Article
Frequently used shortcuts
by Enzo De Bernardini and Alejandro Tombolini
Introduction
Some times it may be more comfortable to use shortcuts for actions to be done in PixInsight. Here are listed the most frequently used that can be of interest. Grouped by menu and at the end a serie of additional ones.
File
CTRL+O - Open a file
CTRL+SHIFT+O - Open a copy
CTRL+S - Save
CTRL+SHIFT+S - Save as
CTRL+J - Load Project
CTRL+SHIFT+J - Save Project
CTRL+P - Print (Temporarily disabled)
CTRL+Q - Exit
Edit
CTRL+C - Copy View to Clipboard
CTRL+V - New Image form Clipboard
View
CTRL+ALT+P - Open Process Explorer
CTRL+ALT+R - Open Format Explorer
CTRL+ALT+V - Open View Explorer
CTRL+ALT+H - Open History Explorer
CTRL+ALT+O - Open Object Explorer
CTRL+ALT+F - Open File Explorer
CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+V - Load View Explorer
CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+H - Load History Explorer
CTRL+ALT+C - Open Process Console
CTRL+ALT+E - Open Script Editor
CTRL+ALT+T - Open Real-time Preview
- CTRL+ALT+B - Show/Hide Control Bars
CTRL+ + - Zoom In
CTRL+ - - Zoom Out
CTRL+1 - Zoom 1:1
CTRL+SHIFT+2 - Zoom 1:2
- CTRL+SHIFT+3 - Zoom 1:3
- CTRL+SHIFT+4 - Zoom 1:4
- CTRL+SHIFT+6 - Zoom 1:6
- CTRL+SHIFT+8 - Zoom 1:8
CTRL+2 - Zoom 2:1
- CTRL+3 - Zoom 3:1
- CTRL+4 - Zoom 4:1
- CTRL+6 - Zoom 6:1
- CTRL+8 - Zoom 8:1
CTRL+0 - Zoom and adjust windows to optimal
CTRL+T - Zoom to optimal fit
CTRL+W - Fit View
CTRL+ALT+U - Full screen
Image
CTRL+Z - Undo on the image
CTRL+Y - Redo on the image
CTRL+N - New Image
CTRL+I - Inver Image
CTRL+A - Auto STF. Channels linked or unlinked as last use
CTRL+CLICK
- Auto STF unlinked channels
SHIFT+CLICK
- Auto STF linked channles
F11 - Enable Color Managment
CTRL+F11 - Enable Color Proofing
SHIFT+F11 - Enable Gamut check
CTRL+SHIFT+0 - Show channel RGB/K
CTRL+SHIFT+R - Show channel R
CTRL+SHIFT+G - Show channel G
CTRL+SHIFT+B - Show channel B
CTRL+SHIFT+L - Show channel CIE L* (Lightness)
CTRL+SHIFT+C - Show channel CIE a*=R/b*=G (Chrominance)
CTRL+SHIFT+Y - Show channel CIE Y (Luminance)
F10 - Show transparency
CTRL+F10 - Background brush
SHIFT+F10 - White background
ALT+F10 - Black background
F12 - Enable STF
CTRL+F12 - Reset STF
ALT+R - Change cursor to Readout Mode
ALT+Z - Change cursor to Zoom In Mode for an image
ALT+SHIFT+Z - Change cursor to Zoom Out Mode for an image
ALT+C - Change cursor to Center Mode
ALT+P - Change cursor to Pan Mode
ALT+N - Change cursor to New preview Mode
ALT+E - Change cursor to Edit preview Mode
ALT+D - Change cursor to Dynamic Mode
Preview
CTRL + → - To navigate on the image. Next flap
CTRL + ← - To navigate on the image. Previous
CTRL+SHIFT+Z - Undo/Redo preview
CTRL+SHIFT+S - Save preview
CTRL+R - Reset preview
Mask
CTRL+M - Apply inverted Mask
CTRL+SHIFT+I - Invert Mask
CTRL+SHIFT+M - Enable/Desable Mask
CTRL+K - Show Mask
Process
- F5 - Apply process
- F6 - Apply process Globally
CTRL+ALT+I - Open ImageContainer
Script
F9 - Compile and Run script from Script Editor
Workspace
- ALT+1, ALT+2, ALT+3, ALT+4 etc. Change Workspace
CTRL+PageDown - Switch Images
CTRL+End - Send Active Image Windows to Back
Others
- CTRL+SPACEBAR+CLICK - Zoom In - In this mode you can define a rectangular area to approximate the area of the image that will be zoomed in the view
- CTRL+ALT+SPACEBAR+CLICK - Zoom Out
- CTRL with the mouse wheel to Zoom In - Zoom Out on a point
- ALT+P - Pan Mode
- CLICK with te mouse wheel - Pan Mode
- SPACEBAR+CLICK - Pan Mode over an image or over a tool
- CTRL+F - In Process Explorer windows open the browser
- SHIFT - While dragging, for the windows on the back to be on the front
- ALT+SPACEBAR - Change cursor to Zoom In Mode for a tool
- SHIFT+ALT+SPACEBAR - Change cursor to Zoom Out Mode for a tool
- ALT+CLICK - Restoration of PixInsight windows
- ESC - Cancel drag and drop operation while it is been doing
Last Update: 27/11/2023 04:03 UT