| Macro Debug | Feedhold | Alt+F | “F” for Feedhold |
| Backplot | Zoom Out | Ctrl+- | “-” for less. Same Zoom used in many graphical programs |
| Backplot | Zoom In | Ctrl++ | “+” for more. Same Zoom used in many graphical programs |
| Wizards | # Macro | Ctrl+3 | “3” is where the “#” is on the keyboard |
| Edit | Select All | Ctrl+A | Standard clipboard keystroke |
| Edit | Copy | Ctrl+C | Standard clipboard keystroke |
| Backplot | Zoom Extents | Ctrl+E | “E” for Extents |
| Edit | Find | Ctrl+F | “F” for Find |
| Wizards | G-Code | Ctrl+G | “G” for G-Code |
| Edit | Jump | Ctrl+J | “J” for Jump |
| Wizards | M-Code | Ctrl+M | “M” for M-Code |
| Edit | File New | Ctrl+N | “N” for File New Std. MS Office Function |
| Edit | File Open | Ctrl+O | “O” for File Open Std. MS Office Function |
| Wizards | Feeds ‘n Speeds | Ctrl+P | “P” for sPeeds |
| Edit | File Save | Ctrl+S | “S” for File Save Std. MS Office Function |
| Wizards | Tool Change | Ctrl+T | “T” for Toolchange |
| Edit | Paste | Ctrl+V | Standard clipboard keystroke |
| Macro Debug | Rewind | Alt+R | “R” for Rewind |
| Edit | Cut | Ctrl+X | Standard clipboard keystroke |
| Edit | Redo | Ctrl+Y | “Y” for Yank that undo back! |
| Edit | Undo | Ctrl+Z | “Z” for Zap that last change Std. MS Office Function |
| Edit | Revise | Ctrl+R | “R” for Revise |
| Backplot | Redraw | F9 | Think F9 for “Recalc” on a Spreadsheet |
Revisions
| F2 | Renumber Blocks |
| F3 | Relative / Absolute |
| F4 | Control Chars |
| F5 | Add/Delete spaces |
| F6 | Apply block skip (/) |
| F7 | CAPitalize |
| F8 | Comments |
Note: You can record different keyboard accelerators for any Revision. Just go to the revision and press the “Record” button.
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Recently updated on March 10th, 2024 at 12:52 pm
