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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