See also Keyboard Shortcut PDF
Open Menus
| Alt + F | File Menu | |
| Alt + E | Edit Menu | |
| Alt + W | View Menu | |
| Alt + T | Tools Menu | |
| Alt + I | Digitizer Menu | |
| Alt + N | Lidar Analysis Menu | |
| Alt + R | Raster Analysis Menu | |
| Alt + A | Terrain Analysis Menu | |
| Alt + V | Vector Analysis Menu | |
| Alt + Y | Layer Menu | |
| Alt + S | Search Menu | |
| Alt + H | Help Menu |
File Management
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CTRL + O | OPEN a New Data File |
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CTRL + S | SAVE the Current Workspace |
| CTRL + W | Load a WORKSPACE File | |
| CTRL + U | UNLOAD All Loaded Data Files |
Tool Selection
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ALT + D | DIGITIZER/ Edit Tool |
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ALT + G | GRAB-and-Drag (Pan) Tool |
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ALT + L |
PATH PROFILE Tool |
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ALT + M | MEASURE Tool |
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ALT + P | Feature INFO Tool |
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ALT + Z |
Zoom Tool |
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Alt + V | View shed Tool (When in digitizer mode) |
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Alt + U | Guided Breaklines Tool |
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Ctrl + Shift + O | Script Editor |
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Ctrl + Shift + B | Script Builder |
Clipboard
| CTRL + C | COPY (to the clipboard) features currently selected with the Digitizer | |
| CTRL + X | CUT (& Copy to clipboard) features currently selected with Digitizer/ Edit tool | |
| CTRL + V | PASTE clipboard contents (from Ctrl + C or Ctrl + X) | |
| CTRL+SHFT+V | Paste clipboard contents BUT don't clear the clipboard |
General Shortcuts
| F1 | Display the USER MANUAL | |
| Ctrl + R | Restore Default Toolbar Positions | |
| ALT + X | EXIT Global Mapper | |
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ALT + C | Show the CONTROL CENTER |
| CTRL + G | GROUP the selected layers in the Control Center | |
| CTRL+SHIFT+G | UNGROUP the selected layers in the Control Center | |
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SHFT + C | CAPTURE screen contents to an image |
| CTRL + A | SELECT ALL LAYERS in the Control Center | |
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CTRL + M | MARK a waypoint at the current GPS location |
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CTRL + T | Start TRACKING a connected GPS device |
| CTRL+SHFT+D | Toggle the display of features MARKED AS DELETED | |
| CTRL+L | Copy current cursor LOCATION (lat, lon) to the Windows Clipboard | |
| CTRL+ALT+L | Copy current cursor LOCATION (lat, lon) in the Currently Selected Projection to the Windows Clipboard inserting a TAB character to separate the X and Y values | |
| CTRL+SHFT+L | Copy current cursor LOCATION (lat, lon) to the Windows Clipboard, and append the ELEVATION value, if available | |
| CTRL+Z | UNDO last operation | |
| CTRL+Y | REDO last undone operation |
General Tools
| CTRL + E | EDIT THE DESCRIPTION of selected layers when the Control Center is active | |
| ESC | CANCEL the current draw or tool operation |
Display Options
| Spacebar | Toggle the layer(s) selected in the control center On and Off | |
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CTRL + 3 | Show 3D View Window |
| CTRL+SHFT+D | Toggle Display of DELETED Features | |
| SHFT + G | Toggle GRID Line Display On and Off | |
| SHFT + L | Toggle Elevation LEGEND Display On and Off | |
| SHFT + S | Toggle Distance SCALE Display On and Off | |
| CTRL + P | PRINT the Current Map View | |
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SHFT + V | Toggle Line & Area VERTEX Display On and Off |
| CTRL+ALT+SHFT+V | Toggle VECTOR LAYER Display On and Off |
Zoom & Pan
| HOME | Zoom to the Full EXTENTS of All Loaded Data | |
| CTRL+HOME | Center on a Location | |
| CTRL + RIGHT CLICK | Restore the LAST ZOOMED VIEW (Zoom tool only) | |
| PAGE DOWN | Zoom In | |
| CTRL + PAGE DOWN | Zoom In a Tiny bit | |
| PAGE UP | ZOOM OUT | |
| CTRL + PAGE UP | ZOOM OUT a TINY bit | |
| ARROW KEY (ANY) | PAN the Map Display 1/4 of Screen | |
| SHFT + ARROW | PAN the Map Display 1/2 of Screen | |
| CTRL + ARROW | PAN the Map Display an Entire Screen | |
| ALT + B | SAVE the Current view | |
| CTRL + B | RESTORE Last SAVED View | |
| CTRL + BACKSPACE | RESTORE Last DRAWN View | |
| SHFT + Z | ZOOM to SCALE | |
| CTRL + 1 | ZOOM (the Raster Layer at the Screen Center) to Full Detail (1:1 PIXEL SIZE) | |
Info Tool
| ALT+P | Select the info tool as the current tool | |
| P | Toggle only selecting point features | |
| RIGHT CLICK | Cycle through the features at the clicked location | |
| CTRL | display feature info and ignore alternate link options | |
Image Rectification
| ALT + LEFT CLICK | DISABLE AUTOMATIC SNAP-to-nearest-feature functionality | |
| SHIFT + LEFT CLICK | Reference Image: ROUND the clicked location to nearest 30 seconds for arc degree units or nearest 1000 ground units for linear measurements (like meters and feet) Zoomed View: Automatically ADD CLICKED POINT to GCP list (simulate press of 'Add GCP to List' button) |
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| CTRL + S | Save the current CONTROL POINT LIST to GCP file | |
| CTRL + RIGHT CLICK | Zoom out to the ENTIRE EXTENTS of the data being rectified | |
Digitizer/ Edit Tool
| CTRL + Z | UNDO the last operation, if possible (example: when digitizing new features) | |
| DELETE | MARK the selected features AS DELETED | |
| CTRL + DELETE | DELETE the selected vertices | |
| SHFT + DELETE | UNDELETE the selected features | |
| LEFT DOUBLE-CLICK | EDIT FEATURE under cursor | |
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CTRL+ALT+M | MEASURE the cut-and-fill VOLUME of the currently selected line or area feature |
| CTRL + N | Cycle through non-connected line endpoints (end-NODES) | |
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Digitizer Modifiers
Combine these modifier keys with LEFT CLICK to change digitizer behavior
Selection
| CTRL | ADD/ APPEND selected features to cached selection | |
| SHFT | REMOVE selected features from cached selection | |
| CTRL+SHFT | Toggle the SELECTION STATE of selected features | |
| P | Select only POINT feature at the clicked location | |
| A | Select only AREA feature at the clicked location | |
| L | Select only LINE feature at the clicked location | |
| M | Select only MESH feature at the clicked location | |
| ALT | Automatically enter MOVE mode for selected features after selection | |
| I | Only select FEATURES that are completely CONTAINED WITHIN the drag box | |
| S | Only select VERTICES from line or area features that are ALREADY SELECTED | |
Snapping
| ALT | DISABLE automatic SNAPPING behavior | |
| V | ONLY snap to EXISTING VERTICES/ FEATURES | |
Draw Shapes
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| T | Causes shapes to be ANCHORED at the CENTER OF SHAPE rather than the top left of shape | |
Insert Vertices
| SHFT | New vertex will be inserted at NEAREST LOCATION to clicked location on selected feature rather than at click location | |
| I | STAY IN VERTEX INSERT MODE after inserting vertex. Useful if needing to insert multiple vertices | |
Move Features & Vertices
| X or SHFT | Clamp (restrict) movement of features/ vertices to the HORIZONTAL axis | |
| Y or CTRL | Clamp (restrict) movement of features/ vertices to the VERTICAL axis | |
| CTRL + SHFT | Clamp (restrict) movement of features/ vertices to the DIAGONAL axis | |
| R | Toggles clamped movement to RIGHT-ANGLES from direction of last drawn segment | |
| CTRL+SHFT+M | MOVE the selected features | |
| ALT | Automatically enter MOVE MODE for selected features after selection | |
| J | Automatically enter JOIN MODE if more than one vertex is selected | |