| Action |
Hot Key |
Description |
| New Project... |
Ctrl-N |
To create either a new UML 1.x or a new UML 2.0 project. The Create New Project dialog box will appear, which allows you to create a blank project, a project created from existing project templates, or import a project from other CASE tool project files. |
| Open Project... |
Ctrl-O |
To open an existing project. |
| Save Project |
Ctrl-S |
To save the current project. If the project is a new one, this operation is equivalent to "Save Project as... |
| New Diagram... |
Ctrl-Shift-N |
To create a new diagram. |
| Print... |
Ctrl-P |
To print selected diagrams in the current project. A new dialog box will be presented, allowing you to select the diagrams to be printed, as well as configuring various printing options. |
| Undo |
Ctrl-Z |
To undo the last action that you performed. |
| Redo |
Ctrl-Y |
To redo the last action that you performed. |
| Repeat Create... |
F3 |
To repeat create last shape. |
| Cut |
Ctrl-X |
To cut the selected diagram elements from the diagram and copy them to the application clipboard. |
| Default Copy |
Ctrl-C |
To perform the copy action as configured in the VP-UML application options (Options dialog box -> Diagramming category -> Environment page). The default "default copy" action is Copying within VP-UML. |
| Copy to Clipboard as OLE |
Ctrl-Shift-C |
To copy the selected diagram elements from the diagram to the system clipboard. The diagram elements can then be pasted to OLE containers like Word, Excel and PowerPoint, which can be edited directly. |
| Copy to Clipboard as Image (JPG) |
Ctrl-Alt-C |
To copy the selected diagram elements as a JPG image to the system clipboard. |
| Copy to Clipboard as Image (EMF) |
Ctrl-Alt-Shift-C |
To copy the selected diagram elements as an EMF image to the system clipboard. |
| Duplicate |
Ctrl-E |
To duplicate the selected diagram elements. |
| Paste View |
Ctrl-V |
To paste the contents of the application clipboard to the drawing pane. |
| Delete |
Delete |
To delete the selected diagram elements from the diagram. |
| Select All |
Ctrl-A |
To select all the diagram elements from the current diagram. |
| Deselect |
Ctrl-D |
To deselect all diagram elements. |
| Find |
Ctrl-F |
To find elements (model elements and diagram elements) in the current project. |
| Jump to Element in Active Diagram... |
Ctrl-J |
To jump to an element in the active diagram. |
| Jump to Element... |
Ctrl-Shift-J |
To jump to an element in the project. If the selected element belongs to a diagram, this diagram will be opened, and the element will be selected and centered in the diagram. If the selected element is a model that does not have a view, it will be selected in the Model pane. |
| Group |
Ctrl-G |
To organize shapes in group. The group can manipulate related shapes together at the same time (select, deselect, move, align and resize). |
| Ungroup |
Ctrl-Shift-G |
To ungroup the grouped shapes in a diagram. |
| Align Shapes |
F12 |
To display the Align Shapes dialog box that allows you to configure the top/bottom, left/right alignments and same width/same height options all at a time. |
| Show Diagram Navigator |
Ctrl-Shift-I |
To open/activate the Diagram Navigator. |
| Show Model Pane |
Ctrl-Shift-O |
To open/activate the Model Pane. |
| Show Class Repository |
Ctrl-Shift-L |
To open/activate the Class Repository Pane. |
| Show Logical View |
Ctrl-Shift-A |
To open/activate the Logical View Pane. |
| Show ORM Pane |
Ctrl-Shift-R |
To open/activate the ORM Pane. |
| Show Stencil Pane |
Ctrl-Shift-S |
To open/activate the Stencil Pane. |
| Show Property Pane |
Ctrl-Shift-P |
To open/activate the Property Pane. |
| Show Diagram Overview Pane |
Ctrl-Shift-V |
To open/activate the Diagram Overview Pane. |
| Show Documentation Pane |
Ctrl-Shift-U |
To open/activate the Documentation Pane. |
| Show Message Pane |
Ctrl-Shift-M |
To open/activate the Message Pane. |
| Toggle Show Resources |
Ctrl-R |
To toggle the visibility of resources. |
| Full Screen |
F11 |
To toggle the full screen mode (display only the Toolbar and the Diagram Pane, all the other UI components will be hidden). |
| Zoom In |
Ctrl-Equals |
To magnify the diagram by 10%. |
| Zoom Out |
Ctrl-Minus |
To diminished the diagram by 10%. |
| Zoom 100% (Actual Size) |
Ctrl-0 |
To view the diagram in its actual size. |
| Previous Diagram |
Alt-Left |
To switch to the previous diagram. |
| Next Diagram |
Alt-Right |
To switch to the next diagram. |
| Switch to Diagram... |
Ctrl-Shift-E |
To manage windows by selecting windows to close, and/or activate a selected window. |
| Close Active Window |
Ctrl-W |
To close the active window. |
| Close All Windows |
Ctrl-Shift-W |
To close all opened the windows. |
| Open Specification... |
Enter |
To open the specification of active diagram or diagram element |
Appendix D - Keyboard Shortcuts